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Artistic Works and Art Movements

 Analyze the work of 10 artists from various art movements

Assignment For this project, you’ll answer seven questions about artists from ten of the art movements you studied throughout your course. You must select one artist from each of the following movements to research:

1. Neoclassicism:    Benjamin West      Angelica Kauffman.     Antonio Canova
2. Romanticism:      Caspar Friedrich       Henry Fuseli       Théodore Géricault
3. Impressionism:   Berthe Morisot       Mary Cassatt       Alfred Sisley
4. Post-Impressionism:    Pierre Bonnard         Paul Sérusier      Emilé Bernard
5. Expressionism and Fauvism:   Franz Marc      Georges Rouault      André Derain
6. Cubism and Futurism:    Sonia Delaunay       Alice Bailly      Gino Severini
7. Dada and Surrealism:    Max Ernst      Hannah Höch      Yves Tanguy
8. Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art:         Cy Twombly         Joan Mitchell          James Rosenquist
9. Minimalism and Post-Minimalism:    Robert Ryman        Robert Morris         James Turrell
10. Postmodernism and Deconstructivism:    Yasomasa Morimura     Daniel Libeskind    David Salle

Questions 

Once you’ve selected the 10 artists you would like to focus on, you’ll need to research answers to the following seven questions or question groups:

1. What’s the year of the artist’s birth (and, where applicable, death)?
2. Where was the artist born? Where did he or she create the majority of his or her work (if at a different location than this place of birth)?
3. What medium did the artist use? Did he or she use more than one main medium?
4. Which art movement did the artist contribute to? If he or she contributed to more than one movement, where did this artist make the greatest impact?
5. What are some of the artist’s most famous works of art? Choose one of these works. In what ways is the piece characteristic of the movement specified above? (Include an image of the chosen piece.)
6. What challenges, if any, did the artist face that may have affected his or her work? What was happening in the world at that time that influenced the artist’s work?
7. What’s innovative about the artist’s work for that time period? You’ll then write an APA-formatted essay that contains a title page, a brief introduction and conclusion, in-text citations supporting your research, and a reference list.

Answer each question using complete sentences. The essay should be a minimum of 1,200 words. However, most students finish the project in about 2,000 words.

Answer the questions in essay format; do not answer them in list format.

You’ll need to find at least one source for each artist from the internet, a library, or elsewhere. Be sure to use reputable sources when searching for information on your selected artists.

Writing Guidelines 

1. Your essay should be a minimum of 1,200 words.
2. Your essay should be double-spaced, with 1″ margins and 12-point Times New Roman font.
3. Your entire project should be contained in one (1) Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format file.
4. Your essay should include a cover page and works cited page using APA formatting.