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Welcome to **Design Discussion and Collaboration** **Wiki**

Each of you will be submitting an image of a work of art that you have selected to discuss and analyze using applicable design terminology. In your discussion please refer to both the **elements** and the **principles** **of organizations**.

Please note the following:


 * 1) Each group page will display a total of 4 works, one for each group member.
 * 2) You may collaborate and discuss the works with each other by clicking on the “**Discussions**” tab (located at the top of your **group page**).
 * 3) Create a well written analysis of your selected art work. You will want to use design terminology but also put things into your own words. Try to describe the work in such a way that the reader is able to visualize the work without relying upon your visual reference. Please include the name of the work, the artist, date, size and medium. I highly recommend that you create your analysis in a word document first, then cut and paste it into your group page.
 * 4) To submit your work, click the “**Edit”** tab (located on the top far right of the page).
 * 5) A new window will open and a tool bar will appear at the top of the page.
 * 6) To insert your image, click on the **"Picture"** icon. This will take you to a new window, where you can insert the image file. The image will need to be fairly small and you may need to resize it another program.
 * 7) Be careful not to delete others' work. If this happens, you may click on the **"History"** tab located at the top of the page. This will take you to the history of saved drafts and you can retrieve the latest saved draft.
 * 8) If you wish, you may have the program notify you when changes have been made to your group page. Click the “**Notify Me**” tab and check the appropriate boxes for notification.
 * 9) Make sure you write your name in parentheses after your analysis. This will allow others to see your contribution. (See my example after the Group Assignment List at the bottom of this page.)
 * 10) You may "**Edit**" and make changes any number of times.
 * 11) Please make sure that you click on the **"Save"** tab to save all of your work.

Now for the due dates:


 * Your collaboration and submission is due by
 * Next week you will leave feedback for two different groups, citing one example from each group. Please cite examples that no one has critiqued. Your feedback is due by_.

Your group assignments are listed below:

__**Group A**__ 1. 2. 3. 4.

__**Group B**__ 1. 2. 3. 4.

__**Group C**__ 1. 2. 3. 4.

__**Group D**__ 1. 2. 3. 4.

__**Group E**__ 1. 2. 3. 4.

__**Group F**__ 1. 2. 3. 4.

__**Group G**__ 1. 2. 3. 4.

__**Group H**__ 1. 2. 3. 4.

Follow the example below for your discussion and analysis. Insert an image of the art to be discussed.. Then, in the first paragraph, list the title, the artist, year created, medium, and size of the work. In the second paragraph, enter your discussion and analysis.

//New Harmony//, artist Paul Klee, 1936, oil on canvas, 37 7/8" x 26 1/8", located at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.

In this late Bauhaus work, Klee is using the elements of **color, shape, and value**. The composition is very geometric and "grid-like." Klee is using **balance** (bilateral inverted symmetry): Note that the composition can be divided vertically down the middle except he has Klee has switched the orientation of shapes, as if in a mirror image. As Klee's title clearly states, he is creating **harmony** by using rhythm and repetition of the square shapes, values, and colors. The squares that make up the perimeter of the composition are both more neutral and of a darker value than the inner rectangle of squares. The squares in the inner rectangle are both brighter and lighter in value. For the most part, the work is flat except for the slight value shift in the inner rectangle of squares. (Angela P.)