Answer A,B,C
A. Fully identify the work . This information can be found in the wall label of the work.
B. Do you like this work? Why, or why not? Tell me what you see.
C. Identify any of the new devices developed by Giotto Di Bondone in the Lamentation fresco from the Arena Chapel to suggest emotion, spatial depth and/or dramatic narrative the painting.
Pointers for the correct format and requirements on writing assignments:
1. FULLY IDENTIFY THE WORK.
Full Identification is the information provided in the caption under each of the images in your textbook. It is the standard format for identifying works of art.
Artist (provide the full name, Giotto di Bondone, known as Giotto)
Title (titles of works are always capitalized and either italicized or underlined.
Italicized means script NOT, in Italics: “….”
Thus: Lamentation or Lamentation not “Lamentation”.
Date
Medium (what it is made of, the materials and process used): oil on canvas.
Location (where it was made for originally and where it resides today – if different)
Since many paintings and sculptures end up far away from where they were created, the original location is key since it relates to the patron and to the specific commission or project.
2. SOCIO-HISTORICAL CONTEXT
PROVIDE HISTORICAL SETTING, GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, ARTISTIC PERIOD AND PATRONAGE OF THE COMMISSION. .
3. ART TECHNIQUES
DISCUSS MEDIUM, MATERIALS AND ARTISTIC PROCESS USED FOR CREATING THE WORK (Fresco, Oil, Gold Leaf, Sculpture, etc.)
4. SUBJECT (BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE SCENE)
WHAT IS THE THEME, NARRATIVE, ICONOGRAPHY, MESSAGE/AGENDA AND FUNCTION OF THE WORK?
5. COMPOSITION AND STYLE
WHAT ARE THE ARTISTIC INNOVATIONS USED BY THE ARTIST TO COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE AND THE MEANING OF THE SCENE IN VISUAL TERMS?
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