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AHVS 120 – Exam #3 Instructions – Final version
Format: take-home exam to be submitted via Brightspace
Exam will be available: Monday, December 6th at 9:30 am Exam will be due: Monday, December 6th at at 9:30 pm
Exams submitted after the deadline will have late marks deducted. The late penalties are listed below.
Note: There is no class on Monday, December 6th. You can use this timeslot to write your test.
Note: The exam will be posted the AHVS 120 A01 Brightspace site under “Exam Instructions and Questions”. However, you will need to go to your tutorial’s Brightspace site to upload your answers. You will need to submit your exam as a PDF document.
The exam will be based on the artworks and buildings listed below. The questions will ask you to consider the following information (discussed in class and in the course readings) regarding these artworks and buildings:
the artist or architect
the work’s formal elements: its composition, line, color, etc.
the work’s subject matter
how the artwork or building relates to ideas / intellectual concepts / theories
how the artwork/building and the ideas that informed its creation/design relate to social, political, and cultural aspects
how the artwork/building is influenced by or responds to earlier artworks, buildings, or styles
where was the work originally displayed
Note: The exam will be based on what is in the course readings and what was discussed in the class lectures. You do not need to study any other sources.
The exam will consist of long-answer questions. Each question will have an upper word limit.
In your answers:
Do not use any quotes. You need to answer the questions in your own words.
Do not use point form. You need to write your answers using sentences and paragraphs. But, you will not be graded for spelling or grammar.
You do not need to cite your sources.
Artworks:
Jan Steen, The Feast of St. Nicholas, ca. 1660-1665.
Joseph Wright of Derby, A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery (in which a lamp is put in place of the sun), ca. 1763-65.
Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, ca. 1826-33. Gustave Courbet, Stonebreakers, 1849.
Edouard Manet, Dejeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863. Rosa Bonheur, Horse Fair, 1853.
Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872. Käthe Kollwitz, The Outbreak, 1903.
Hans Haacke, MetroMobiltan, 1985.
Yinka Shonibare, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews Without Their Heads, 1998. Rembrandt van Rijn, Four Mullahs Seated under a Tree, ca. 1656-61. Henri Matisse, Red Room, 1908.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Dresden, 1908.
Vassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 (Second Version), 1912. Pablo Picasso, Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907.
Georges Braque, The Portuguese, 1911. Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs, 1965.
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Your body is a battleground), 1989.
Janine Antoni, Lipstick Display, 1992.
Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog (Magenta), 1994-2000.
Trevor Paglen, The Salt Pit, Northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, from The Black Sites, 2006. Carey Young, Conflict Management, 2003.
Late marks
Less than 30 minutes late – 5% 30 minutes to 1 hour late – 10%
1 to 2 hours late – 20%
More than 2 hours late – 30%