Art history

Watch the following video on Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait. Write a short paragraph describing how Rembrandt paint’s himself differently than Vermeer in his The Allegory of the Art of Painting?

Art History Italian Baroque Watch/read and respond to the following: 1) Bernini: How do Bernini’s two sculptures (David and Ecstasy of Saint Teresa) express the goals and aims of the Counter-Reformation in Italy? 2) Caravaggio: Identify and explain 2 (two) elements in the painting of the Calling of St. Matthew Caravaggio uses to draw the […]

Visit and select an artwork at major museums you would like to write about. Write a review of a work of art that you’ve encountered during your Museum visit.

Museum Visit Visit one of the museums sampled in the article linked to here: https://hyperallergic.com/547919/2500-virtual-museum-tours-google-arts-culture/ (Links to an external site.) The twelve museums listed in the article are some of the major museums of the world and span all of art history. Browse through several museums to get an idea what you can find (and […]

Create an online exhibition organized around 1 theme, use both The Met Timeline of Art History and Google Arts and Culture to find art pieces with a common theme.

Assignment: Curate a virtual exhibition. For this assignment you will act as the curator and create an online exhibition organized around 1 theme. You may use both The Met Timeline of Art History and Google Arts and Culture to find art pieces with a common theme and design the exhibition around it using Powerpoint. The […]

How would you compare the artistic representations of the Paleolithic period to the Neolithic period?

Course Title : Art History Chapters : 1-4 Text Book : Art History Vol. 1 6th Edition, 2018 ISBN (U.S.): 9780134479279 Author(s): Marilyn Stokstad & Micheal W. Cothren Publisher: Pearson Choose a question below. You only need to select one question from the list below: 1. How would you compare the artistic representations of the […]

Discuss how those paintings differ from paintings from 1400-1863, and how after 1863-1945 the art had changed.

1863 Manet painted The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia(shown in 1865). Many believe those paintings changed art history. Discuss how those paintings differ from paintings from 1400-1863, and how after 1863-1945 the art had changed. Use 3 painting examples. The exact prompt/thesis is in attached files. Many scholars see Manet’s work of 1863 as […]

Select a movie from the “Art History Film Fest” list. Watch your chosen movie. Write & post a movie review in Art History Film Fest Movie Reviews.

Art history film To lighten our mental and emotional loads this week, rather than our usual class lecture and discussion board, we are having an Art History Film Fest. Click HERE for the list of films you can choose to watch. (Many of them are free or available through a streaming service.) Or download PDF […]

Write a 1000-word paper on the meaning and significance of their object both in the past and to the field of art history. What has been written about your object?

Object ;Inlaid Box for the Portuguese Market Students will write a 1000-word (not counting the contents of the footnotes) paper on the meaning and significance of their object both in the past and to the field of art history. What has been written about your object? What are the arguments? Who are the scholars who […]

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