Essay 1:
Seeing New Zealand
through European Eyes.
( 1)
Land:
Describe 2 examples of
Topographical Landscape painting in
early New Zealand: its purpose and
value.
( 2)
Land: A
romantic utopian vision in 19th C. depictions. Describe 2 paintings of landscapes with
figures. Explain what is meant by
‘Romantic’.
( 3)
European
Impressionism and its effects in New Zealand painting. 2 examples.
Narrative through
Australian landscape painting. (Give
an account o when, where, by whom:
subject/story. Composition/arrangement and effect/expression.)
(1)
Describe two contrasting examples: One, made
prior to 1850 which presents a diaristic record of an encounter and one which
gives a romanticsed story about an
event, or a work activity in the ‘new’ and ‘raw’ country.
(2)
Describe a painting by each of these artists
which depicts a story within a landscape setting: Russell Drysdale, Sydney Nolan, Arthur Boyd,
William Robinson.
(3)
Urban landscape has stories too… Describe one
painting by Jeffrey Smart.
What needs to be in this blog (from the marking criteria):
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There is a comprehensive range of gathered
and annotated work, with illustrations.
Examples cover all topics dealt with this
rear
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Examples of practice are interrogated;
questioned and explained.
Student shows awareness of the contexts in
which art examples were made; their relationship tp other art and how they
have been received.
There is evidence of the student going beyond
the briefs and gathering new material of their own interest.
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Retrieved from: https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/42617
Item details
- Name
- Ford on the Waiau
- Production
- James Crowe Richmond; artist; 3rd February 1864; Canterbury
- Classification
- watercolours, works on paper
- Materials
- watercolour
- Material Summary
- watercolour
- Dimensions
- Image: 355mm (width), 252mm (height)
- Registration Number
- 1935-0005-18
- Credit line
- Gift of EA Atkinson, 1935, on behalf of the artist's daughter, DK Richmond
Overview
Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898 : Diary of a journey from Nelson to Hanmer. 1864. Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: Micro-MS-0774 p. 5 - Richmond personally discusses his experience crossing the Waiau river exactly as pictured in Ford on the Waiau.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/parks-and-recreation/places-to-visit/nelson-marlborough/acheron-accommodation-house-interp-info.pdf (accessed 13th October 2016): Contains some interesting references in regard to the Waiau Ford.
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