Understanding the Artist's Intent
Dear Humanities Students,
If you missed class today, we completed the following:
1. JOURNAL #2 entitled "Artist's Intent"
PART 1: Refer to your annotations/notations that were due today.
Identify two orange annotations and two green annotations. Why did you
find that particular text interesting and insightful?
PART2:
Consider the following two pieces of art.
The first is entitled "Guenica" by Pablo Picasso. The second is entitled
"Myra" by British artist Marcus Harvey. Indicate which piece you
prefer. Why do you prefer one over the other? Please include specifics
in your response.
"Guernica" by Pablo Picasso
"Myra" by Marcus Harvey
Now that you've
told me which one you prefer, let me give you some schema on both pieces
of art. "Guernica" is an anti war piece pertaining to the Spanish
civil war. Picasso painted it as an indication of the suffering to all
living creatures caused by war. The following images portray the
devastation Picasso was attempting to mimic.
Myra
Hindley was convicted of murdering five children from 1963 to 1968 in
Manchester, England. The image above of Miss Hendley was created from
the hand prints of children.
Now that I have given you some schema on "Guernica" and "Myra", does your perspective change?
Return
to your journal entry, and discuss the change in perspective now that
you have more understanding regarding the two pieces of art.
HOMEWORK:
1. Locate an additional Internet source for your particular piece of artwork. Please read, annotate and notate the text....5-7/page...all the colors.