Answer the following questions using art vocabulary and ideas from Lectures 2, 3, & 4 and Chapter 2 in your textbook. Please make sure each answer is thoughtful, edited for grammar and spelling errors, and at least  4-5 COMPLETE sentences. Also, be as specific as possible and use examples to support EVERY statement. Write your answers in your own words (not taken directly from your readings or outside resources). A grading rubric is attached to this assignment.  **When answering the questions/prompts below, write in PARAGRAPH FORM (while making sure each question is addressed in your paragraph). **Copy the photos of the artworks and the questions BEFORE each paragraph answer.  PROMPTS : 1. -Is Henri Matisse's 1947 print,  Icarus ,  an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art?  Explain your reasoning.  -Describe the use of  SHAPE  in Henri Matisse's 1947 print,  Icarus . Are the shapes organic or geometric? Which ones? Describe how the shapes interact, or "touch" each other. Are the edges of the shapes soft or hard? Do they bump, blend, or overlap? -Which theme(s) best describe the content of Matisse's  Icarus  ?   Support your answers with specific examples from the painting. 2. -Is Kathe Kollwitz' 1903 etching, Mother with Dead Child  an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art?  Explain your reasoning. -Describe the use of  LINE  in this print. What types of line (geometric, organic, implied) are present?  What do you believe these lines express? Are there any contour lines? Hatching or cross-hatching? Where? In what direction(s) do the lines move? -Which theme(s) best describe the content of Kollwitz'  Mother with Dead Child?   Support your answers with specific examples from the etching. 3. -Is the  Colossal 8-feet-tall Olmec Head  (1500-300 BCE) an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art?  Explain your reasoning. -Describe the  FORM/MASS  of the Olmec Head. Address the size, density, material(s) used, and how it may have interacted with it's original location. -Is the sculpture an example of  Closed Form  or  Open Form ? Explain your answer. -Which theme(s) best describe the content of the Olmec Heads?  Support your answers with specific examples from the sculpture. 4. -Is Jan van Eyck's 1434 oil painting,  The Arnolfi Portrait ,  an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art?  Explain your reasoning. -Discuss the use of  TEXTURE  in van Eyck's painting.  Does the work have actual/tactile texture, visual/simulated texture, or a combination of both? Explain your answer.  -Which theme(s) best describe the content of van Eyck's  The Arnolfi Portrait ?  Support your answers with specific examples from the painting. 5. Is George Caleb Bingham's 1845 painting, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri , an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-Represen.

1. Answer the following questions using art vocabulary and ideas
from Lectures 2, 3, & 4 and Chapter 2 in your textbook. Please
make
sure each answer is thoughtful, edited for grammar and spelling
errors, and
at least
4-5
COMPLETE
sentences. Also, be as
specific as possible and
use examples to support EVERY statement. Write your answers
in your own words (not taken
directly from your readings or outside resources).
A grading rubric is attached to this assignment.
**When answering the questions/prompts below,
write in PARAGRAPH FORM
(while making sure each question is addressed in your
paragraph).
**Copy the photos of the artworks and the questions BEFORE
each paragraph answer.
PROMPTS
:
1.
-Is Henri Matisse's 1947 print,

2. Icarus
,
an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-
Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
-Describe the use of
SHAPE
in Henri Matisse's 1947 print,
Icarus
. Are the shapes organic or geometric? Which ones? Describe
how the shapes interact, or "touch" each other. Are the edges of
the shapes soft or hard? Do they bump, blend, or overlap?
-Which theme(s) best describe the content of Matisse's
Icarus
?
Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.
2.
-Is Kathe Kollwitz' 1903 etching,
Mother with Dead Child
an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-
Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
-Describe the use of
LINE
in this print. What types of line (geometric, organic, implied)
are present? What do you believe these lines express? Are there
any contour lines? Hatching or cross-hatching? Where? In what
direction(s) do the lines move?
-Which theme(s) best describe the content of Kollwitz'
Mother with Dead Child?
Support your answers with specific examples from the etching.

3. 3.
-Is the
Colossal 8-feet-tall Olmec Head
(1500-300 BCE) an example of Representational Art,
Abstracted Art, or Non-Representational Art? Explain your
reasoning.
-Describe the
FORM/MASS
of the Olmec Head. Address the size, density, material(s) used,
and how it may have interacted with it's original location.
-Is the sculpture an example of
Closed Form
or
Open Form
? Explain your answer.
-Which theme(s) best describe the content of the Olmec
Heads? Support your answers with specific examples from the
sculpture.
4.
-Is Jan van Eyck's 1434 oil painting,
The Arnolfi Portrait
,
an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-
Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
-Discuss the use of
TEXTURE

4. in van Eyck's painting. Does the work have actual/tactile
texture, visual/simulated texture, or a combination of both?
Explain your answer.
-Which theme(s) best describe the content of van Eyck's
The Arnolfi Portrait
? Support your answers with specific examples from the
painting.
5.
Is George Caleb Bingham's 1845 painting,
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
, an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-
Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
-What are the three ways Bingham creates the illusion of 3D
SPACE
on a 2D picture plane? Support your answers with specific
examples from the painting.
-Discuss the theme(s) do you identify in Bingham's painting
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
? Support your answers with specific examples from the
painting.
6.
-Is Andrew Wyeth's 1960 painting,
That Gentleman
, an example of Representational Art, Abstracted Art, or Non-
Representational Art? Explain your reasoning.
-Describe in detail the use of

5. COLOR
in this painting. What hues are present (primary, secondary,
and/or tertiary)? How intense are these individual colors? What
are their individual values? What are their temperatures? What
color scheme does Wyeth use to to communicate mood and
evoke an emotional response in the viewer? What is the mood
of the painting?
-Discuss the theme(s) do you identify in Wyeth's
That Gentleman?
Support your answers with specific examples from the painting.