ARTIST RESEARCH PROJECT
In
this Internet research project you are expected to learn about one
particular American artist. The purpose of the report is to summarize the
life of the artist and identify the influences on and unique
characteristics of his/her work. You will be expected to create a
timeline which shows the chronological sequence of events in
this artist’s life.
You will write a summary report beginning with
the statistical information of birth, family background, schooling, marriage,
children, where the artist lived, studied, and worked. You will include when
and how the artist’s work became recognized as special. You will determine what style the artist’s
work is considered to be; who or what the artist’s work was influenced by; and
what effect their work had on other artists.
You may use Primary resources (materials that are contemporary to
the artist like an interview, a letter, a diary or personal writing or a
painting. You may use Secondary
resources (materials that were written later about the artist to include
magazine articles, critiques of the artist’s work or biographical articles from
encyclopedias). This report will contain cites from these sources in the body
of the report and the sources used will be listed in an electronic citation
page at the end of the report.
The third
product in this project is a PowerPoint presentation. You will copy two paintings into your
PowerPoint presentations from the Internet and a portrait or picture
of the artist. You will make a
storyboard using templates (nine to a page) created from the information in
your report. This PowerPoint presentation will accompany your oral
presentation.
Go to NC
Wise Owl - Reference Zone - Yahoo - Arts and Humanities - Artists - Masters Choose an
artist from the list and research his/her life (choose titles that include a
biography) on the Internet and in electronic encyclopedias. Read over the articles and write down
information that is significant, that completes your outline for the
timeline. Use notecards and write down
the information that answer the questions that you need to complete in order to
write your summary. Copy the URL and the titles of articles that you actually
got information from into a folder in MSWorks and label them so you’ll know
which question they helped your answer.
If you find links that are also useful, bookmark them to save you time
when you come back to your computer.
Use this presentation to highlight the significant
points of your oral presentation on the artist. Complete a storyboard using your timeline to cover the main
points. Be sure to include two
samples of the aritist’s work and a portrait or picture of the artist.
Introductory slide naming
the artist and naming you as the
presenter.
Closing with a source slide
acknowledging the source of the pictures/images.
(Use the same format as you
used for the Citation Page in your written report)
Andres G. Aldren
Milton Avery
Ernie Barnes
Jennifer Bartlett
Max Beckmann
Vanwessa Bell
George Bellows
Frank W. Benson
Thomas Hart Benton
Albert Bierstadt
George Caleb Bingham
Ralph Albert Blakelock
Oscar Bleumner
Mary Cassatt
Philip Evergood
William Glackens
Childe Hassam
Robert Henri
Edward Hooper
William H. Johnson
Reginald Marsh
Georgia O’Keefe
Lilla Cabot Perry
Jackson Pollock
Mark Rothko
John Singer Sargent
Aandy Warhol
James McNeill Whistler
Grant Wood
Purvis Young
Timeline (Chronological Order)
Born
When
Where
Schooling
Where
When
Where
When
Where
When
Where
When
Marriage
Where
When
Children
Where
When
Where
Where
When
Where
When
Studied (as an artist)
Where
Under Whom
When
Where
Under Whom
When
Where
Under Whom
When
Lived and worked (as an artist)
Where
When
Where
When
Where
When
Died
Where