7^th grade Art Research Outline worksheet

NAME: ______________________________________________ Hour: _________

ARTIST NAME: _____________________________________________________________

• Answer as many of these questions as you can. You may not be able to find answers to all the questions.
• Write down where you found the information for each question.

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1) Give date of birth and death.

2) Where was the artist born?

3) Where did the artist die?

4) Where did the artist study? (This could be a school or with another artist?)

5) Where did the artist choose to live later in life? Where was most of their work made? (Some artist moved from their birthplace to work others did not)

6) What kind of artwork did the artist do? painting, sculpture, architecture, printmaking, pottery, jewelry, designing, illustration, photography or other- Name all that apply.

7) What medium did the artist work in mostly? (Medium is the material they used to make the artwork such as oil paint, watercolor, steel, clay, and graphite.)

8) What is the largest and smallest size of the art works you can find – feet and inches?(look at least 5 different museums to find this information)

Name of largest

Size of largest

Name of smallest

Size of smallest

9) What style did the artist work in? Such as Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Renaissance. They may have more then one style name them all.

10) Give a definition of this style(s). (use the online dictionary attached to my website)

CHOOSE ONE PIECE OF WORK BY YOUR ARTIST AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT (make a copy of the picture, black and white is fine)

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11) What is the title?

12) When was it made?

13) What medium was used? Example oil on canvas

14) Where can you find this work (museum, private collection)?

DESCIBE ART WORK IN DETAIL- NO DETAIL IS TOO OBVIOUS (green grass, blue sky with white fluffy clouds, etc.)

***Regular paintings skip #18, Most portraits will skip #16 & 18, Abstract art, Sculptures, and Buildings skip15-17 and do #18 only***

15) What is in the foreground?

16) What is in the middle ground?

17) What is in the background?

18) Describe left to right or top to bottom ONLY answers this question if you could not answer 15-17. Abstract art, Buildings, and Sculptures only!

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19) Does it tell a story? If so what is the story?

20) How does this artwork make you feel? Why?

21) Would want to have this in your house? Why or why not?

22) (Extra Credit)How much is this painting valued? – Not all will have values (look at auction houses to see it has been sold recently.

Put in the proper paragraph

23) Any other interesting facts you might want to add. (try to place them within the most logical place in the paper)