Art Historian

WHY CREATE?

Art Historians are concerned with gathering information about works of art and the artists who created them. Historians provide us with dates and other biographical and social information about art. Art historians view artworks as visual documents reflecting the ideas, values, fears, beliefs, superstitions and desires that have characterized every society in every era from prehistoric times to the present. Art historians build there explanation of art works through 4 operations: description, analysis, interpretation and judgment. During their examinations they try to find answers to questions such as these:

	When, where and why was the art work created?
	What style of art does it represent?
	What artists, works of art or other influences inspired the artist?
	What impact did the artist or the artwork have on the history of art?

For this project, the Art Historian will develop a paper through the 4 operations mentioned above with an emphasis on answering the questions, when, where and why the art work was created, and what influences from the society and environment of the art work's origin inspired it's conception. The specific tasks of the Art Historian are:

Take notes from the resource websites given for your assigned art craft.
Read Chapter 5 of Art in Focus and use Lesson 2, pages 116 through 119 as a guide.
Print two copies, fill out the Art Historian Outline and duplicate the outline for the Graphic Designer
Write the paper
Direct what the Graphic Artist will include in the Power Point presentation
Leads the presentation to the class by discussing the info outlined on the Power Point presentation.

What to look for in the person best fit for this role:

	good reader
	good writer
	able to organize written information
	able to speak in front of the class