Category: Art & architecture

A few questions to think about:

What was the main argument the author was trying to make?
Can you summarize the major points of the argument?
Is there a clear thesis statement? If so, where?
What is your general impression of the argument? Well written? Clear? Persuasive?
Were there any points that you found to be particularly insightful? Any that you found to be particularly problematic?
Does the author privilege evidence beneficial to their argument? If so where?
Do you perceive any biases in the writing? If so how and where? How do these biases affect the argument presented?
Is there evidence missing that should be discussed?

Please keep your response to 200
based on this article,
Wei-Cheng Lin, “Pefroming Center in a Vertical Rise: Multilevel Pagodas in China’s Middle Period,” Ars Orientalis 46 (2016): 100–134. [JSTOR] .
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26350433?searchText=au%3A%22WEI-CHENG+LIN%22&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Fsi%3D1%26Query%3Dau%3A%2522WEI-CHENG%2BLIN%2522&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_phrase_search%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A9068046958ded87ba81857529a2069cf&seq=1

__ Paper has a creative title
__ 12-point Times New Roman or comparable font
__ 1-inch margins
__ Essay is approximately 1250-1750 words or 5-7 pages of written content – image pages and Bibliography constitute extra pages.
__ Pages are numbered
__ Illustrations of selected artworks are included and labeled with artist, title, medium, and date and placed at the end of the paper, but before the Works Cited.
__ Thesis statement is clear, focused, and debatable. It is in the first paragraph. It will be underlined.
__ Short quotations are only used when absolutely essential to communicate an author’s unique idea.
__ At least five (5) sources, outside of assigned course readings, are used. Sources are scholarly books and/or academic articles.
__ At least three of your sources are books.
__ Paper is written in the more formal third person. No use of “I”, “me”, or “mine.” Your writing should not sound conversational.
__ Paper is thoroughly edited and is free of spelling and grammatical errors.
__ Refer to works of art by their proper media. Ex., a painting is not a “drawing” or a “picture”; a sculpture is not a “trophy” or a “picture”, etc. Use your new and correct terms!
__ Works Cited or Bibliography is listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name according to Chicago Style.
__ NOTE: the Bibliography IS NOT the same as your Annotated Bibliography. For the Bibliography, you will omit the annotations and only include the citations.

Search the internet and find an example of a piece of furniture or a building from the 20th Century that was influenced by Egyptian Style. (It might have been likely to have been a result of the frenzy over all things Egyptian after the discovery of King Tut’s Tomb.)
-Identify the title of the work (if any), the architect or designer, the location of the work, the date it was made and any other pertinent information. INCLUDE AN IMAGE with your answer.
(!Extra Credit if you find more than one example!)
(THE USE OF AI IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND WILL RESULT IN A FAIL!)

Please find the essay guidelines brief attached as well as a few sources and examples. Please use other reliable sources you can find, the book art
This essay is meant to be an Inquiry led by restructuring prospects of conserving and rehabilitating vernacular Najdi critical earthen heritage in the 21st century within Central Riyadh neighbourhoods. It suggests
Please find below a suggested outline/subtopics; please change/add to it as you see fit.
Start by defining heritage in particularly critical heritage studies
Critical Heritage Studies engaging with other areas of critical enquiry
Vernacular (what is it)
Vernacular heritage
Central Riyadh neighbourhoods context and geography
Vernacular City planning
Socioeconomic shift and climate change in Saudi Arabia
material culture studies
cultural geography
Geology and materials
Material heritage
Earth Architecture and changes to the social paradigm
concealed heritage layer
Concrete dependency 60s to 70s
Rapid Urbanization in Riyadh
Lost architectural narratives due to gentrification and rapid urbanism.
Loss of Najdi Architecture values and the shift of focus towards “sustainable” materials that are not particularly local and are more adapted from foreign interpretations.
Infrastructure of Care on two scales of materials the human hand and earth construction substance
Reviving vernacular materials
Metamorphosis of materials tracing their morphology over time
Material Urban morphology
New Ways to Restore the Legacy of Earth Architecture
Modernizing Building Cultures to Stimulate Local Development
The Case for Raw Earth: An Ecological Material for a New Concept of the Built Environment
How Raw Earth Buildings Stand the Test of Time
Ending the Prejudice Against Earth Architecture: What Can History Teach Us?
Contemporary creativity
The Need for a Cultural and Educational Revolution
Building with Earth in an Urban Context: A Circular Economy for the Future
Future practice reflection
Conclusion
Please look at the essay model example for general expectations.

