Category: Art & architecture

INSTRUCTIONS
3 pages typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, size 12 font
APA or MLA Format
Submit file as PDF

Choose any artist that interests you. Below is an artist list but these are only suggestions; you do not have to choose an artist on this list. Please make sure you can find enough information about your artist to complete the paper. Label each section of your research project in bold within your paper.
Biographical Information

Please consider the following information. Each artist will have different information. These topics are suggestions, but most should be included in your research on any artist. Approach the biographical information how you choose.

Suggested Biographical Information about selected artist:
1. Place/date of birth
2. Place/date of death
3. Primary type of artwork
4. Media
5. Style or period of art
6. Short definition of that style or period
7. Interesting/Personal information on the artist
8. Favorite Quote
Artist Comparison/Contrast
Compare/contrast your selected artist to two (2) other artists who work in the same style (from the time period of the artist – or contemporary artists working in this same style). How is the work similar? How is the work different? Do these artists influence your artist and/or did your artist influence these artists? The artists can be from different time periods.
Contextual Understanding
Research two artworks created by your selected artist. Explain the context of each artwork by researching one of the contextual categories below (refer to chapter 5):
Historical Context
Social Context
Personal/Creative Context
Political Context
Scientific Context
Research Citation
Biography Resources (minimum of three -use authoritative sites and books). Include author, title, date, URL (for sites), publisher (for books), and page numbers. No Wikipedia. Cite in APA or MLA format.

Images
1 portrait or photograph of artist plus 3 images of art works created by artist.
Label each with the following information:
Title: Date:
Media: Size:
Location found (museum/collection):URL/ site name (or book source if scanned)
These images can be placed within your paper or at the end. The images do not count towards your three pages of information typed. Be sure to have three pages of typed information plus these images and your works cited page.

ARTIST LIST
(This list is only a suggestion. Please research any artist you are interested in but be sure there is enough information on the artist to complete this project.)
Albers, Josef
Arp, Jean
Bacon, Francis
Banksy
Blake, William
Botticelli, Sandro
Bourgeois, Louise
Brancusi, Constantin
Braque, Georges
Brugel, Pieter
Calder, Alexander
Cassatt, Mary
Celmins, Vija
Cezanne, Paul
Chagall, Marc
Chicago, Judy
Constable, John
Cornell, Joseph
Courbet, Gustave
de Kooning, Elaine
de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri
Degas, Edgar
Delecroix, Eugene
Duchamp, Marcel
Durer, Albrecht
Ernst, Max
Escher, M. C.
Fairey, Shepard
Foster, Norman
Frankenthaler, Helen
Gabriel, Dante
Gaudí, Antoni
Gaugin, Paul
Goya, Francisco
Hesse, Eva
Hirst, Damien
Homer, Winslow
Hopper, Edward
Johns, Jasper
Jones, E. Fay
Kahlo, Frida
Kandinsky, Wassily
Kienholz, Edward
Klee, Paul
Klimpt, Gustav
Krasner, Lee
Kruger, Barbara
Lin, Maya
Magritte, Rene
Manet, Edouard
Marshall, Kerry James
Matisse, Henri
Miro, Joan
Mondrian, Piet
Moore, Henry
Munch, Edvard
Murray, Elizabeth
O’Keefe, Georgia
Oldenburg, Claes
Ono, Yoko
Pelli, Cesar
Pollack, Jackson
Rauschenberg, Robert
Renoir, Auguste
Ringgold, Faith
Rivera, Diego
Rockwell, Norman
Rodin, Auguste
Rothenberg, Susan
Rothko, Mark
Rouault, Georges
Rousseau, Henri
Seurat, Georges
Sherman, Cindy
Smith, Kiki
Spencer, Lily Martin
Spero, Nancy
Stella, Frank
Titian
van Alen, William
Van Eyck, Jan
van Rijn, Rembrandt
Velazquez, Diego
Vermeer, Jan
Walker, Kara
Warhol, Andy
Whistler, James
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Rubric: Review the rubric found when you click into the drop box to understand how your Artist Research Paper will be graded. Contact your instructor with any questions before submitting your paper.
I prefer you to write about Chakila Hoskins but If you can’t or don’t have enough resources you can choose from the list I gave you just give me a heads up and I’ll give you further instructions. She also has a website divineartistries.com. I also sent you a picture of her biography.

8 Pages Essay (250 max words/page)
Maximum 2000 words
Walk = Page
I have uploaded the main brief with all the questions to answer and each walk/page brief for further source information.
Note that the walks’ briefs are asking to complete some tasks, which are drawing, please ignore them, as I am only requesting the essay to be done!

I’ve attached my paper (Draft 2 Saturday.doc), which needs further improvement and has some requirements. The requirements and instructions (corrections.pdf), which include the professor’s corrections and comments, are also attached.

