Drawing Composition I and II

Art History presentations

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Choose one of the following artists or periods of art history.  Prepare a 10-15 minute presentation, which includes the following information:

• 6-10 images that best illustrate your topic
• Be sure to focus SPECIAL ATTENTION on how the artist or movement made use of drawing.
• Mention significant names, dates and vocabulary associated with your topic
• Mention significant information associated with each image
• Be sure to explain central themes and ideas, do not dwell on lots of names and titles of individual works

Class members will be responsible for taking notes, so be sure to highlight significant facts and pace your information carefully. 

Topics to choose from:

1. Expressionism
2. Cubism 
3. Futurism 
4. Pop Art 
5. Surrealism 
6. Renaissance Art
7. Romanticism 
8. Impressionism
9. Honore Daumier
10. Francisco Goya
11. Joseph W. Turner 
12. Thomas Cole
13. Edouard Manet 
14. Claude Monet
15. Auguste Renoir
16. Edgar Degas
17. Mary Cassatt
18. Thomas Eakins
19. Auguste Rodin (sculptor)
20. Paul Cezanne
21. Georges Seurat
22. Vincent Van Gogh
23. Paul Gauguin
24. Pablo Picasso
25. Henri Rousseau 
26. Salvador Dali 
27. Edvard Munch
28. Marcel Ducamp
29. Alberto Giacometti / sculptor
30. Frank Lloyd Wright
31. Andy Warhol
32. Mark Rothko
33. Francis Bacon
34. Willem De Kooning
35. Jackson Pollock
36. Georgia O'Keefe
37. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 
38. Henri Matisse
39. Edward Hopper
40. M.C. Ecsher 
41. Leonardo da Vinci
42. Albrecht Durer

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