CVSP 250 Final, Fall 2000

INTRODUCTION TO ART APPRECIATION - C.S.250 — Fail Semester 2000-2001- PROF. S. DADOYAN FINAL Exam — Jan. 30, 2001 — Duration: 3 Hours Golden Rules: Be brief, clear, to-the-point, informative, critical and most of all ... Yourself ! Bo Jad rian SECTION I. (50%) BRIEF & OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS- ANSWER ONLY_FIVE Q's - ON ONE PAGE A. Renaissance in the South and the North: What did Michelangeto think of Flemish painting and Why? Diversity and Uniformity of styie & approach during the Renaissance: Discuss with specific examples. B C. “Virgin and Child” of Cimabue, Giotto and Leonardo (“Madonna of the Rocks"): What is changing ? Raphael's “School of Athens": Its relevance to the Renaissance and art history in general. - “David” of Donatello, Del Verrocchio, Michelangelo, Bernini: What is changing 7 Michelangelo's two “Pieta’s (over fifty years apart): What is changing ? - “The Last Supper” of Leonardo and Tintoretto: What is changing ? . “Venus of Urbino” (Titian), “Olympia’(Manet) & “Grande Odalisque” (Ingres): What is changing ? The “Parthenon” of Athens (5" BC) & “St. Peter's” of Rome (17" AD):Has the Divine changed style? Patriotism in change: “The Oath of the Horatii” (J.-L. David) and “The Raft of Medusa” (Gericault). SECTION II. (40%) ANSWER ONLY ONE QUESTION ON NOT MORE THAN THREE PAGES A. Briefly present the Baroque Style then - Try to trace its influence and legacy (in particular) on subsequent periods up to our times. - When one describes a person/event/scene, etc. “baroque” what could he possibly mean ? - Describe an “Arab Baroque’ scene |! B. Gauguin’s synthetism (areas of unnaturalistic flat color for symbolism) and Van Gogh's brush strokes: - What is so common between them ? - What is so different in each ? - What is their common legacy in the arts of our times ? C. Figurativism of the Expressionists and the Surrealists: - Why do you think they stayed close to natural forms and ~ ...at the same time were so far from being “realists” ? - What is common between the two despite differences ? SECTION Ill. (10%) ANSWER THE FOLLOWING “SELF-PORTRAIT WITH CS 250” - Write an essay of not more than three pages on the above theme, evaluating, among other things about art, the course, the material, the approach & method, etc., yourself in particular in Ail respects...(This may be an “apology” and/or a “work of art’, a “critique” or just “another exam question of little cash value! To be sure: Honesty = Courage = Dignity = Valua (in my book of ethics ...and Grades ! ) GOOD LUCK!