Project 2: Character Set Creation
Objective:
Design a complete character set for a type font. This project aims to deepen your understanding of type design and the intricacies involved in creating a cohesive and functional font family.
Instructions:
Font Concept:
Develop a clear concept or theme for your type font. Consider the purpose and context in which your font will be used (e.g., digital media, print, branding).
Research existing fonts for inspiration, but ensure your design is original and reflects your unique style and vision.
Character Set Requirements:
Uppercase Letters: Design all 26 uppercase letters (A-Z).
Lowercase Letters: Design all 26 lowercase letters (a-z).
Numerals: Include all 10 numerals (0-9).
Punctuation Marks: Create common punctuation marks such as period, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, colon, semicolon, quotation marks, apostrophe, parentheses, brackets, hyphen, dash, and ellipsis.
Special Characters: Include at least the following special characters: ampersand (&), at symbol (@), asterisk (*), hash (#), percent (%), dollar sign ($), plus sign (+), equal sign (=), less than (<), greater than (>), slash (/), backslash (), and underscore (_).
Design Process:
Sketching: Begin with hand-drawn sketches of your characters to explore different shapes, styles, and proportions. Focus on maintaining consistency across all characters.
Digital Creation: Move your sketches to a digital platform using type design software (e.g., Adobe Illustrator, Glyphs, FontForge). Digitize your sketches, refine your shapes, and ensure smooth, clean lines.
Spacing and Kerning: Pay attention to the spacing and kerning of your characters. Ensure that each character aligns properly and maintains visual harmony when placed next to other characters.
Testing: Test your characters in various words and sentences to check for consistency, readability, and overall aesthetic appeal. Make necessary adjustments based on your observations.
Presentation:
Create a display sheet that showcases your complete character set. Organize your characters neatly, categorizing them into uppercase, lowercase, numerals, punctuation marks, and special characters.
Include examples of your font in use by creating sample text blocks or phrases. This will help demonstrate the functionality and visual appeal of your font in real-world scenarios.
Submission:
Save your final character set and display sheet as high-resolution images (JPEG, PNG) and as a font file (OTF, TTF).
Submit your work through the course Blackboard site by the specified deadline.
Evaluation Criteria:
Originality and creativity in font design.
Consistency and cohesiveness of the character set.
Attention to detail in spacing and kerning.
Overall aesthetic appeal and functionality of the font.
Technical execution and presentation quality.

Shepard Fairey ( Street arstist)
Couple of questions to reflect on if needed:
Is graffiti street art?
When is street art no longer street art and becomes fine art? Is there a difference? Who gets to decide this difference if so.
How has the artist’s work impacted the notion of what art is or can be?
What is the artist’s background? Or in the case of Banksy how has the lack of information concerning his background affected the idea of the artist and his work?

1029.1.3 : Analyzing Music
The learner analyzes how music shapes and is shaped by diverse cultures and perspectives.
INTRODUCTION
In this task, you will write an analysis of one artist from a specific genre. You will choose one genre from the list of accepted genres provided in the “Task 3 List of Works” in the Web Links section, and you will discuss one artist from the list that typifies that genre.
Note: The work you choose must be selected from the list in the supporting document.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Choose one work from the linked “Task 3 List of Works,” and analyze your chosen work by doing the following:
1. Describe the development of the genre of the chosen musical work, including both geographical and historical origins.
2. Describe how diverse cultures and perspectives influenced the artist of the chosen musical work.
3. Describe how specific elements of the musical work, such as lyrics, instrumentation, form, and vocal techniques, reflect the society and culture in which it was created.
Note: You are not limited to addressing the elements listed in part A3 (i.e., “lyrics, instrumentation, form, and vocal techniques”). You may describe any elements that are relevant to the musical work and the society and culture in which it was created.
B. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
Note: An in-text citation notes specifically where in the submission the source is used, and the corresponding reference includes the author, date, title, and location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, website URL).
C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! – _ . * ‘ ( )
File size limit: 200 MB
File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, csv, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf, mpeg, wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z
RUBRIC

For our film essay I would invite you all to select a film from the lists I have provided.
800-1000 words

This is an exercise in looking. Therefore, any discussion of the artist’s biography, historical context, or your personal experience will not be counted towards the word count.
b) Your essay should include a discussion of all the elements and principles listed in below:

This is an exercise in looking. Therefore, any discussion of the artist’s biography, historical context, or your personal experience will not be counted towards the word count.
b) Your essay should include a discussion of all the elements and principles listed in below:

Do you agree or disagree with the theories that Renaissance and Baroque Masters like Vermeer created many of their paintings with the help of lenses and optical devices?

Attached is a catalog of Johannes Vermeer’s work from Rijksmuseum’s Vermeer Show, the latest exhibit in Amsterdam (https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/johannes-vermeer?ss=)
Study the work. Then answer the following question:
Do you believe that Vermeer used a lens or a camera obscura to help him create his masterpieces?
Do you agree or disagree with the theories that Renaissance and Baroque Masters like Vermeer created many of their paintings with the help of lenses and optical devices?
Your response should be around three to four paragraphs, prepared in Microsoft Word, double-spaced, and uploaded. Please cite your research sources in MLA format. For example, to cite an Internet article:
In-Text Citation:
(Cascone ArtNet.com)
Works Cited Page:
Cascone, Sarah. “Did Vermeer Trace His Golden Age Masterpieces? An Artist Puts the Theory to the Test” Artnet News, 17 Aug. 2017, news.artnet.com/art-world/johannes-vermeer-traced-masterpieces-1047359. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.
I have added an MLA template created in Microsoft Word, so you can see the format and use it for your paper.
The Owl Purdue has an excellent website on MLA and other research formats: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/index.htm