Internet Artist Research Worksheet

Name: Alaina Ferkovich Hour:7

Artists Full Name Ansel Easton Adams Date of Birth: February 20, 1902 Place of birth: Western Addition of San Francisco, California Date of and age at death: April 22, 1984. Aged 82 Place of death: ICU at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, California Cause of death: Bed ridden 4 weeks from leg surgery. Education: San Franciscos Panama Pacific International Exposition Primary type of artwork (ex: painting? drawing? sculpture? printmaking? ceramics) Photography Style or period of art? Straight Photography Short definition of that style or period (see Artlex or Artcyclopedia):
Photography that attempts to depict a scene as realistically and objectively as permitted by the

medium, renouncing the use of manipulation Interesting/Personal information on the artist: Married the daughter of Harry Best from Best Studios. Eventually turned into Ansel Adams Gallery

Art Criticism:
Title of the art: Moonrise Date of art: 1941 Location of the art: (museum or collection) many prints made

What is the subject matter (Describe the objects in the art)? The moon rising over the city of Hernandez, Mexico. Mountains, clouds, and houses are present Genre: Is it a still life (group of things), a portrait (of a person) or a landscape, seascape or a cityscape or other (explain)? A landscape of sorts. Its picturing a village as it seems Style/form: Is this artwork realistic (as real as possible) or abstract (distorted reality)? Realistic How was the photo taken?: A camera

Interpretation:
What do you think the artist was trying to say in the artwork? The serenity of a rising moon over a beautiful town in Mexico Why do you think he or she chose this subject? It was a clean shot with little in the sky cluttering around the moon and houses What feeling does this artwork give you and why? It reminds me of a comfortable summer night. Cool but inviting. Peaceful What part of the artwork is your favorite and why? The mountains in the back, and the small line of clouds above, because it gives the picture a lot of depth compared to the houses and plants in the front. It gives the allusion that its closer to you than the focus really would have been. It messes with your mind in a way.