Junior Docents

April 27, 2016

Lecture on French and English Baroque:

French and English Baroque final

Lecture handout:

Baroque French English handout

Here are the results of our class activity, with a synopsis of the choices of Baroque characteristics and the themes created in small groups:

Results of the class exercise

Class video links:

JDT class video links for April 27 (Word) and JDT class video links for April 27 (PDF)

Study sheet for next week’s class:

SE Asia Sculpture and ceramics study sheet (Word) and SE Asia Sculpture and ceramics study sheet (PDF)

Group Tours of Asia, Africa, and Americas

These are the assigned small groups for the group tour assignment:

Groups for the group tour

Here are the instructions for the Group Tours of the Asian, African, and Americas galleries:

Asia, Americas, Africa tours (Word) and Asia, Americas, Africa tours (PDF)

Please avoid using Art Adventure objects, if you are able to do so:

2015-2016 Object List

Here is the blank Object File Form to use for each object, in Word. (If you do not have Microsoft Word on your computer, contact Kara via email.):

Object file for review

Instructions for using the object file form: Download the blank form or Open and click “save as.” Name the file using the following convention:

Artist’s last name (if known)_Title of object (if long title, use the first three words)_Accession number

Once open, enable editing or click on the “View” tab in the top menu and choose “Edit Document.” Fill out the form and save.

Once it is saved, it can be sent to Kara. She will save it as a PDF file and post it on the IPE site, in the Object Files, for future reference. Here is a sample object file form, filled out:

Hornbill Mask 95.1

And here is the Brief Tour Planning Worksheet, with one per group needed at the end of the assignment, listing your introduction, theme, tour organization, transitions, and conclusion:

Brief Tour Planning Worksheet

 

April 13, 2016

These are the video links for the class:

JDT class video links for April 13

This is the lecture PPT:

Baroque in Italy and Spain 2016

This is the docent lecture handout:

Baroque in Italy and Spain 2016 slide list

This is the homework sheet for the next class (4/20), on Flemish and Dutch Baroque (watch the last Baroque Art video, #7):

Flemish and Dutch Baroque Art (Word) and Flemish and Dutch Baroque Art (PDF)

Here are the links to the videos that explore the seven characteristics of Baroque Art:

JDT class video links for Baroque Art (PDF) and JDT class video links for Baroque Art (Word)

This is the PPT for Baroque Art Video #7 (note, it doesn’t include the animation or narration, but can be used as a framework for notes):

Baroque art 7

This is the PPT with the paper feedback:

Ancient Art Papers

Here is the blank Microsoft Word sample object file form for you to use in developing your group tours:

Object file for review (Word file)

Once open, enable editing or click on the “View” tab in the top menu and choose “Edit Document.” Fill out the form and then choose “Save As,” then name the file using the following convention:

Artist’s last name (if known)_Title of object (if long title, use the first three words)_Accession number

Once it is saved, it can be sent to Kara. She will save it as a PDF file and post it on the IPE site, in the Object Files, for future reference. Here is the sample form, filled out:

Hornbill Mask 95.1

Here is the Brief Tour Planning Worksheet form for groups:

Brief Tour Planning Worksheet

Here is the Transition sample handout:

Transitions

Elizabethan and Jacobean eras

From your classmate Josie Owens, some information on the differences between Elizabethan (Tudor) and Jacobean eras:

Summarized from Winston Churchill’s The Island Race:
Tudor Era started with Henry VII, who united the Houses of York and Lancaster with his marriage to Elizabeth of York. This is what occurs at the end of Richard III. The last Tudor was Queen Elizabeth I who died in 1603. As she had no direct heir, the crown went to James VI of Scotland who became James I of England. He was related to Elizabeth because his great grandmother was the older sister of Henry VIII, Elizabeth’s father.
James in Latin is Jacob. Jacobean refers to the reign of James I (1603-1625).
Note that in 1620 the Puritans landed on Plymouth Rock. The Puritan issue came to boiling point under Oliver Cromwell (not Thomas Cromwell of Wolf Hall) who then took the crown from Charles II, James’s grandson. The Puritans had control for a decade when they closed all the theaters! We could have lost Shakespeare if the power exchange had happened a bit earlier or his plays had been destroyed.
Wikipedia says this about Jacobean decorative arts:
The decorative arts — furniture, for example — became increasingly rich in color, detail, and design. Materials from other parts of the world, like mother-of-pearl, were now available by world-wide trade and were used as decoration.[10] Even familiar materials, such as wood and silver, were worked more deeply in intricate and intensely three-dimensional designs.[10]
Architecture in the Jacobean era was a continuation of the Elizabethan style with increasing emphasis on classical elements like columns. European influences include France, Flanders, and Italy.[11] Inigo Jones may be the most famous English architect of this period, with lasting contributions to classical public building style; some of his works include the Banqueting House in the Palace of Whitehall. St Paul’s Cathedral designed by Sir Christopher Wren in London.

Image database links

As mentioned by our librarian, Janice Lurie, here are two good free resources to tap for visuals in research and tour development:

Minnesota Reflections:

http://reflections.mndigital.org/

The information from Minnesota also feeds into the national library, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA):

http://dp.la/

 

February 10, 2016

PowerPoint for Proto-Renaissance:

Proto Renaissance 14th century

PowerPoint for Early Southern Renaissance:

Southern Renaissance JDT 2016

(Note: For those printing off PowerPoint lectures, you can select “grayscale” in the print menu so the black background will not print.)

Handout for Proto-Renaissance (14th century, Italy):

Proto-Renaissance handout (Word) and Proto-Renaissance handout (PDF)

Handout for Southern Renaissance:

Southern Renaissance Handout 2016

Class video links:

JDT class video links for February 10 (Word) and JDT class video links for February 10 (PDF)

Here’s the Best Practices for using iPads on tours:

iPadQAHandout2016 (Word) and iPadQAHandout2016 (PDF)

See the Shared Resources page for links to Minnesota Reflections and the DPLA, as discussed in the library session. See the Homework Assignments page for the European Gallery Talk guidelines and signup sheets for March 2, 9, and 16.