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IB HL1 Midterm Exam


Your MIdterm Exam will consist of a brief portfolio Review. This portfolio Review will have in it three parts: First, is a collection of your best work of art. This part of your final exam will be evaluated on the quality of your photograph of the finished work, the file format, and the naming of the file. The second part is a Comparative Study. The comparative study should compare at least three works of art from your research, at least two of which must be from different artists. It is also a good idea to compare works of art from contrasting cultural contexts. The third part of the final exam is a Process Portfolio. The Process Portfolio should display the development and experimentation in your work from initial research and ideas through the creation, to a refined work of art. It is important in this part to use documentation from your IWB and images of your work on its way to completion for support.

PART 1: PORTFOLIO REVIEW

Photograph any two or three dimensional work from this semester. You can review these projects here.

  1. First, create a folder in your Google Drive Turn-in folder titled, " <YourName>_Mid-termPortfolio."

  2. Photograph (or re-photograph) any two or three dimensional works of art using the best possible lighting. Use the resources on the left of this page if you are unsure of how to do this.

  3. Upload these files to your "Mid-termPortfolio" folder in Google Drive.

  4. Rename these files as follows where the information in the brackets (< and >) is replaced with actual information:

    • <Title>_<Project Name>_<Your Name>.JPG

    • NOTE: There is an "underscore" between each part of the name and the ".JPG' is the file extension or format that the images must be submitted in. (The new iPhone uses a different format so you will have to research how to change that.)

PART 2: COMPARATIVE STUDY

As a part of this semester, students were asked to research art from different cultures and periods. Create 5 "screens" that examine and compare three different artworks, artifacts, or objects. This is a smaller version of the "Comparative Study" students will complete at the end of this course. Follow the steps below to submit a successful "Comparative Study" to your Google Drive Final Exam Folder.

  1. Select three different works of art from your research that have some similarity.
  2. Place an image of each artwork/object on a different Google Slide (Use the resources to the left to learn how to do this).
  3. Adjust the size of the image to about half of the slide then place a "text box" on the other half of the slide.
  4. In the text box, carefully describe the work of art using the elements and principles of art and design that you studied in the Graphic Design project. You should use academic phrasing such as, "a dark line drops down the left side of the figure," or , "The background is painted a neutral tone of yellow." It is a good idea to help create a clear description while emphasizing the elements or principles you plan to compare between works of art.
  5. Use your research to discuss the function of a work of art and it's purpose in that cultural context.
  6. On the fourth slide, compare and contrast (discuss similarities and differences) between the works of art. You may include pictures of the work or details of the work you are discussing. You should use your prior research and include MLA citations.
  7. On the 5th slide, or screen, create a "Works Cited" page using MLA format.
  8. Rename the Google Slide document to, "IBsem1ComparativeStudy_<YourName>."