Artists Research Project
An Art History Research Project
Name __________________________
Section_________________________
Artist’s Full Name ____________________________________
Country________________________
Biographical Info:
Place/date of birth:
Place/date of death:
Primary type of artwork (ex: painting? Drawing? Sculpture? Printmaking? Ceramics)
Media (what materials are use?):
Style or period of art?
Short definition of that style or period (see Artlex or Artcyclopedia):
Interesting/Personal information on the artist
Three other artists who work in this 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?
Favorite Quote:
Biography Resources (minimum of three -use authoritative sites and books). Include author, title, date, URL (for sites), publisher (for books), page numbers.
IMAGES (find a portrait or photograph and five works)
Portrait or Photograph of artist (find one online or scanned from book)
Artist or photographer:
Date: Location of image:
URL (or print material source):
As you are doing your research SAVE FIVE (5) images of the artist's work to your disk (or folder on server).
For each image:
Title:
Date: Media: Size:
Location (museum/collection):
URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):
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Date: Media: Size:
Location (museum/collection):
URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):
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Date: Media: Size:
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URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):
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Date: Media: Size:
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URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):
Critique:
Choose one of those pieces of art and answer the following questions:
What is the subject matter?
Genres. Is this a still life (group of things)? a portrait (a painting, drawing or sculpture of a person)? or a landscape/seascape/cityscape (picture of the land/water/city)? other (explain)?
Style/form: Is this artwork realistic (as real as possible)? abstract (distorted reality)? non-objective (as far from reality as possible)? symbolic? functional? other (explain)?
Description. Identify the sensory qualities (art elements). Can you identify a color scheme? Why do you think the artist might have chosen the colors she/he did? Do they make sense? What kind of lines did the artist use? How does the texture add to the work? etc.
Discuss the formal properties - use of design principles.
Interpretation. What do you think the artists was trying to say? Why do you think he/she chose this subject?
What feeling does this artwork give you and why?
What part of the artwork is your favorite and why?
Judgment: Defend this as a work of art using one of the theories of aesthetics (or combination): Art as Realism - Art for Formal Properties - Art as Expression - Art as Functional.
Timeline (include some key world events that may have influenced this artist):
Sources for timeline:
Parent Signature______________________________________ Date___________
I have given my son or daughter permission to research this artist and view these art works.