Hi everyone,
Again, a bit late in posting, but I know you all know what you have to do at this point. We worked hard on Wednesday's class, so I hope you can keep it up for the next couple of classes and during the week so that we can churn this out.
Please bring the homework from this week to next week's class. Your first page should be nearly finished. As mentioned below, once it is, even if it isn't perfect or even if it isn't close to perfect, go ahead and make copies of this page and rename them to the names mentioned below.
Also, don't forget that the questions down below are also due this week. Put the questions and answers into an .html list and turn them into me at the beginning of class.
- TOPICS:
- Due in class THIS week — You must try to produce the first page (the home page) of the design in XHTML and CSS and name it index.html. You must attempt to design this page, otherwise known as the home page, using the 2D designs and mockups you have created over the past few weeks as a guide. You should deviate from this design as little as possible, and only make changes for which you can make a convincing case to me.
- Due in class THIS week — when complete, you must make four (4) ADDITIONAL copies of this file (copy & paste them) and give them the following names: gal_01.html, gal_02.html, artists_01.html, artists_02.html. As a result, all the pages will be exactly alike for the time being.
SEE BELOW FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDEX/HOME PAGE as well as all of the other pages. - Due in class THIS week —Questions: Answer the questions below for class next week (week 12)
- FINAL PROJECT: Information
- The site that you are going to produce is for an art gallery and it will have six main parts: the home/index page, two gallery pages, two artist pages, an about page, a visit page, and an exhibit page. Please read the information provided.
- CONTENT REQUIREMENTS:
- Part 1: HOME PAGE—due THIS week.
—this page includes the following:
- In this page, you have already established the color scheme that you will use throughout your design for this site, as given to you through your 2D design.
- The name of the gallery: Alpha Gallery
- The name of the current exhibit: "ART:21;" (Art in the 21st Century)—should appear somewhere on the 1st page (index);
- A logo of your own design for the gallery (Alpha Gallery)
- The following text for the current exhibit—should also appear somewhere on the 1st page (index):
Contemporary art speaks directly to the important questions of our time, as well as to the changing landscape of American identity. It is both a mirror of contemporary society and a window through with we view and deepen our understanding of life as it exists today. Who are today's artists? What are they thinking about? How do they describe their work? Why do they do what they do?
These are some of the questions addressed in the exhibition: ART:21 Art in the Twenty-First Century. This show presents the artists without interpretive mediation through large presentations of their work. If the unknown is the space in which creativity flourishes, This exhibit desires to bring it forward, illuminate it for others, and revel in it. This is ART:21's work—to reveal the existence of those regions which all the artists traverse, forging paths of exploration and study that take them into uncharted realms of creativity. By revealing the existence of those unknown territories, inhabited by all creative thinkers, I hope to educate, delight, and to provoke the viewers.
It is difficult to imagine that anyone works harder than an artist. This—the non-stop work, accumulation of information, concentration, the need to be in the studio—is a continuing mini-theme for ART:21. Most artists experience intuitive leaps of recognition and connection, and find new ideas through introspection and research in many fields beyond art, although the art of the past remains a profound resource.
One might say that in order to draw, you have to learn how to see first. Well, what about making drawings and other works of art about areas, about zones and realms that you CANNOT see, about areas hidden from view, about secret realms and invisible places? This is what many of these artists have in common: they are attempting to bring to light and view things that were previously unseen.
- Some kind of imagery or design to go with the name of the current exhibit, "Art 21:"
- Part 2: ARTIST PAGES—due in 2 weeks.
—We will begin these pages in class next week and you will complete them for the following. These TWO pages will look identical. Essentially, what you will do for each artist is the following:
- a small picture of one of the works by the artist;
- his/her name; and
- a blurb of text about the artist—I have provided you with the text for these two pages below. Each page will contain 10 artists.
LINK CLICK HERE for the text for the ARTISTS PAGES;
- Part 3: GALLERY PAGES—due in 3 weeks.
—We will begin these pages in 2 weeks and you will completely them for the following week. These TWO pages will also look identical. They will have thumbnail images of the pictures that I have given you of the artwork. I gave you half of the images in our last class and will give you the remaining images in our next class. Each image should be clickable. When you click on the small thumbnail images, you are linked to a page with a much larger version of the image. Accompanying each large image should be the name of the artist and the title of the work as a caption. Also, when you click on the thumbnail images in the gallery, the pages with the larger image should open up in a separate browser window or tab.
- Part 1: HOME PAGE—due THIS week.
- DESIGN REQUIREMENTS:
- Color Scheme—your color scheme for your web-site comes from or is inspired by the 2D design that you created in class.
- Page Layout—you must use CSS to lay out all pages in a pleasing way. If you are not certain how to do this, consult our past classes and me for assistance. The layout itself should be inspired by the layout that is demonstrated design that you created in class.
- TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- XHTML
—ALL CODE for this site must be typed using STRICT XHTML standards. This means the following:
- that all tags and their attributes must be typed in lower case;
- that all attribute values must be typed in quotes and with units;
- that the DTD for strict XHTML must be typed at the top of the document;
- that all empty tags must be typed with the slash at the end, such as with the <br/> tag;
- that none of the deprecated inline tags are to be used, such as the <font>, <b>, <u>, or <i> tags;
- and, in addition, that the <tbody> and the <thead> tags, as well as the height attribute for the <table> and <td> tags, are NOT permitted.
If you are uncertain about something, you can consult the requirements at the w3schools site (LINK), or you may ask me. Furthermore, the use of DreamWeaver is permitted; however, please note that DreamWeaver does not create strict XHTML. Therefore, you will have to go through the code and edit it yourself to make certain it follows strict standards.
- CSS
—ALL STYLING must be done using CSS. We have used it extensively in this class, so it is a requirement that this site use CSS for the styling of the page. All three levels of styles may be, and are encouraged to be used. Please consult me if you need additional assistance with this.
- XHTML
- CONTENT REQUIREMENTS:
- The site that you are going to produce is for an art gallery and it will have six main parts: the home/index page, two gallery pages, two artist pages, an about page, a visit page, and an exhibit page. Please read the information provided.
The site that we are going to produce is for an ART GALLERY named Alpha Gallery. This week (as mentioned in class), you should design the title and the navigation for the site and keep in mind the comments that I made during class this week.
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