Please read this essay. There are two parts, the first is a forward by Vincent Scully (the famous 1970s historian from Yale) and the second is the essay by Frank Lloyd Wright himself. He spends a bit of the essay restating points made by Sullivan in the article you previously read. What is new here is the idea that what the “artistic architect” is interpreting is not just the site nor the program, but the client themselves. Please write a one page response to the essay.

1. Use the attached readings and create at least 3 discussion questions and provide the answer. Questions should be thoughtfully designed to encourage meaningful analysis. Label 3 the questions by the readings.
2. View the presentation (hyperlinked below) and write a 175-word summary analysis. https://youtu.be/Wa8Zz8kjtQE?si=bxWVitnJElNShI0Z

Please refer to the PDF attached below for instructions. Kindly read it carefully and follow the steps mentioned in the document.

Could you please look at these readings and write down the main points. Write down a theoretical debate of how race and racism plays a part in architecture. Use the discussion sample from the assignment sheet as a guide.

Reading: Hobden, Sean. Tales from the Old School of Tattooing (2012) ISBN 9781479393572
Within a 4-5 page review, you are to address the following:

*In what way does this book present the social world within which Hobden lived, learned and worked?
*Would you consider Hobden’s use of oral history as going beyond the formal necessities of building what would generally be regarded as an adequate academic analysis of the tattoo phenomenon and its societal interactions? **** Give several examples (i.e. key individuals).
*Is Hobden successful in telling his story – i.e. responding to the “…danger that some of the true characters and heroes of yesteryear will vanish and go unrecorded.” (Hobden, 9)
professor will be turning paper in to turnitin.
please cite in apa format with accurate page numbers. paraphrase citations. make sure essay flows for clarity and understanding and address the assignment questions within paper.
please ask me any questions if you need assistance.

Just like all the examples in your reading and videos, I want you to choose an artwork from the Art Resources/ Virtual Museum tab, and create Formal + content analysis.
What to do:
1. Choose
Go to your Virtual Museums list and sift through many pieces of art to find one that you are interested in (your interest should be both Formal and Content). Copy, Paste, Label appropriately.
2. Analyze
Part A: Formal Analysis (Use Vocab from 1.1- 1.9 and stick to 3-4 most important terms you are looking at: not everything you see)
Part B: Choose 2-3 from: Stylistic, Iconographic, Historical, Biographical, Feminist, Gender Studies, Critical Race, Psychological. You will have to do some research here.
High Level Analysis: Point out correlations between the different types of analysis between Part A and Part B.
You may write a Paragraph or use a List form.
3. Source
Provide Sources for your image AND from your research.
4. Reply to 2 others
See if you know/ see anything you can add or any connections that you see that was not mentioned.
Example:
xtina
climate
Stills from “Diving into an Acidifying Ocean”
Christina Tarquini
Diving into an Acidifying Ocean, 2020
Interactive Digital Media
https://experiments.withgoogle.com/diving-into-an-acidifying-ocean
Part A Formal Analysis:
Lines: Red Chaotic Organic Lines Run through the entire interaction creating a sense of question.
Color: Contrast with Colors such as Bright, saturated colors on a black background gives a feeling of being underwater and a feeling of not knowing. It also catches attention.
Sound (now I know this was not in your book- but it is a sensory part of this piece so I will include it): Daunting, low base sounds reinforces being underwater and catches your attention as well.
Part B
Stylistic: The style of this piece shows inspiration from pointillism and digital/ computer graphics. Computer graphics originated from Pixels, which is very similar to pointillism (lots of dots that make up form and color). The artist used a ‘sea’ of dots to create form and color.
Iconographical: The red chaotic line, I believe, shows human interactivity as a contrast to the other symbols of life and disposable objects shown. The dots may also symbolize individuals collectively that make a big difference if flocked together.
Historical: Many scientific and historical facts are added to the work to support its main idea and provide information. Example: Historical data on Acidification of Oceans.
Psychological: The daunting, low sounds are similar of a horror film, reinforces horrors of our hand in the future of the oceans. The facts shown in White against a black background also catch our attention and show the seriousness of the subject.
Sources:
Tarquini, Christina, et al. “Diving Into an Acidifying Ocean By Cristina Tarquini in Collaboration with Google Arts & Culture | Experiments with Google,”https://experiments.withgoogle.com/diving-into-an-acidifying-ocean
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, https://www.noaa.gov/