Mid-Term Projects

Instructions: groups of 5-6 peers are assigned 2 readings, each must then collectively pick 1 more reading and 3 works of art to answer the 2 questions (all listed below); in class Mon. 2/24, each group will collectively write 1-p. responses to the 2 questions and design their 10-12 minute presentation given to the class on Wed. 2/26. 

Evaluation: equally on written & presented parts including form (completion, clarity, evidence of equal participation, attention to style & creativity) & content (textual accuracy, comprehensive address, depth of quality philosophical thoughtfulness); each member will receive the same grade worth 25% of one’s final course grade.

Groups:
(1) Kasimir Malevich’s “Suprematism” (667-672) & R.G. Collingwood’s Principles of Art (191-201):
Michael Agrella; Cassie Meredith; Amelia Orlich; Blake Ruby; Burton Wills
 
(2) Stephen Pepper’s The Work of Art (326-330) & Kant’s Critique of Judgment, ‘Analytic of the Sublime’ (113-120);
Ben Ballard; Donte Holiday; Sarah Remington; Sack Sacksteder; Whitney Woerz
 
(3) Jean-François Lyotard’s “What is Postmodernism?” (559-564) & Kant’s Critique of Judgment, ‘Analytic of the Beautiful’ (98-113):
Brigham Cason; Julia Houff; Carolina Maggio; William Newcomer; Lilly Owens
 
(4) Edward Bullough’s “‘Psychical Distance’ as a Factor in Art and as an Aesthetic Principle” (457-467) & Lev Vygotsky’s The Psychology of Art (521-523):
Ben Claiborne; Annelie Dahlstein; John Gillispie; Chris McAllaster; Lily Pollack; Kayla Stafford
 
(5) Tolstoy’s “What is Art?” (177-181) & Clive Bell’s Art (185-190):
Bailey Churchill; Emma Fawbush; Davis Holden; Daniel Luciani; Morgan Murray; Olivia Painter​

Pick One Additional Reading:

• Kant’s Critique of Judgment, ‘Analytic of the Beautiful’ (A&S, pp.98-113);
• Kant’s Critique of Judgment, ‘Analytic of the Sublime’ (A&S, pp. 113-120);
• Clive Bell’s Art (A&S, pp.185-190);
• Jean-François Lyotard’s “What is Postmodernism?” (A&S, pp. 559-564);
• Kasimir Malevich’s “Suprematism” (A&S, pp. 667-672);
• R. G. Collingwood’s Principles of Art (A&S, pp.191-201);
• Tolstoy’s “What is Art?” (A&S, pp. 177-181);
• Lev Vygotsky’s The Psychology of Art (A&S, pp. 521-523);
• Stephen Pepper’s The Work of Art (A&S, pp. 326-330);
• Edward Bullough’s “‘Psychical Distance’ as a Factor in Art and as an Aesthetic Principle” (A&S, pp.457-467)

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Pick Three Works of Art: (see images or links below)

Visual Art:

• Egon Schiele, Agony, 1912, oil, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich
• Zoran Music, Wir sind nicht die letzten (We are not the Last), 1970, etching on paper, Tate
• Alfred Sisley, Église de Moret (The Church at Moret (Evening)), 1894, oil on canvas, Petit Palais, City of Paris Fine Art Museum
• Vincent Van Gogh, Corridor in the Asylum, 1889, gouache and chalk on paper, The Met
• Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World, 1948, MoMA
• Jackson Pollack, Mural, 1943, Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa
• Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Winter (Hunters Return), 1565, oil on wood, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
• Karl Blossfeldt, Adiantum pedatum, 1898-1926, in Unformen der Kunst, pub.1928
• Henry Moore, Recumbent Figure, 1938, Green Hornton Stone, Tate
• Paul Cézanne, The Gardener Vallier, 1906, Tate
• Robert Motherwell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 1970
• Jean Dubuffet, parade funèbre pour Charles Estienne, 1967, The Met
• Duncan Grant, Bathing, 1911, Tate
• Gino Miles, Shelter, 2015, bronze
• Wassily Kandinsky, Color Study (Squares with Concentric Circles), 1913, watercolor, gouache, crayon on paper, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
• Kasimir Malevich, Black Square, 1915, oil on canvas, 79x79 cm (ca. 31.3x31.3”), Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
• Pablo Picasso, Weeping Woman, 1937, Tate

• Marcel Duchamp, Nude (Study) Sad Young Man on a Train (Nu esquisse, jeune homme triste dans un train), Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
• Giorgio de Chirico, Piazza d'Italia, 1950s
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Bathers at Moritzburg, 1909-26, Tate
• Georges Braque, Man with a Guitar, Céret, 1911-12, Moma
• Rodin, The Clenched Hand, modeled ca. 1885 cast 1925, bronze, Rodin Museum
• Ivan Kramskoi, The Temptation of Christ, 1872-1874
• Barnett Newman, Adam, 1951-52, Tate
• Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, bronze
• Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, Sierra Nevada from the Alhambra, Grenada, 1910
• Francis Bacon, Study for ‘Portrait of Van Gogh IV,’ 1957, Tate
• Balthus, Passage du Commerce-Saint-André, 1952-54, oil on canvas, Foundation Beyeler
• Illustrated Leaf from Giovani Boccaccio of Certaldo’s De casibus virorum illustrium (On the Fates of Famous Men), ca. 1373
• Caravaggio, Sacrifice of Isaac, 1602, oil on canvas, Piasecka-Johnson Collection, Princeton
• Emil Nolde, Weihnachtssterne, 1930, watercolor on Japanese paper
• Amy Sherald, First Lady Michelle Obama, 2018, oil on linen, National Portrait Gallery
• Leonardo da Vinci, (Recto) A man tricked by Gypsies, ca.1493, pen/ink on paper, Royal Collection Trust, UK 

