The Strain in Art
Students took their new knowledge of art history and create a work of art or some mechanism to describe the strains of influence in art. They may choose painting, sculpture, crafts and architecture. They may focus on: theme, subject, formal elements of art (line, perspective, contrast, rhythm and more) and/ or reason for creation.
Here is an example of a strain is: The female as Goddess.

Each student will be required to complete this project, to my satifaction.
Every Wendesday I will check on the progress of the work, and give 10 points if they did what I told them to do.
Y ou can only make up one missed check in. If you were ill, after the first missed check in you need a doctor's note and his or her phone number for me to have relent. If you don't finish this project I will not pass. You will get an "F" till it is complete.
Example

Venus of Willendorf
24,000-22,000 BCE
This is one of the oldest sculptures of a human figure, used as a fertility goddess. It was discovered by an archaeologist in Austria in the year 1908.

Minoan Snake Goddess 1600 BCE
This figurine was discovered in 1903 on the island of Crete. It was a Minoan divinity associated closely with the snake cult.

 

 

Venus de Milo 130-90 BCE
It is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. The statue depicts Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty.

Eve from Junius Bassus Sarcophagus
359 CE
This is a forth century sarcophagus that depicted bible stories. The Romans at the time looked at Eve as the first goddess.
Botticelli 1486 CE
This Early Renaissance painting depicts the birth of Venus the goddess of love, it was unusual to have a secular theme, in this time period and place.
 
Rubens 1642
He was a 17th century Flemish and European painter. He is well known for his altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of large godlike humans.
 
de Kooning 1954 CE
de Kooning was an abstract expressionist. He was also labeled as an action painter who often experimented with various types of art. Most of his paintings were named "Woman", these were his expressionistic goddesses.
Picasso 1907
Picasso painted "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon". This was the first cubist painting of prostitutes ... as modern goddesses.
 
 

Warhol 1965
He was a 20th century pop artist. He is known for his popular culture inspired images. No modern woman is as iconic, “the modern goddess” as Marilyn Monroe.