ART HISTORY?

leaving cert 08

How did everyone find it?

I was extremely lucky, id studied Gothic Architecture and Newgrange well...they were the only questions i could of done:eek:

Mikeyt086

Yeah i was in the same boat as you exept with Newgrange and Manet.

Nedless to say i was less than impressed with the Section 2 options lol.

I did answer Newgrange and the Gallery Question well, didnt answer section 2 at all.

Ah well, MY LEAVING CERT IS FINISHED!

diagirl

gallery question was lovely i thought!

the european section, i did monet with the water painting

irish, i did the bronze age.

i have no idea what counts as a good essay as my teacher is the definition of useless and i've pretty much taught myself the history, but i thought it went pretty good! i might not be discounting art after all!

and ITS ALL OVER FINISHED DONE THE END!!!!!!!! i'm so frickin happy!

axel-offbeat

I did Newgrange and Picasso, I was really hoping for Michaelangelo or Da Vinci but since they didn't come up I had to make do with the bit I studied on Picasso.

kaki

Yay!

Bronze age question was very do-able, Gallery question was brilliant.

I'm not sure how the corrector will view my European essay. I chose Dadaism, even though I'd only really studied Futurism and Dadaism as a prelude to Surrealism, so it was a bit stretched. And for the picture, I chose Marcel Duchamp's Mona Lisa, because I thought it best expressed what the Dadaists were all about?

But whatever, I'm finished for the week now anyway! Yay!

monellia

oh LADS. I've got Gothic rib-vaults coming outa my ears. I only started studying European at 1am last night (was cramming for Bio too, I'm a mess no need to tell me). My answers were so ****, but I'm just glad I got through the exam without drawing a blank.

I was glad the Book of Durrow and the Chi-Ro page came up because manuscripts is the only section of Irish art I've ever taken a propa interest in.

I couldn't be bothered preparing for the appreciation question so I just answered on that "It is importance for designers to maintain a balance between appearance and funtion" q. Hopefully they'll take pity on me for obviously not having learnt off a sample answer.

My illustrations were a joke. I left space for them while I was doing my essays and returned to them in, like, the last five minutes of the exam.

But I met my art teachers after the exam and discussed it with them and they reckon I'll do fine. Thank god for the practicals.

Hope everyone got on grand! My heart goes out to those who were depending on Leo. Don't dwell on it lads, not even the markers take art history seriously.

PurpleFistMixer

Pretty terrible. I knew Newgrange, Georgian Arch and JB Yeats for Irish... Newgrange came up but I didn't know any other prechristian carving (I made up some crap about Knowth... does it even have carvings?), I had NEVER SEEN that house before for Georgian Arch. and JB Yeats wasn't on it.

Of course, that didn't stop me talking about him in the European section for a painting about horses. *facepalm* Does he count as a European artist? I guess he does... But just in case he doesn't, I did that question again, talking about Monet and Impression, Soleil Levant. Phew. Got the impressionists in somewhere...

Third question was grand, got all ranty about how much I love Brian Maguire (went to his exhibition), and the political powers of art, blah blah blah, god only knows.

Mikeyt086

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Pretty terrible. I knew Newgrange, Georgian Arch and JB Yeats for Irish... Newgrange came up but I didn't know any other prechristian carving (I made up some crap about Knowth... does it even have carvings?), I had NEVER SEEN that house before for Georgian Arch. and JB Yeats wasn't on it.

Of course, that didn't stop me talking about him in the European section for a painting about horses. *facepalm* Does he count as a European artist? I guess he does... But just in case he doesn't, I did that question again, talking about Monet and Impression, Soleil Levant. Phew. Got the impressionists in somewhere...

Third question was grand, got all ranty about how much I love Brian Maguire (went to his exhibition), and the political powers of art, blah blah blah, god only knows.

LOL Cool, my dad is best friends with him, my house is full wall to wall with his pieces and he actually taught me like grinds for my Still Life and Figure Drawing.

