Creation Workshop: Imagining Landscapes Short Writing Assignment: Imagining Landscapes
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Prompt
Read the article about the history of landscape painting, and view the selected examples of landscape paintings. Then write
a 1-2 paragraph response to the questions below:
• What similarities do you notice across these paintings? What differences do you notice?
• What choices do artists make when they create landscape paintings? What is the impact of these choices?
Use evidence from the article and the images to support your ideas.
Article:

What effect does distress usually have?

Match these items. match the items in the left column to the items in the right column. 1. aesthetics in art, a technique for defining shape, also used to create a sense of depth 2. composition a perceived line that describes three-dimensional form 3. contour line a method of presenting an illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface 4. line (pronounced "uhvrr") — a work of art; the sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer 5. oeuvre the way an artist organizes forms (lines, shapes, etc.) in an artwork, either by placing shapes on a flat surface or by arranging forms in space 6. patron the relationship of one part of a person, building, or object to another; for example the size of a statue's head in relationship to the rest of the body 7. personification the study of beauty or good taste; anything related to the study of beauty or good taste 8. perspective giving human characteristics to something that is not human 9. proportion generally a wealthy person who pays an artist to create a work of art; throughout much of history artists could not have survived without "patronage" 10. symbol an object or word or gesture that represents something else

The study of aesthetics deals with art criticism and art history. which aesthetic theory focuses on design elements and organizational principles? a. emotionalism b. formalism c. imitationalism