Artwork & Cultures

Artwork & Cultures

Find a work of art to answer the following questions.

The artwork can be from any culture or time period.

Give a short description of the work:

Is it realistic abstract or non-objective?,
What does it depict? What colors are used?,
What artistic role does it play? Does it take on more than one role? Review the different roles discussed in subunit 1.4 to help you decide.,
Provide the title date and artist’s name. Make sure your source has all of this information.,
What medium is used (painting drawing printmaking sculpture photograph or digital image video installation or performance)?,
What artistic category (subunit 1.5) does it fall under?,

Artwork & Cultures

Part 2

View the three works of art from the hyperlinks below.

They are all from different time periods and cultures. Notice how each one has a repeated formal element similar to the others.

What style and category does each work belong to?
Do these similarities have ties to an ordinary meaning between them, or do you think the meaning of each work is separate from the others? Why or why not?
What cultural, religious, or other considerations do you consider when defining your answers?
Write at least one paragraph to explain each work of art.

Here are the images to view:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160505111639/http://dreamtherapynow.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/MinoanSnakeGoddessKnossos.jpg

Part 1
Question at position 1

Find a work of art to answer the following questions.

The artwork can be from any culture or time period.

Give a short description of the work:

Is it realistic, abstract or non-objective?
What does it depict? What colors are used?
What artistic role does it play? Does it take on more than one role? Review the different roles discussed in subunit 1.4 to help you decide.
Provide the title, date and artist’s name. Make sure your source has all of this information.
What medium is used (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photograph or digital image, video, installation or performance)?
What artistic category (subunit 1.5) does it fall under?

Artwork & Cultures

Part 2

View the three works of art from the hyperlinks below.

They are all from different time periods and cultures. Notice how each one has a repeated formal element similar to the others.

What style and category does each work belong to?
Do these similarities have ties to an ordinary meaning between them, or do you think the meaning of each work is separate from the others? Why or why not?
What cultural, religious, or other considerations do you consider when defining your answers?
Write at least one paragraph to explain each work of art.

Here are the images to view:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160505111639/http://dreamtherapynow.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/MinoanSnakeGoddessKnossos.jpg

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