Name____________________________________________        Date ___________

Extra credit:  Art History Assignment   5 points

This assignment can be done 2 times for credit

1.  Choose one historical period from the list handed out in class.
2.  Using your text and two other sources, list 5 important characteristics of the period or movement.  One source must be an art historical text the other can be the internet.
3.  Describe in your own words one artwork shown in your text and tell how it fits the characteristics you have listed. 
4.  Find an artwork from a source other than your text that also fits the characteristics you have described for this period.  Print or photocopy the work and hand it in with your assignment. Record the title of the work and the artist's name.
5.  List your sources.                        
Format:
Art historical Period: ______________________      Dates:_____________________   
Characteristics:
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Describe how each characteristic fits the work.  (number 3)
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5.

 

Artwork from text:  Title_____________________________________________ Artist:_____________________________________    (description above)
Artwork #2:  Title__________________________________________________  Artist: _____________________________________
Sources:

 

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