ESSAY PAPER ASSIGNMENT
Choose one or two self-portrait artworks that are in the current exhibition in the Schelfhaudt Gallery. Discuss the similarities and differences using vocabulary we've learned this semester as well as from the textbook glossary.
DIRECTIONS:
PLEASE GO AND SEE THE SHOW IN PERSON:
*Write No more than one in half pages in length.
(Introduction, body, and conclusion)3 to 4 pages
12-point font, 1.15 spaced lines
*Cover page (with photo),
*OneFootnote page.
Three footnotes from three different sources.
(Example: artist webpage, art magazines, art blogs, and textbook)
Footnote example:"Quoted sentence".
1) Title of site, website address
"PICASSO in Paris" In Fine Arts Almanac,
http://www.toptags.com/aama/voices/commentary/jeff.htm (25 March 2001).
What category of Art History is the painting or sculpture belonging to?
*Highlight or underline Art Terms
Introduction, body, conclusion
Bio of the Artist, Visual Analysis, Historical Classification
Some of this paper concentrates on discussing what you see when you look at the work of art. Your professor wants you to base your paper on firsthand observation. Although many people find this type of assignment difficult because they don't know what to write about: Concentrate on the basics of Art: line, color, form, size, texture, and hue. Make sure you use plenty of Art Terms / vocabulary to describe what you see. Try asking yourself some of the following questions: What colors are used in the artwork? Do the colors influence the effect the piece has on the viewer? How big is the work? Describe the composition symmetrical, asymmetrical, what are the forms like? Angular, biomorphic, geometric, whatis the medium of the work? How does that influence the total affect of the piece? Where is the work located in the gallery? How is it hung or displayed? How do you feel when you look at the piece? What do you think the intentions of the artist were? Do you think the artist got his message across to his audience? What category of art history does the artwork belong to? (Pop Art, Cubism, Surrealism, contemporary, modern). Use artist website and go to the artist statement to read why they create what they do. Use textbook to help with reference. These are just a few questions you might ask yourself to help get started.