Art History, a fine arts class that only lasts one semester, is focused on teaching students how art changes over years and the impact of art over time. At the end of the course, students have to create a trifold project only covering one artist that they selected. These students then have to present these trifolds to students in the library.
Naomi Russell, a senior, covered the artist Stefano Da Verona. Naomi’s favorite part of her project was the pictures of the art her artist created. After presenting a couple times, Naomi was able to walk around to her classmate’s boards, and she listened in on Riley Mohn’s presentation on Vincent Van Gogh. She was amazed to see the difference between all the artists students picked, and how some artists, like Stefano Da Verona chose to not show their face in their art. Naomi’s advice to any future art history students is “have fun and make sure you study for the tests.”
Kai Roesch, another senior, covered Eva Gonezales, a female impressionist. Kai’s favorite part of her board was how the pastel background was not hard to make and still looked absolutely beautiful. The reason Kai chose Eva Gonezales as her artist was because only two female artists were truly covered in Art History, those being Artemisia Gentileschi and Judith Leyster. Kai was able to look around at three of her classmate’s boards, which included Riley Mohn’s board about Vincent Van Gogh, Alexandra Pabon’s board about Jan Van Eyck, and Kaylum Riegel’s board about Rene Magritte. Kai wished that they spent more time finalizing her board and adding the final touches to “make the board more fun” and that her presentation was “not fully finished,” and she felt underprepared. Kai’s advice for Art History students is “think over every decision in the simulation. It is a major, daily aspect of Art History, and it is better to think before you act.”
