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Assignment 1.3 Written Assignment 2
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Course Number:
ART103
Course Title:
Art History II: From the Early
Modern to the Contemporary
Instructor:
Romain, Valerie
Email Address:
vromain@lasallecollegevanco
uver.com
Communication Channel:
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Handout:
Week 3
Submission due:
Week 4
Weighting:
10% out of a 100%
Learning Outcomes:
• Investigate relationships between formal elements in art and their
thematic, historical, cultural, and/or ideological context.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of art historical terminology.
• Apply visual evidence to support ideas about artwork in various media
through discussion, written, studio, and other assignments.
• Recognize common currents and contrasting characteristics of different
periods and art movements.
Assignment Description:
You will write a short essay to increase your ability to form connections between
the art/design of the historic past, the present, and the future, expressing your
own opinions and conclusions.
Assignment Brief (specifics):
• Research either social/moral concerns or the aesthetic concerns of
contemporary design that were also reflected in historical art styles.
• Choose a current (within the past 25-30 years), specific example from
your design discipline that expresses that concern (for example, the
lobby of a hotel; a designer’s couture collection; a line of décor objects
from one design firm).
• In your short essay, you will compare and contrast the concerns of
the past with current trends and concerns as seen in your example.
o Tell the reader how that concern is still relevant today.
o Examine how the artist/designer of the 21st century interacts
with history and what our responsibilities or debts are to the
art/design of the past.
• DON’T WRITE A REVIEW ABOUT THE HISTORICAL STYLE/PERIOD.
If you do, you’ll get a failing mark.
• Your writing should be your opinions, conclusions, and/or reflections,
expressed in your own words. You must defend your opinions and
assertions with the current real-world example of design.
• There is no need to quote any other source.
Pick one of the following concerns: AESTHETIC or SOCIO-POLITICAL
• The Emotional (Romanticism): the beauty of the sublime; dramatic
extremes of emotion
• The “Other” (Romanticism): the commodification of non-Western
cultures
• The Beauty of Ugliness (Realism): grit and grime! Real life isn’t always
pretty, and isn’t that gorgeous?
• The Authentic (Realism): no fantasy, only the real, experienced life
Write 1-2 pages that clearly and completely express and explain in detail
• Why you believe this concern is important in your creative discipline
today (important to the designer, the audience, the consumer or end-
user, the discipline itself)
• How this concern is expressed in a specific, existing, contemporary
design
• How that contemporary design is similar to and/or different from
examples from the historical period
• Import 3 or more images onto the second page of your essay that
illustrate your assertions. Cite your source(s) for these images in
captions (URL is fine).
• The first paragraph must have a topic sentence that tells the reader what
the essay will explain/assert.
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Assignment 1.3 Written Assignment 2
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Assignment X
Required textbook:
(Name of Book)
Suggested Reading:
(Name of Books)
Suggested websites/blog:
(Name of Sites)
Required Software:
• Adobe Acrobat
Reader
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe illustrator
• Adobe Lightroom
• Adobe Photoshop
• AutoDesk 3ds Max
• AutoDesk AutoCAD
• AutoDesk Revit
• Design Manager
• Google Scholar
• Kerkythea
• Lumion
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Teams
• Podium
• Trimble SketchUp
• V-Ray
Referencing style:
APA (American Psychological
Association)
Values of LCI Education:
• Commitment
• Initiative
• Quality
• Sharing
• Mutual Consideration
Evidence of Learning/Deliverables:
• Submit a short essay
o 2 pages maximum
o double-spaced
o 12-pt font
o include image(s) of art/design relevant to your essay
o submit as PDF only to Lea
Presentation:
• No oral presentation is required.
Naming Conventions for Assignment Submission:
• All submitted assignments should be named in a similar fashion
• i) Course nr ii) quarter: iii) assignment type iv) student surname, name v)
student ID and vi) program of study
CourseNr_Quarter_AssignmentX_StudentSurname_StudentName_Stude
ntNr
• Example:
o ART103_SP22_A1.3_Romain_Valerie_000001.PDF
• Please note, if a student’s work cannot be identified by the instructor, they
will receive 0% for the assignment. Students always need to follow the
naming convention when handing in assignments.
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Grading Scale:
Letter GPA Percentage
%
A 4.00 88 – 100 %
A- 3.7 85 – 87 %
B+ 3.4 82 – 84 %
B 3.00 78 – 81 %
B- 2.7 75 – 77%
C+ 2.4 72 – 74 %
C 2.00 68 – 71 %
C- 1.7 65 – 67 %
D+ 1.4 62 – 64%
D 1.00 55 – 61%
F 0.00 0 – 54%
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Grading Criteria/Rubric:
• Liberal Studies Core
– Knowledge, understanding & Application
– Academic research & communication
– Criteria 1 by Liberal Studies Instructor
– Criteria 2 by Liberal Studies Instructor
– Graphic, Written & Oral Communication
EVALUATION BREAKDOWN
0 pt 10pt 20pt 30pt 40pt 50pt
CON-
TENT
Essay does
not explain
why you
believe this
concern is
important in
your creative
discipline
today
AND
Does not
explain how
this concern
is expressed
in existing,
contempo-
rary design
compared to
the historical
period
Essay does
not explain
why you
believe this
concern is
important in
your creative
discipline
today
OR
Does not
explain how
this concern is
expressed in
existing,
contemporary
design
compared to
the historical
period
Essay
unclearly and
incompletely
explains why
you believe
this concern is
important in
your creative
discipline
today
Explains
unclearly and
incompletely
how this
concern is
expressed in
existing,
contemporary
design
compared to
the historical
period
Essay partly
explains
why you
believe this
concern is
important in
your
creative
discipline
today
Explains
partly how
this concern
is
expressed
in existing,
contempo-
rary design
compared to
the
historical
period
Essay mostly
explains clearly
why you
believe this
concern is
important in
your creative
discipline today
Mostly explains
clearly how this
concern is
expressed in
existing,
contemporary
design
compared to
the historical
period
Essay clearly
and
completely
explains why
you believe
this concern is
important in
your creative
discipline
today
Explains
clearly and
completely
how this
concern is
expressed in
existing,
contemporary
design
compared to
the historical
period
WRI-
TING
More
spelling,
punctuation,
sentence
structure,
paragraph,
or
vocabulary
errors than
error-free
writing
Spelling,
punctuation,
sentence
structure,
paragraph, or
vocabulary
errors present
seriously
impede the
legibility and
understanding
Spelling,
punctuation,
sentence
structure,
paragraph, or
vocabulary
errors present
but don’t
seriously
impede the
legibility and
understanding
No spelling,
punctuation,
sentence
structure,
paragraph,
or
vocabulary
errors.
ILLUSTR
ATIONS
Not included
Sufficient and
clear photos of
contemporary
design
included as
examples of
your
assertions.
FOR-
MAT
First page,
page
numbers,
font,
spacing,
margins are
incorrect
throughout
First page,
page
numbers, font,
spacing,
margins as
described in
Specifications
TOTAL
/100
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Assignment 1.3 Written Assignment 2
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student work.
Examples of student work:
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