creative assigment

Art2010 Marvel of Art

Creative Research Assignment #1

Spring 2021

This assignment is designed to put some of the knowledge that you have learned in Art2010 about Greek architecture and to apply it to today and your surroundings. Since one of the main themes of Art 2010 is about how the culture and aesthetics of different places/time periods are borrowed and brought forward in time, let’s see if you can find clear examples of this in Augusta Ga or the CSRA in 2021. Think of it as a treasure hunt.

What you will need:
1. the camera on your phone or another digital camera.
2. To look up examples of the Greek architectural styles/orders (the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian)
3. Software to edit/ save these photos as jpegs or other formats that will work in a word doc.

What to do:
1. Armed with clear examples of the Greek styles from your research, look around campus, in the Summerville neighborhood or downtown Augusta, or your hometown (if not from Augusta) for examples of buildings (homes, city/ professional buildings, churches, etc.) with elements that look like those Ancient Greek styles. Search for things like the façade, columns, pediments, etc. which can be identified as being based on these styles. Take pictures of those elements. I would suggest taking several images per example keeping lighting and focus in mind so they are decent pics. You are looking for examples of all three styles (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian). I would gather lots of examples so you can later review them and find the best photos and examples for the assignment.

2. Create a word doc and insert the three best examples (one example for each style). For each example identify the building/place where you found it and list which style/order it is an example of. Also identify if there are any parts/elements of it that seem different from the exact original style (it is more abstracted, more simplified, more complicated, etc.)

3. Turn the assignment document into D2L by Friday April 23, 2021 11:30pm (a folder will be in D2L under the assignment tab).

I will grade these based on how clear the examples are of the different styles and your ability to differentiate any differences/alterations from the original Greek styles.