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Week 2 Discussion Forum 3

Week 2 Discussion Forum 3

Q Week 2 - Discussion Forum 3 2626 unread replies.4040 replies. Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 5 (Saturday). Your grade will reflect the quality of your contribution to the gallery. There is no grading rubric for this forum, and it is worth 2% of your grade. Art History Gallery: Neoclassicism and Romanticism [WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [CLOS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] In this forum, you will learn about the history of art by exploring the Neoclassicism and Romanticism eras in chronological order and selecting a work of art from one of those movements to discuss. Prior to beginning work, read and review the following resources: Neoclassicism: • “Neoclassism” in Art Identifying Movements (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) • Neoclassicism (Links to an external site.) • David and the Death of Marat (Links to an external site.) • David, Oath of Horatii (Links to an external site.) Romanticism: • “Romanticism” in Art Identifying Movements (Links to an external site.) • Romanticism (Links to an external site.) • Art Historical Analysis (Painting), a Basic Introduction Using Goya’s Third of May, 1808 (Links to an external site.) • Friedrich, Monk by the Sea (Links to an external site.) • Friedrich, Monk by the Sea (Links to an external site.) For your initial post, you should • Choose a work of art from one of these movements. You may select a work from the textbook, resources, videos, or museum links. o Your work of art should be one that you have not already examined elsewhere in this class. • Include an image of the artwork. • Identify the title, artist, movement (date if known), and region (place if known) of your work. • Explain why you were attracted to this work, and discuss at least two characteristics of this art work that you found interesting or noteworthy. • Incorporate what you have learned about the process and components of art appreciation. Your post should be at least 200 words in length, and based on what you have learned about the process and components of art appreciation. Refer to the assigned reading from the textbook, resources, and videos as examples of how to interpret works of art, taking care to correctly cite these and any other sources that you use. TIP: To fully contemplate the work of art using what you have learned about art and art appreciation, it is recommended that you examine the work of art for at least 10 minutes, taking note of your reactions and observations throughout your examination. Use these notes to compose your initial post. Cite your sources as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)guides on APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.). For works of art, follow the basic modified APA Style reference entry format in the APA Style Reference Entries for Artwork download document. Guided Response: You may respond to classmates but responses are not required. Your instructor may respond, but instructors are not required to post responses to this forum.

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• Perspective – The perspective of the painting provides a bird’s eye view of the subjects being depicted in the painting. • Unity and Variety – The lower part of the painting is united in the fact that it represents the same color tone and subject being represented in the painting. Variety on the other hand is represented by the upper half of the image which uses a different color tone and even registers a shift in subject. In this piece of art, both unity and variety work together and registers themselves.