Category: Art & architecture

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/

In the late 19th/early 20th centuries, photography, film, and animation became an art form, many times combining traditional drawing and painting techniques with new technologies.
Early pioneers like Eadweard Muybridge, Georges Méliès, and Winsor McCay used technology to advance their art forms. Please select one video below to analyze:
Photography: The Horse in Motion (Eadweard Muybridge, 1878)

Film: A Trip to the Moon (Georges Méliès 1902)

Animation: Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor McCay, 1914)

Once you make your selection, please do some research on your chosen artist, then answer the following questions:
Did the artist incorporate any “traditional” mediums, i.e., drawing/painting, into their work? If so, how were these techniques combined with technology? How do these early pioneers still influence photography/motion studies, film, and animation more than 100 years later?
Your response should be around three to four paragraphs and prepared in Microsoft Word, double-spaced and uploaded. Please cite your research sources.

In art, and painting especially, color is such an important element. The history of art, from the Impressionists to the Abstract Expressionists, used color to depict light, space, and even emotions. For this discussion, you are required to explore color in an in-depth way, beyond just answering the common question, “What is your favorite color?”
Explore and choose a color from your environment, perhaps the color on a wall that you have painted or on a piece of clothing you wear. Maybe it’s a color out in the world somewhere, like on a billboard you see on your way to work or school. What does this color mean to you? What effects does it create? How does it make you feel? Does it evoke a memory? Does the color symbolize anything? How would you classify this color in terms of hue, value, and saturation (look these up if you are not sure what they mean)? Try to be as specific and detailed as you can with your descriiptions. Finally, give this color a name in the same way as paint manufacturers will name colors we see in stores.

this is a personal statement for my phd application at schools such as columbia, harvard, cornell, uc berkeley. The word limit for these schools is 500 word. In addition to personal statement editing, I am off the word count by about more 1000 words, and I can’t seem to make it 500 as I am not sure what to keep and remove. here are some insights from their prompts:
Prompt 1:
“we ask that you provide a statement that explains how your personal experiences and history will allow you to contribute to the wealth of perspectives in the entering class of the school and the university in large.”
Prompt 2:
“The personal statement should give concrete evidence of your promise as a member of the academic community, giving the committee an image of you as a person.
This is also where you represent your potential to bring to your academic career a critical perspective rooted in a non-traditional educational background, or your understanding of the experiences of groups historically under-represented in higher education and your commitment to increase participation by a diverse population in higher education.”