Outcome 3:

Landscape
written response task!

PHOTOGRAPHY - Unit 1!

Discuss how artists from di!erent times and cultures have interpreted sources of inspiration and used materials and techniques in the production of artworks

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Edward Burtynsky, Oil, 2009

This activity involves observing, analysing, describing, researching and interpreting and comparing two artworks that respond to the theme of landscape. !

Select two artworks made by different artists from the options given to you in class and discuss the following in relation to both works!
Select the artwork that interests you the most in relation to the theme of landscape. !

Record the details of the artwork (artist, title, date, media, size).! What initially caught your interest about this artwork?!

STUDIO ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY UNIT 1!

WRITTEN RESPONSE TASK #1

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Describe and analyse the artwork:!

Which art elements (for example, colour, line, shape, tone, form and texture) and design principles (for example, focal point, space, rhythm, variety, unity, balance) are most important in the work and what visual effects do they create?!

What materials and techniques are used to make the artwork? How are they used? Research the artwork using multiple sources.! Identify and note at least three information sources that help your understanding of this work. Starting points may include: NGV Collection Stories ! Books, exhibition catalogues or art journals from your school, or public library, websites!

List ve interesting facts that you learned from your research and explain what each has added to your understanding of this work.! What feelings, moods, ideas or meanings does the artist communicate to you through the artwork?! What is it about the artwork that suggests these feelings, moods or ideas?! What ideas does each artwork communicate about landscape? How are these ideas communicated in each artwork?! Explain why you believe these artworks make an interesting comparison in how they express or suggest ideas about landscape.!

Explain the connection you see between this artwork and the theme of landscape.!

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DUE IN: ____________________________ This task must be handed in typed and printed out. Include an image in your document of the two works you have chosen and please ensure your name is on your work.

Edward Weston, Onion Halved, 1930! Ansel Adams,The Tetons and the Snake River, 1942! Shaun Gladwell, Interceptor Surf Sequence, 2009

STUDIO ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY UNIT 1!

WRITTEN RESPONSE TASK #1

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