Please choose ONE of the following two term paper assignments options. 

**After you choose which assignment you would like to complete please follow the required assignment directions below.**

Assignment Option One:  Write a Visual Art Analysis.  

Directions:

Choose one of the following artists: Ansel Adams Marina Abramovic Banksy Georges Braque Henri Cartier-Bresson Chuck Close Salvador Dali Max Ernst Jean – Michel Basquiat Edward Hopper  You may not write your paper on New York Move by Edward Hopper.  This is the piece I use for examples in our class. Dorothea Lange Jacob Lawrence Henri Toulouse-Lautrec Rene Magritte Pablo Picasso Yayoi Kusama Man Ray Joan Miro Norman Rockwell Lorna Simpson Laurie Simmons Shepard Fairey Kara Walker Andy Warhol

After you choose an artist formally analyze in depth one or two works of art by the artist you chose. Your analysis will include the following: Short Biographical information about the artist.  This must be limited to only 1 paragraph.   Analyze the The Subject Matter of the work.  Analyze The Form of the work.  Analyze The Content of the work. 

-Your paper must be between 2 – 5 pages double spaced (12pt font).  In addition to your 2 – 5 pages please include a title page and a bibliography.   (Making your final paper 4 – 7 pages). 

**Follow the Required Assignment Directions for both options listed below.

Assignment Option Two: Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast  Melancholy and Mystery of a Street Giorgio de Chirico 1914 (pg 519)  &  Insurrection! (Our Tools Were Rudimentary, Yet We Pressed On) Kara Walker 2000 (pg 255)

Investigate the Subject, Form and Content of these two works of art and write about what they have in common and what about them makes them different.   Some things will be obvious but investigate deeper and you will find things that might surprise you.  

In this assignment you will first do a short Visual Analysis of both works of art and then discuss what formal elements they have in common and what formal elements are different between the two works.

-Your paper must be between 2 – 5 pages double spaced (12pt font).  In addition to your 2 – 5 pages please include a title page and a bibliography.   (Making your final paper 4 – 7 pages). 

**Follow the Required Assignment Directions for both options listed below.

**Required Assignment Directions For Both Options**

-Your paper must be between 2 – 5 pages double spaced (12pt font).  In addition to your 2 – 5 pages please include a title page and a bibliography.   (Making your final paper 4 – 7 pages). 

-You are required to use at least one source other than your textbook.  (you will have a minimum of 2 sources including your text book)

– Wikipedia is not an acceptable online source.  For a few of the acceptable online sources please see the Other Resources link on the left side of the page.  If you have found a source that you are not sure if it is acceptable please contact me.

– In both options you are asked to formally analyze Visual Art.  The emphasis of your paper should be the work of art instead of any biographical information of the artist.  Please limit your biographical information to less than 5% of your paper.    Your paper should take on a scholarly and analytical approach to the work of art.  Personal opinion must be sacrificed (the likes and dislikes of art).  The majority of your paper should be focused on exploring and analyzing the formal elements of the artist work. 

– NO MORE THAN 5% QUOTED TEXT IS ALLOWED in the paper.

– The assignments needs to be done in MLA style and will require the use of parenthetically cited sources. Here is a good online guide that gives examples of how to incorporate parenthetical citations into your written work.

TO SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Scroll to the bottom of the Papers and Projects page. Select Writing Assignment. Follow the instructions for submitting your writing assignment. No assignments will be accepted by email.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Complete your assignment using a word-processing software such as Microsoft Word and Open Office (download free software at http://www.openoffice.org). Save your document as .rtf to ensure that it can be opened at any computer. You may also attach a docx.file or paste directly into the link Submit your assignment through the proper link located BELOW.

Here are some online resources for citing academic papers. 

This is a detailed online resource for all citation styles.  Below is a like to the MLA style resource.  This is a great cite to know about and to refer to when working on research papers. 

The Owl at Purdue:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

This is an OWL link to the MLA Bibliography Style.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/

Citing websites can be confusing.  To help clear this up you can use this very helpful website./  Easy Bib that will generate the properly formatted bibliography citation for a website.    I wish I would have had this when I was in school!   It is a 3 step process.  First you copy and paste the URL into the main page of the site. Next it will then generate a form.  The system will have filled out part of the form but then there are other parts missing.  Refer back to the original page to see if you can find that missing information and fill it in if applicable.  If not do not worry.    Click the Create Citation button and in seconds you have the proper format for a website bibliography citation

http://www.easybib.com/

Paper/Project Evaluation Criteria
 20 Points Total 

15 pts/ Content: The body of the paper should include insightful information that has been researched and restated in your own words.  3 pts = Proper Citation: There should be both Parenthetical citations within the body of the paper and the same sources cited at the bottom of your paper. Check MLA writing guide for use of parenthetical citations. Note these restricted sources for citation:

5 points Technical and Grammar. (Title page, Bibliography, Spelling and Grammar mistakes)

Some possible Sources for Research:

Smart History:

http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/

The Getty:

http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/bha/

The National Gallery:
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html

If you are not sure if you are working with an acceptable source please message your professor via the message link in the course menu. 

Sources that ARE NOT allowed:

Wikipedia
Monarch Notes
Spark Notes
Master Plots
Cliff Notes