Short Films or Selections from:

• Marcel Duchamp’s “Anemic Cinema” (1926);
• Stan Brakhage’s “Moth Light” (1963);
• Martin Arnold’s “Alone 2: Life Wastes Andy Hardy” (1988);
• Ryoji Ikeda’s “Test Pattern (Times Square)”; 
• Ryoji Ikeda’s “Data Path Installation (Madrid)”;
• David Lynch’s “The Alphabet”;
• Jan Svankmajer’s “Dimensions of Dialogue”;
• Abbas Kiarostami’s Frame 15 of his “24 Frames;
• Hiroshi Teshigahara’s “Antonio Gaudí”

Songs or Selections from:

• Peter Brötzmann & Han Bennink’s “Nr.7,”Schwarzwaldfahrt;
• Philip Glass’ “Part Four” of Music in 12 Parts;
• Frank Wright Quartet’s “Your Prayer”; 
• Taylor Dupree, Illuha, & Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Perpetual”;
• Marsen Jules’ “The Endless Change of Colour”;
• Arvo Pärt’s “Spiegel im Spiegel”;
• Henry Grimes’ “The Call”;
• Alban Berg’s “Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op.6”;
• Blind Willie Johnson’s “Jesus Make Up my Dying Bed”

                                                                               
​                                                                                Questions:

(1) Art Judgment:  Richly describe (with textual support and art-specific details) how each of your thinkers (the 2 assigned & a 3rd per group selection) would judge one of the listed works of art.

(2) Personal Evaluation of Their Judgments:  Delineate your personal evaluation (at least one point per group member) for each of your three thinkers’ judgments of the selected artwork.
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Art Selections:

Egon Schiele, Agony, 1912, oil, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich

Alfred Sisley, Église de Moret (The Church at Moret (Evening)), 1894, oil on canvas, Petit Palais, City of Paris Fine Art Museum

Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World, 1948, MoMA

Jackson Pollack, Mural, 1943, Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Winter (Hunters Return), 1565, oil on wood, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Henry Moore, Recumbent Figure, 1938, Green Hornton Stone, Tate

Jean Dubuffet, parade funèbre pour Charles Estienne, 1967, The Met

Duncan Grant, Bathing, 1911, Tate

Gino Miles, Shelter, 2015, bronze

Kasimir Malevich, Black Square, 1915, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Marcel Duchamp, Nude (Study) Sad Young Man on a Train (Nu esquisse, jeune homme triste dans un train), Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Georges Braque, Man with a Guitar, Céret, 1911-12, Moma

Ivan Kramskoi, The Temptation of Christ, 1872-1874

Barnett Newman, Adam, 1951-52, Tate

Francis Bacon, Study for ‘Portrait of Van Gogh IV,’ 1957, Tate

Illustrated Leaf from Giovani Boccaccio of Certaldo’s De casibus virorum illustrium (On the Fates of Famous Men), ca. 1373

Amy Sherald, First Lady Michelle Obama, 2018, National Portrait Gallery

Zoran Music, Wir sind nicht die letzten (We are not the Last), 1970, etching on paper, Tate

Vincent Van Gogh, Corridor in the Asylum, 1889, gouache and chalk on paper, The Met

Karl Blossfeldt, Adiantum pedatum, 1898-1926, photograph, in Unformen der Kunst, pub.1928

Paul Cézanne, The Gardener Vallier, 1906, Tate

Robert Motherwell, Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 1970

Wassily Kandinsky, Color Study (Squares with Concentric Circles), 1913, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich

Pablo Picasso, Weeping Woman, 1937, Tate

Giorgio de Chirico, Piazza d'Italia, 1950s

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Bathers at Moritzburg, 1909-26, Tate

Rodin, The Clenched Hand, modeled ca. 1885 cast 1925, bronze, Rodin Museum

Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, bronze

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, Sierra Nevada from the Alhambra, Grenada, 1910

Balthus, Passage du Commerce-Saint-André, 1952-54, oil on canvas, Foundation Beyeler

Caravaggio, Sacrifice of Isaac, 1602, Piasecka-Johnson Collection, Princeton

Emil Nolde, Weihnachtssterne, 1930, watercolor on Japanese paper

Leonardo da Vinci, (Recto) A man tricked by Gypsies, ca.1493, Royal Collection Trust, England

For the following film or music options, you may choose any in full or a brief selection within any (note times selected):