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21:30 Assignment Details ART 125 : Photo History I - Reed D. - SPRING 2022 - SEC... VIRTUAL MUSEUM Description You are the new curator at the Virtual Museum. As such, you want to organize a two-artist exhibition. First, you must identify the two artists, each of whom should be photographers. Look through the list of artists below and select two. (You may select an artist not listed if you get approval.) Second, search the internet for three examples of their work (three for each artist). Third, identify the time period and style in which each artist worked (Pictorialism, Street Photography, Modernism, Naturalism, Documentary, Straight Photography, etc.), and prepare a short biography that might go on a wall label. Fourth, consider each artist's work carefully and determine the fundamental characteristics that make his or her work unique and important. Fifth, consider why you think these two artists should be shown together by reflecting on how the work of these two artists are similar and how they are different. Note - PICK YOUR ARTISTS VERY CAREFULLY. Be sure that you can make a convincing argument about why those two artists belong together. I will reward most highly those who pick unexpected combinations of artists over those whose selections are more obvious. But, if you Submit Assignment Dashboard Calendar LTE To Do 1 Notifications Inbox21:30 Assignment Details ART 125 Photo History I - Reed D. - SPRING 2022 - SEC... < try something unexpected, be sure that you can pull it off. PROJECT Having done the steps above, organize and present your exhibition by embedding the six images into a word processing document, preferably Word (if not Word, turn your project into a pdf). Prepare and present the following wall labels and didactics to accompany the show: TITLE WALL - title your show and state the names of the artists. LTE OBJECT LABELS - for each work, include the artist's name, the title of the work, the date, and the photographic process (such as, Gelatin Silver Print). We will not concern ourselves with size or who owns the work. Put these labels adjacent to the images. [six labels total] Note - Google "museum labels" to see many examples of how museum wall labels are presented. BIOGRAPHICAL DIDACTIC - for each artist, write a 200 - 300 word biography. A didactic is the name for the informational panels in a museum, and you are writing the language for the didactic (in your own words, do not simply cut and paste). [two didactics total] Submit Assignment Dashboard Calendar To Do 1 Notifications Inbox21:30 Assignment Details ART 125 : Photo History I - Reed D. - SPRING 2022 - SEC... INTERPRETIVE DIDACTICS - for each artist, write 300 - 400 words explaining his or her work, the period in which it was done, the style in which it was done, and relate the work to at least one broad cultural event to give it context (for example, "...the despair apparent in the attitude of the figures reflected the artist's personal struggles during the German economic deprivations that followed WWI.") Give your didactics as title. [two didactics total] SUMMARY DIDACTIC - This is an interpretive didactic in which you explain to the museum audience why you have put these two artists together. What does this show tell us about their work? What does it tells us about some larger issue in art (for example, perhaps they demonstrate how two artists working in different time periods can have similar concerns, or perhaps they demonstrate how differently two artists can approach similar subjects)? Write between 300-400 words. There may be some overlap with your other labels, but be sure that they are not too redundant (if so, there would be no reason for multiple labels). Give your didactic a title. [one didactic] Note - In a real exhibition, the didactics would not be identified by their function, such as Biographical Didactic, Interpretative Didactic, or Summary Didactic. Even so, in this case, Submit Assignment Dashboard LTE Calendar To Do 1 Notifications Inbox21:30 Assignment Details ART 125 : Photo History I - Reed D. - SPRING 2022 - SEC... VIRTUAL MUSEUM Description You are the new curator at the Virtual Museum. As such, you want to organize a two-artist exhibition. First, you must identify the two artists, each of whom should be photographers. Look through the list of artists below and select two. (You may select an artist not listed if you get approval.) Second, search the internet for three examples of their work (three for each artist). Third, identify the time period and style in which each artist worked (Pictorialism, Street Photography, Modernism, Naturalism, Documentary, Straight Photography, etc.), and prepare a short biography that might go on a wall label. Fourth, consider each artist's work carefully and determine the fundamental characteristics that make his or her work unique and important. Fifth, consider why you think these two artists should be shown together by reflecting on how the work of these two artists are similar and how they are different. Note - PICK YOUR ARTISTS VERY CAREFULLY. Be sure that you can make a convincing argument about why those two artists belong together. I will reward most highly those who pick unexpected combinations of artists over those whose selections are more obvious. But, if you Submit Assignment Dashboard Calendar LTE To Do 1 Notifications Inbox21:30 Assignment Details ART 125 Photo History I - Reed D. - SPRING 2022 - SEC... < try something unexpected, be sure that you can pull it off. PROJECT Having done the steps above, organize and present your exhibition by embedding the six images into a word processing document, preferably Word (if not Word, turn your project into a pdf). Prepare and present the following wall labels and didactics to accompany the show: TITLE WALL - title your show and state the names of the artists. LTE OBJECT LABELS - for each work, include the artist's name, the title of the work, the date, and the photographic process (such as, Gelatin Silver Print). We will not concern ourselves with size or who owns the work. Put these labels adjacent to the images. [six labels total] Note - Google "museum labels" to see many examples of how museum wall labels are presented. BIOGRAPHICAL DIDACTIC - for each artist, write a 200 - 300 word biography. A didactic is the name for the informational panels in a museum, and you are writing the language for the didactic (in your own words, do not simply cut and paste). [two didactics total] Submit Assignment