ART 101 Week 3 Assignment Formal Analysis of Art

      Review: Ch. 5–7.

•           Complete the Organizing Space exercises in the Discovering Art 2.0 CD-ROM:

 

o          Open the CD-ROM.

o          Click on Interactive Exercises.

o          Click on Organizing Space.

o          Complete all exercises and reviews in Linear Perspective, Spatial Depth, and

Directional Light. Then, complete the Self-Test.

 

•           Click on Log after you complete the Self-Test. Then, save the Organizing Space Self-Test as a .txt file on your computer.

 

•           Look at Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez on your CD-ROM and describe the formal qualities of this work in terms of its organizing space. Do the formal qualities working together create a particular effect? If so, what is it and how is this accomplished?

 

•           Summarize your description of Las Meninas in 150 to 200 words using APA format.

 

•           Complete the Elements of Color and Light exercises in the Discovering Art 2.0 CDROM:

 o          Open the CD-ROM.o          Click on Interactive Exercises.

o          Click on Elements of Color and Light.

o          Complete all exercises and reviews in Functions of Light, Properties of Color, Expressive Qualities, and Optical Effects. Then, complete the Self-Test.

 

•           Click on Log after you complete the Self-Test. Then, save the Elements of Color and Light Self-Test as a .txt file on your computer.

 

•           Look at Nighthawks by Edward Hopper on your CD-ROM and describe the formal qualities of this work in terms of its color and light. Do the formal qualities working together create a particular effect? If so, what is it and how is this accomplished?

 

•           Summarize your description of Nighthawks in 150 to 200 words using APA format.

 

•           Organize your summaries of Las Meninas and Nighthawks into one Microsoft® Word

document.

 

•           Submit your summaries and two self-tests as attachments.