ART HIST 4C03: Presentations (Tuesday, April 1)

Please find below a link for the reading to accompany Caitlyn Croley's presentation:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/3333758

Caitlyn invites you to read the full text but notes that you most need to be familiar with the first five pages.

To all presenters: Please note that we have four talks on this day so there will be a need to move along efficiently. I will be keeping close track of time so please ensure that you limit your presentation to 15 minutes maximum so that we have some time to address questions.

GD

ART HIST 3D03 Final Exam

School of the Arts

McMaster University

17^th-CENTURY ART

ART HIST 3D03, Term II, 2014

Instructor: Greg Davies

Day Class        

McMASTER UNIVERSITY FINAL TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION             

DUE: In class, Thursday April 3, 2014    (12:30 - 1:20 pm., TSH B106)

                                               

THIS EXAMINATION QUESTION SHEET INCLUDES 1 PAGE AND 1 PART. BRING ANY DISCREPANCY TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COURSE INSTRUCTOR.

Value: 100 points

Read the following question carefully and present a written response of no more than five, typewritten and double-spaced pages (twelve-point type). Indicate the name of the artist (or architect), title and date(s) for each work that you reference in your answer. Be sure to clearly indicate your name, student number, course number, instructor’s name and due date on an attached cover page. No bibliography, footnotes or endnotes are required for this exam.

NOTE that your finished response MUST be submitted in class on Thursday, April 3, 2014 in hard copy ONLY. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

QUESTION:

Michel Foucault once identified the 17^th century as an age of illusion. Using at least three examples of work from the lectures or your readings discuss some of the various ways by which Baroque artists introduced illusion into their work and explain why they felt it necessary to ‘deceive’ the viewer’s eyes. 

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ART HIST 3I03 FINAL EXAM

School of the Arts

McMaster University

ITALIAN PAINTING & SCULPTURE, 1400-1580

ART HIST 3I03, Term II, 2014

                                                            MANNERISM

Instructor: Greg Davies

Day Class        

McMASTER UNIVERSITY FINAL TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION             

DUE: In class, Tuesday April 1, 2014     (3:30 - 4:20 pm., TSH B106)

                                               

THIS EXAMINATION QUESTION SHEET INCLUDES 1 PAGE AND 1 PART. BRING ANY DISCREPANCY TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COURSE INSTRUCTOR.

Value: 100 points

Read the following question carefully and present a written response of no more than five, typewritten and double-spaced pages (twelve-point type). Indicate the name of the artist (or architect), title and date(s) for each work that you reference in your answer. Be sure to clearly indicate your name, student number, course number, instructor’s name and due date on an attached cover page. No bibliography, footnotes or endnotes are required for this exam.

NOTE that your finished response MUST be submitted in class on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 in hard copy ONLY. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

QUESTION:

John Shearman and Anthony Blunt each present alternate explanations for the emergence of Mannerism in sixteenth-century art. Summarize the arguments offered by each of these scholars and comment on their relative strengths and weaknesses. Use relevant examples of 16^th-century Italian art and / or architecture to support your comments as necessary.

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ART HIST 4V03: Tuesday March 25

The following link provides a text for Alex's talk. Please read:

Reading

An additional, recommended text can be found here:

Recommended reading

ART HIST 3D03 & 3I03: Take-Home Exam Info

Please note that the the finals for ART HIST 3D03 and 3I03 will be take-home exams. The questions for each will be distributed in class and students will be given a period of one week to complete their responses. The distribution and due dates for each are listed below. Please pay close attention to this information:

ART HIST 3I03: exam distributed Tuesday March 25 (in class)
               exam due Tuesday April 1 (in class)

ART HIST 3D03: exam distributed Thursday March 27 (in class)
               exam due Thursday April 3 (in class)

PLEASE NOTE: Final exams will be collected in class only. Exams submitted by email or delivered to the SOTA office WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

ART HIST 4V03 Tuesday March 11

Hello everyone,

Please check the following article in preparation for Brandon's presentation on Tuesday:

http://www.bartleby.com/103/50.html

Also - we have a request for a computer. I can lend mine but it is not so good for PowerPoint. If there is anyone willing to loan for one of the presentations please let me know.

Thanks,

GD

ART HIST 4V03: Next Class (Tuesday, March 4)

Please note the following article for Nikkie's presentation on Tuesday. This should be read in preparation for her talk:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/opinion/sunday/in-praise-of-art-forgeries.html?_r=0

I recommend that you also look over the readers' comments.