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- Class activities
- Present the images from the home assignment.
- Based on your textbook reading, trace the connections and disconnections between the contemporary art in the two pictures you brought, and the Western art tradition reviewed in the past weeks.
- Computer lab activities
- Move to the computer lab (rm. 1024, 2nd floor).
- Bring your student ID and, if you have them, bring along the Discovering Art CD-ROM from your textbook and headphones.
- On the CD-ROM, use the following steps to complete the 20th Century review and self-test.
- Click on the Flash Card Gallery (blue) tab.
- In section 1, choose The 20th Century (1900-2000).
- In section 2, choose Chronological Order (this will help you see the stylistic progression over time).
- In section 3, enter 40 for Number of Questions
- Click Review
- For each artwork, the Show Info tab will let you review the relevant data.
- After looking at the last card, click Main Menu (bottom-left)
- In section 3, enter 15 for Number of Questions. Leave all other settings unchanged.
- Click Self-Test
- For each artwork, click on the correct answer. This will then take you to the next card.
- Before leaving the computer, make sure to see the instructor to record your self-test results (note: questions graded incorrectly will be adjusted for).
- Home activities
- Prepare for the final (Monday 12/19 6-7:50).
- In the textbook, read about the origin, purpose, and evaluation of art (Chapter 01 The Nature of Art, Chapter 06 Criticism, Chapter 15 Prehistory).
- Find images of two artifacts (objects made by humans), similar in appearance, of which you think that one is art, while the other isn't.
- You can optionally bring in these images next week, during the lab make-up session, to check with the instructor that they conform with the assignment.
- You must bring the images with you for the finals session. At that time you will pick up your wk.1 envelope, and write an essay concerning the works shown in the images.
- The essay you write during the finals session should answer these questions:
- What is art?
- Has your notion of art changed from the beginning of the semester? If so, how?
- Explain the difference between the two works depicted in the images you brought. Based on your definition of art, why does only one qualify as art?
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