Jen Pigs Fly

it was grand not a bother haha!
I studied Gothic, irish bronze age and the exhibition and they all came up! omg I was so happy haha!

PurpleFistMixer

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

LOL Cool, my dad is best friends with him, my house is full wall to wall with his pieces and he actually taught me like grinds for my Still Life and Figure Drawing.

Haha that's cool. I hear he teaches in NCAD or something. (Though they wouldn't accept me, so I guess I gotta hate them now.)

Mikeyt086

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Haha that's cool. I hear he teaches in NCAD or something. (Though they wouldn't accept me, so I guess I gotta hate them now.)

Yeah hes the head lecturer or something.

Amazing teacher though, took me from crap to amazing in about 3 hours.

i-cheat

just like i predicted last nite, newgrange uccello and gallery question:D they are literally the only essays i learned!! couldnt believe my luck, i felt like celebrating wen i opened the paper and saw newgrange

LilLorna

Delighted with the Bronze Age question! Did a good answer on that one. Was not impressed with section 2 considering I studied Boticelli, Masaccio, Giotto, Manet and Monet. Ended up doing the cop out question 'write about a painting which features water'...did Boticelli's 'Birth of Venus' and then went on to talk about the 'Primavera'. It was a ****e answer with ****e sketches.... But I tried!
Was disappointed with the gallery question because the gallery question I had studied was on displaying of artefacts and gallery layout etc. So I did the one about designing products - mobile phones and bags. It's over now though! Only music left now!

fergmcd

Was delighted with the paper. For Section 1 in the pre our question was compare Bellmont House and Casino at Marino so for section 1 today i did the Bellamont House question and compared it to the Casino at Marino. For Section 2 i was so lucky. I only knew Degas going into the exam but i knew him well especially for the question asked. Did that question and compared Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando with Manet's Dejeuner sur L'Herbe. In Section 3 did the Gallery Question and was happy with the way it was put on the paper, made up some good stuff for bit with how the gallery helped with my own practical work. Delighted with it and hopefully got and A2 or B1 to get me up to a B2 overall.

Censorsh!t

i dont bronze age. I had choice between that and newgrange.

Started panicking when I read european studies as i had only learnt surrealism and Michelangelo. But stuck surrealism into painting feauting water, with the metamorphosis of narcissus

gallery...i made it up on the crawford

mahamageehad

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Pretty terrible. I knew Newgrange, Georgian Arch and JB Yeats for Irish... Newgrange came up but I didn't know any other prechristian carving (I made up some crap about Knowth... does it even have carvings?), I had NEVER SEEN that house before for Georgian Arch. and JB Yeats wasn't on it.
Of course, that didn't stop me talking about him in the European section for a painting about horses. *facepalm* Does he count as a European artist? I guess he does...

OMG i lol when i saw your post...because that is exactly what i did too!!! :L So fingers crossed that Knowth has carvings!! And i also started doing Yeats forest pics...has a sketch done when i realised he was irish..duh!!

LilLorna wrote: »

Only music left now!

ya me 2!!

I tout section2 was horrible!! Had studied Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Gaugain...was disgusted!! So i used Turner and made it all up even though he was supposed to be my gallery question!! Grrr!! :mad: Then i had to do the space magazine as my section 3. Not happy at all, i was aiming for a b in art..

rachelmcg1989

how did so many people study gothic and romanesque, i tried to study them numerous times but i find them so difficult to remember, and boring as hell!

i thot the paper was good, did bronze age, paolo uccello and jack b yeats exhibition, but like every art history paper i ever do, i didnt finish it, i just ended my section 3 question off randomly and didnt have time to say how going to the exhibition helped my art. and god the illustrations!
how the HELL was i suppose to draw grief?! jst did a bunch of squiggles lol

Drodan

Thought it was pretty easy alright, did Newgrange, two paintings with water(easy!), and the movie question, cause my gallery answer was ****.

Lia_lia

Censorsh!t wrote: »

i dont bronze age. I had choice between that and But stuck surrealism into painting feauting water, with the metamorphosis of narcissus

Same here!