You must also include some formal analysis of the painting, illustration, or photograph.  Think carefully about the artist’s use of color, line, space, and perspective.  How does the artist use these elements to create a specific idea about the woman portrayed? 

 

Lastly, your analysis must explain what ideas about women the image conveys.  Questions you might consider:

 

  • How is the woman dressed? Are her clothes typical of the fashion of the period?  If not, how do her clothes contrast with what was in style?  What might these contrasts suggest?  Make sure you pay attention to the decades in which the images were produced so that you can determine whether the clothes in the images were in style at that time.
  • How is the woman’s body depicted? Is she given a realistic shape?  Which parts of the body are emphasized?
  • What hairstyle does the woman wear? Does her hair follow the popular styles of the period?  If not, how does her hairstyle contrast with what was expected?  What might these contrasts suggest?
  • Which colors does the artist use? What effects do those colors create?
  • What sorts of background or setting is the woman placed in? What is she doing?
  • How does the composition of each piece (the use of line, space, positioning of figures, etc.) draw your eye?
  • How would you characterize the woman’s facial expression? What emotions does the image convey? 

Images in this Exhibit

Rossetti girl

Virtual Art Exhibit

 

Due Date:  Thursday 11/5 by noon

 

Learning Goals:  In this assignment, you will:

Analyze formal elements of a painting, drawing, or photograph and explain how the composition of the image reflects or advances specific ideas about women. Place your chosen image in its historical context. Research an artist, movement, style, or subject, and collaborate with your groupmates to write an introductory article for your group’s exhibit. Use digital tools to educate your audience about an artistic movement or collection of…

Whistler girl

Project Components

 

Exhibit Introduction:  As a group, please compose a 1500-3200-word article (each person should write 500-800 words; some groups are larger than others) that introduces your art exhibit.  Your introduction might include information on the associated artistic movement, the lives of specific artists or models, the style of painting or illustration, the technology involved in the creation of the images, general patterns of representation, or any other information that the group feels would be useful for a viewer to have before looking at the…

Exhibit Tags
Women
Group content visibility
Private - accessible only to group members
Vetted?
Not Vetted
Groups audience
Conary DePaul Sandbox