Art History Formal Analysis and Movements
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Describe works in words, argue attribution from formal features, and place them in movements with evidence
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Quizzes
Write items in which every stem describes a work entirely in words, four to eight sentences covering medium and support, dimensions if relevant, composition and orientation, treatment of space and perspective, handling of paint or carving, palette and light, figure style, and subject. Never say that an image is shown, never refer to a figure, plate, or diagram, and never rely on the student seeing anything. From…
Tests
Build an assessment from the source material weighted twenty percent multiple choice on technique and movement diagnosis, forty percent short answer, forty percent one comparative essay. All prompts must describe works in words only, with no reference to an image, figure, or plate, and no assumption that the student is looking at anything. Short answers give a verbal description and ask for an attribution or dating…
Flashcards
Cards must work without images. Type one: front gives a purely verbal description of a work, three to five sentences on medium, support, composition, handling, light, and subject, with no title or artist; back names the likely movement or hand, the approximate date range, and the two features that decide it. Type two: front names a movement or period from the material, back gives four diagnostic formal features…
