As I mentioned in class, there are a wealth of resources about avant-garde and influential film and video on the internet. The trick is, of course, finding the stuff that is important.
Here are some resources:
UBUWEB - a large web-based educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet, founded in 1996 by poet Kenneth Goldsmith. It offers visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanding to include film and sound artmp3 archives. http://www.ubu.com/
From UBUWEB there are links to film and also print resources - see http://www.ubu.com/aspen/
For film see http://www.ubu.com/film/
The film we watched was Un Chien Andalou (1929) by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. It is no longer available on UBU but you can search for it on google.com. Things are often available once you know to look for them. UBU is a good starting point for making a list for your self-guided tour.
Thank you for a great semester. I really enjoyed exploring art history with you. I hope that you all have a great summer and take some occasions to look at art wherever you go.
Here are some good exhibitions on view in South Florida:
Two good collections are on view at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale: Gordon Locksley + George T. Shea Collection and Francie Bishop Good + David Horvitz Collection. See http://moaflnsu.org/
Miami Art Museum: Neo Hoo Doo: Art for a Forgotten Faith & Recent Acquisitions. miamiartmuseum.org
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami: Abstract Cinema and Technology (through 5-10-09). Convention - begins 5-21-09. http://www.mocanomi.org/schedule.htm
***Museum of Contemporary Art Annex at Goldman Warehouse in Wynwood: Luis Gispert through June 27th. This artist's work is very exciting and sensationalist. I believe many of you will enjoy it. http://www.mocanomi.org/schedule.htm
I also highly recommend the Wolfsonian on Miami Beach - the cafe there is also excellent. The collection and exhibitions there are relevant to what we discussed in the last couple of classes.
The Rubell Collection and the Margulies Collection have continuing exhibitions.
Finally the Frost Museum at FIU has a show of Dennis and Debra Scholl's Collection, in addition to BFA exhibitions.
Of course, there are gallery exhibitions as well. At Dorsch Gallery there will be a 2-D design and printmaking show inspired by the Schongauer and Durer prints we studied together. This opens May 9th. On June 13th, we'll host a new painting show. I hope to see you around!
I wish you all the best of luck in your endeavors and that appreciating art helps you enjoy- or be aware -during your journey.
Option 1: Please write 800-1000 words, typed and double-spaced, to write an essay, with art historical & historical examples, of how art manifests the big ideas of the time. Choose one big idea as your thesis – such as (but not limited to) decorum, romanticism, positivism, orientalism.
Option 2: Write an essay of the same length describing how you would orchestrate a social statement with your art, using examples and comparisons from Chapters 24 and 25.
There will be 3 questions on the final exam. While I encourage you to study in groups leading up to the announcement of the questions on the exam on April 23, you should answer the questions after the studying period on your own, in your own words. You will be asked to write a statement to the effect on the cover page of the responses you hand in. The responses are due, typed and double-spaced, April 28 by 11:15am. Late papers are unacceptable.
1. Argue for or against the following statement, using at least 6 specific art historical examples and demonstrating an understanding of the relation to historical ideas:
The differences between color and design camps, defenders of Rubens and Poussin’s work respectively, set into play a battle of sorts for dominance in painting – a battle design eventually won.
600 words.
2. Argue for or against the following statement, using at least 4 specific art historical examples and demonstrating an understanding of the relation to historical ideas:
Political and social statements made in art began in the 19th century, since the artists were in touch with the class struggles of the time.
500 words.
3. Discuss the development of landscape as subject matter in the history of art. Did its importance increase from the art in the Renaissance to the art of the 19th century? How did its fluctuating importance reflect the world views of each historical period? Give at least 5 examples of artworks from at least 5 different chapters in Janson’s 7th ed., vol. 2. 600 words.
4. Why does Realism and Impressionism signal the arrival of Modernism in art? What are the characteristics of Modernism? How do these movements in art mark a shift from the art of the 17th and 18th centuries? How does art in the 20th century seem influenced by the art of this period? Give at least 5 examples of artworks. 500 words.
5. How do world views manifest in art? Does it cause an artist to depict a certain subject in certain way? Does it predicate the statements made in artworks? When do artworks have a role in changing the world view? In what instances do they try to do so and fail? Finally, how do you think our 2009 worldview affects the way this Janson’s explanation of art history is written? Give at least 4 examples of artworks in at least 600 words.
6. Discuss how portraiture can be a barometer of the role of an individual in society. Does the commissioning party or the portraitist ever challenge conventional depictions of the individual, women, people of non-European descent? Give at least 4 examples of artworks in 500 words.
7. In what instances has art and architecture been used as propaganda? How was it used, for instance, in building civic and national identities of Venice, London, Paris, England, USA, France, Spain, the Vatican or Germany? Who were the players in making art have a role in this way? Compare and contrast specific examples of artworks and people in at least one city and two countries. 600 words.