Dashboard Calendar To Do 1 Notifications Inbox21:30 Assignment Details ART 125 : Photo History I - Reed D. - SPRING 2022 - SEC... INTERPRETIVE DIDACTICS - for each artist, write 300 - 400 words explaining his or her work, the period in which it was done, the style in which it was done, and relate the work to at least one broad cultural event to give it context (for example, "...the despair apparent in the attitude of the figures reflected the artist's personal struggles during the German economic deprivations that followed WWI.") Give your didactics as title. [two didactics total] SUMMARY DIDACTIC - This is an interpretive didactic in which you explain to the museum audience why you have put these two artists together. What does this show tell us about their work? What does it tells us about some larger issue in art (for example, perhaps they demonstrate how two artists working in different time periods can have similar concerns, or perhaps they demonstrate how differently two artists can approach similar subjects)? Write between 300-400 words. There may be some overlap with your other labels, but be sure that they are not too redundant (if so, there would be no reason for multiple labels). Give your didactic a title. [one didactic] Note - In a real exhibition, the didactics would not be identified by their function, such as Biographical Didactic, Interpretative Didactic, or Summary Didactic. Even so, in this case, Submit Assignment Dashboard LTE Calendar To Do 1 Notifications Inbox21:30 Assignment Details ART 125 : Photo History I - Reed D. - SPRING 2022 - SEC... please identify them for me - don't leave me guessing. Since you are addressing a museum audience, not me, do NOT use the word "I", as in "I chose these artist because..," for any label or didactic. If do not use a quote, you need not footnote your information. If you use a quote, you must do a simplified form of footnoting. Just indicate the author, the book or article and the date. You need not indicate page number or show a link. EMBED YOUR IMAGES - try to find smaller jegs. Not so small that they pixilate, but small enough that they will load easily into Word. Usually, the images in Google will show their size in the lower left corner when your curser hoovers over them. 600x800 pixels would be ideal, for example. Organization Organize and present your exhibition. For example, think about how you should present the artists and the information. Should each artist's work be presented separately, or should you mix their works together? How effectively you present the material is important (as it always is in museums). Submission Dashboard Submit Assignment LTE Calendar To Do 1 Notifications Inbox21:30 Assignment Details ART 125 : Photo History I - Reed D. - SPRING 2022 - SEC... Upload your assignment as a Word document or a PDF (no Google Docs or Pages) to the Assignment page by the due date. Grading I will grade your exhibition as if I were the head curator evaluating your work. Does your show offer an interesting point of view, is that point of view supported, is the combination clever or ordinary, is the show well presented, and were the labels accurate and well written? NOTE - look carefully at the grading rubric to guide you in completing the assignment. Credit 200 points maximum Photographic Artists Adams, Ansel Arbus, Diane Atget, Eugene Avedon, Richard Baldessari, John Baltz, Lewis Dashboard Submit Assignment Calendar LTE To Do 1 Notifications Inbox
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Virtual Museum: Adams Ansel and Atget Eugene
Photography is a form of art, and different artists have their unique interpretations and
expression of art. However, this virtual museum shall focus on Adams Ansel and Atget Eugene,
who were incredible contributors to the photography industry in their own right.
Adams Ansel
In 1902, Ansel Adams, a pioneering American landscape photographer, was born. Therefore, the
era he did his photography was the 1900s (Alinder & Adams, 2017). One of the most wellknown and respected photographers of American history, he left a lasting legacy through his
photographs found in books, documentaries, and other ephemera, such as calendars, posters, and
greeting cards 1900s (Alinder & Adams, 2017). Photography was a way for Adams to document
the protected conservation areas in the West, where he spent most of his life. Environmentalist
and icon of the conservation movement of the twentieth century, he devoted his life to preserving
the natural world through his photography. Therefore, Adams Ansel focused on the naturalism
style of photography, considering that he focused on landscape photography. Therefore, he uses
the natural environment as his muse for his works.
Adams, a modernist artist, believed that landscape photography could evoke contemplative
feelings in viewers like music or poetry could. Adams depicted a modern approach to an earlier,
more traditional medium in his landscapes. Adams used sharp focus to bring attention to what
might otherwise go unnoticed by distorting the essential elements and connections between
subjects in the natural environment. By removing the objects from their original context, the
artist demonstrated how photography could make ordinary things beautiful, demonstrating the
implementation of modernism.
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Monolith, the Face of Half Dome

Adams Ansel
Monolith, the Face of Half Dome,1927
Vintage Silver Gelatin Process
Adams took this picture in 1927, and it is a depiction of a high-contrast black-and-white photo of
Yosemite National Park's Half Dome; and the foreground ad background is both sharp and has
deep focus. Half Dome is a famous and significant work by Ansel Adams through which his
artistic vision was stored in a picture.
The Yosemite landscape was an inspiration and was expressed through the camera lens. Anne
Hammond, an expert on Adams, stated. "To get a real sense of the sheer rock face, one had to
look through the ground glass at the base of the cliff, which was located halfway up. The Dome's
verticality was accentuated by the central shadow line, which accentuated the slight perspective
distortion caused by the extreme oblique view; it's like a "great headstone, [a] symbol of the

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insurmountable fact of mountain experience." 1Anna Hammond's interpretation of the
photograph accurately understood the visual representation. However, one can also consider the
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