Author: Joe Meiser

Read about vanitas paintings at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanitas

Link to Vanitas Presentation

https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/shahzia-sikander-in-spirituality-segment/

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10M1H-X0khq_vOjptqhGcBtzAd_N7B0X3PuY-It6iC3A/edit#slide=id.p

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PEkT6n4QVsK_JNv0GKiAW9KOpdb-ku1CEFiH3q5iLjU/edit#slide=id.g1162ea62b23_0_0

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lbCxmR9DMCyERjnnEQTyJhKPtfwS-Clv-byxrCjDIIs/edit#slide=id.p

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1t3E53Dc3qpn1tfe2OtS_IGNUjzfRQpJNAUza_CzFeSw/edit#slide=id.p

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevsyd/

In your reference image draw a distorted 9 block grid over the face.  You’ll want to deform, twist, and stretch this first grid substantially, as is shown above.  Then on a good sheet of drawing paper, draw a 9 block grid that is straight and regular.  Finally, draw the face from your distorted reference grid so it aligns with the new straight grid.  This process will yield a distorted drawing of the subject’s face similar to the fun house mirror examples shown below.

Watch the film “Proteus”, which can be accessed by following this link: https://mediaspace.bucknell.edu/media/Proteus/1_5toom0ji

After watching “Proteus” please post a 200-word response to the class website in the writing assignment category that addresses the following questions:

• What did you learn from this film about radiolarians?
• What aspects of Haeckel’s life and work interested you most?  Why?
• Did this film make you think differently about the relationship between art and science?  Why and how?
• Proteus discusses a number of intellectual, philosophical, and historical issues related to Haeckel’s inquiries.  Please describe the issues that you found most interesting, and share your own thoughts on these issues.
• Please describe anything else about this film that you found interesting, surprising, or thought provoking.

This assignment will count toward your Research Binder grade.

https://forms.gle/izzd6kFVDGZHpMLU7

These collages are effective because they make good use of the principles of design and composition strategies we’ve been discussing in class, such as: unity and variety, contrast, emphasis, balance, repetition, cropping, off-centering, the rule of thirds, the diagonal, and the X.

In a typical semester, students enrolled in Drawing 1 and Sculpture 1 attend art events on campus in person to satisfy the artsxpose requirements. Because of COVID restrictions, most art events are canceled. In light of the limited options this semester students may satisfy an artsxpose requirement by watching an episode of Art21 and posting a written response. Instructions are below:

<1> Go to the Art 21 website (http://www.pbs.org/show/art-21/episodes/) and watch one hour-long episode. Choose the episode you find most interesting.

<2> After you’ve watched the episode, submit a thoughtful ~ 200-word response to the class website in the “artsxpose” category. Describe what was covered in the episode and tell what you found interesting, surprising, and/or challenging about it.

Students should satisfy two artsxpose requirements in the first half of the semester, and two in the second half. Watching one episode and submitting the written response counts for one artsxpose.