Fine Arts Final Exam to Research 3 Artists Advanced Art Students John Anderson

VISUAL ARTS CLASSES Students Name______________________________   

                                                    Period_______

JOHN ANDERSON 

ROOM E264

• Research three artists from the articles and magazines on the tables. This project will be worth 4 points and will require reading three articles and responding in writing to the questions below. This will take the entire extended period. No one can leave for any reason except to go to the bathroom. 

• Your paper should compare and contrast issues relating your own art/life/jewelry experience with each of the artists.  Ask yourself the following questions and answer them:

1. List each Artist’s name, Article Title, Magazine Title__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

2. What materials have you used in your art and how does that differ with what the three artists

used?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Did the artists talk about an idea, theme or concept that their art was about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4. What life experiences were included by the artist, or did they talk about design instead?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

5. Are you interested in trying some of their ideas in a future art project of your own?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

6. What do you like most and least about each artist’s ideas?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

7. How would you do their art differently? Different media/materials, techniques, ideas?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

8. Can an article about architecture, sculpture, painting, photography, ceramics, drawing or printmaking give you any ideas about jewelry and metalsmithing?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. What does art mean to you and to your researched artists?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. How is the work of your artists different and similar from the work done in Architecture, Science, Marketing, Dentistry, or Journalism, etc. ?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11. How has reading these three articles changed your opinion, view, or understanding of art?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________