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INFORMATION FOR MIDTERM #2
SCHEDULED DATE: Wednesday, March 26th
PART I: SLIDE IDENTIFICATION (40 points)
Below are 22 works from the text. Ten of these will be on the ID part of the midterm, and two will be in the essay part. Know: title; style period and country or city; artist/architect (see below). Also, be able to answer questions regarding medium/technique; subject/meaning; function/ purpose; notable style characteristics; relevant vocabulary and terms (see Word List 2); reasons for importance in the history of art. All of these will be incorporated into the exam. Each work is different, and the emphasis on what to know is related to the work itself. See your Study Guide . Also come to class!
The ID part of the exam will be multiple choice, computer graded. You will need to supply your own BLUE SCAN SHEET and PENCILS. LEARN THE INFO AS WE DISCUSS IT IN CLASS - don't leave it until the night before the test! Study together in groups. Make flash cards or other sorts of visual memory aids (of course, not to be used during the test!).
CULTURE
Style period
Fig. #: Artist, Title
INDIA
Mughal
20-1 Taj Mahal
CHINA
Yuan
21-2 Zhao Mengfu, Autumn Colors . . . ESSAY CHOICE
Ming
21-8 Forbidden City (Palace Museum)
Qing
21-11 Wang Hui, A Thousand Peaks . . .
JAPAN
Muromachi
22-3 Sesshu, Winter Landscape
Momoyama
22-7 Kano Eitoku, Fusuma
Edo
22-15 Harunobu, Geisha as Daruma
STYLE PERIOD
Sub-style (Place/nationality)
Fig. #: Artist, Title
BAROQUE
Italy
19-3 Maderno and Bernini, St. Peter's Basilica
19-8, 19-9 Bernini, Cornaro Chapel / Ecstasy of St. Theresa ESSAY CHOICE
19-19 Caravaggio, Entombment
19-20 Gentileschi, Judith and Maidservant . . .
France
19-23 Hardouin-Mansart, Palais de Versailles
19-29 Poussin, Landscape with St. John . . .
England
19-70 Wren
, Saint Paul's Cathedral
Spain
19-39 Velazquez, Las Meninas
So. Netherlands/Flanders
19-46 Rubens, Henry IV Receiving the Portrait . . .
No. Netherlands
19-52 Hals, Officers of the Haarlem Militia Company
19-53 Leyster, Self-Portrait
19-54 Rembrandt, Capt. . . .Cocq Mustering His Company
19-64 Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance
18th Century (Rococo)
26-7 Neumann, Vierzehnheiligen
26-9 Watteau, Le Pélerinage à l'île de Cithère** (Voyage to/on Cythera)
PART II: ESSAY (20 points)
DIRECTIONS: Below is the essay question for the second Midterm. You may NOT use any notes or outlines during the exam. We will provide the paper on which to write. See the STUDY GUIDE and your text (pp. 17-23), which should be helpful in organizing and thinking about your essay.
1) Choose and discuss ONE of the following works as it relates to the question below. First, be able to identify the work (filling in the blanks - title, artist (if known), culture/period, sub-period or country - 4 points). Spelling will count - if it's spelled wrong, it is wrong!
21-2, CHINA/Yuan; Autumn Colors . . . by Zhao Mengfu
19-8 and 19-9 BAROQUE/Italian, Ecstasy of St. Theresa by Bernini
2) Then, in a well-written and well-organized essay, discuss the work chosen in terms of the following statement:
This work grew out of the political, economic, and/or social events of its time in some way. These events, in turn, affected its style, subject matter, or both.
Your discussion should consider the following:
1) the particular political, economic, or social circumstances in which the work was created (4 points)
2) how or in what ways the above circumstances affected the SUBJECT/MESSAGE of the work and/or its STYLE (how the work looks, its formal elements, its media). (12 points)
Remember to NOTE THE POINT VALUES.
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