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Landscapewritten response task

PHOTOGRAPHY - Unit 1

This activity involves observing, analysing, describing, researching and interpreting andcomparing two artworks that respond to the theme of landscape.

Select two artworks made by different artists from the options

given to you in class and discuss the following in relation to both

works

Select the artwork that interests you the most in relation to the theme of landscape.

Record the details of the artwork (artist, title, date, media, size).

What initially caught your interest about this artwork?

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Edward Burtynsky, Oil, 2009

Outcome 3:

Discuss how artists from

di!erent times and

cultures have interpreted

sources of inspiration

and used materials and

techniques in the

production of artworks

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Describe and analyse the artwork:

Which art elements (for example, colour, line, shape, tone, form and texture) and design

principles (for example, focal point, space, rhythm, variety, unity, balance) are most

important in the work and what visual effects do they create?

What materials and techniques are used to make the artwork? How are they used?

Research the artwork using multiple sources.

Identify and note at least three information sources that help your understanding of this

work. Starting points may include: NGV Collection Stories

Books, exhibition catalogues or art journals from your school, or public library, websites

List five interesting facts that you learned from your research and explain what each has

added to your understanding of this work.

What feelings, moods, ideas or meanings does the artist communicate to you through

the artwork?

What is it about the artwork that suggests these feelings, moods or ideas?

Explain the connection you see between this artwork and the theme of landscape.

What ideas does each artwork communicate about landscape? How are these ideas

communicated in each artwork?

Explain why you believe these artworks make an interesting comparison in how they

express or suggest ideas about landscape.

DUE IN: ____________________________ This task must be handed in typed and

printed out. Include an image in your document of the two works you have

chosen and please ensure your name is on your work.

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Edward Weston, Onion Halved, 1930

Ansel Adams,The Tetons and the Snake River, 1942

Shaun Gladwell, Interceptor Surf Sequence, 2009