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PART 1: ANNOTATED Bibliography and Thesis Statement/Due July 10th Conduct preliminary research on the form, content, and context of your artwork. Identify minimum THREE online academic sources from your library website that are relevant to your research. Your sources could be eBooks and journal articles. Read your sources and write about 150 words on each source indicating what it contains and how it is relevant to your research. Also, produce a THESIS STAETEMNT that introduces your research argument. What Is an Annotated Bibliography? An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. The Process Creating an annotated bibliography calls for the application of a variety of intellectual skills: concise exposition, succinct analysis, and informed library research. First, locate and record citations to books, periodicals, and documents that may contain useful information and ideas on your topic. Briefly examine and review the actual items. Then choose those works that provide a variety of perspectives on your topic. Cite the book, article, or document using the appropriate style. Write a concise annotation that summarizes the central theme and scope of the book or article. Include one or more sentences that (a) evaluate the authority or background of the author, (b) comment on the intended audience, (c) compare or contrast this work with another you have cited, or (d) explain how this work illuminates your bibliography topic. (https://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography) Submit your annotated bibliography on July 10th. You will receive suggestions and comments for further research from me. Note that both your bibliography and thesis statement might change as your research develops. PART 2: RESEARCH PAPER/Due July 28 Your essay includes visual as well as contextual analyses of the artwork. Some key questions are: What are the forms, art movements, and artists who inspired this work? What are the political, social, and cultural issues shaping this artwork? How has the artwork perceived by the public/society? Are there any major criticism on this artwork? You will write your research paper in 1000 words (about 4 pages), Times New Roman, font 12, double-spaced, with normal margins. Indicate the word count on front page. This project is worth 20%. Introduction – Paragraph #1: Introduce artwork by artist, title, and date, with a brief description of the artwork, and end the paragraph with a thesis statement that answers the question: How do the visual aspects of the artwork explore the ideas/concepts/issues that your artist is interested in? Body – Paragraph #2: Describe and analyse your artwork’s visual and conceptual aspects in greater detail. Explain how this artwork was produced or performed in detail (you may include materials, process, actions, story, dimensions, location if relevant, how the viewer interacts with it, etc.) Body Paragraphs #2–4: Describe and analyse your artwork’s visual and conceptual aspects in greater detail. Analyse how each aspect of the artwork’s production, performance, or any other visual aspect relates to the artist’s overall interests or agenda. What cultural, political, social, economic, or artistic issues specifically does the artwork address? Be specific, provide research that defines the issue and the concerns around it. (e.g. national identity, the institution, the environment, human relationships, sexuality, gender) What is the artwork trying to communicate, or what is it trying to explore? What is significant about the materials, location, or process used? Use research to define the visual aspects and strategies (e.g. what is juxtaposition, dematerialization, performance, gender, etc.) and analyse how these specific strategies are used to give the artwork meaning. Describe, define, explain, analyse each aspect, idea, and vocabulary term thoroughly. Conclusion – Paragraph #5: Give a summary of your findings. Never introduce new information in your conclusion. MLA Bibliography: Provide an individually produced Work Cited Page at the end of your essay. Must be at least 3 scholarly sources. Papers will be penalized for: o Using unscholarly or unapproved sources, or not using 3 scholarly sources. o Making value judgments (using adjectives such as “perfect,” “greatest,” “famous”). o Including long quotations o Making generalizations without specific research and supporting evidence. o Careless spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Pre-approved online sources: Canadian Art magazine articles online: http://canadianart.ca/ The Canadian Encyclopedia online: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en Art Canada Institute https://www.aci-iac.ca/ Vancouver Art in the Sixties digital archive: http://vancouverartinthesixties.com/ Aboriginal Art in the Sixties digital archive: http:// aboriginalart.vancouverartinthesixties.com/ Oxford Art Online (accessed through library.columbiacollege.bc.ca) (library.columbiacollege.bc.ca) Art Journal / JSTOR

Screen the following episode of photographer Mark Seliger’s show titled Capture on YouTube’s Reserve Channel. Write a thoughtful three or four paragraph essay discussing the importance of Saul Leiter’s work and the contributions he made to the field of photography. Discuss two specific photographs to facilitate your discussion. Be specific and avoid generalizing about your chosen photographs. Remember to explain how chosen photographs fit into the discussion. Be sure to use your own words as plagiarism is a serious offense. Each paragraph should consist of at least 5 or 6 sentences. Each paragraph should be detailed, content rich, and say something of substance rather than simply filling up space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJdIJkt3Gz8&feature=youtu.be

Prompt Question: At the beginning of the history of photography, we learned that the photographer was not considered to be an artist per se but rather a mere technician or camera operator. Throughout this course, we have watched the camera evolve from a basic portrait making machine to a postmodern art maker. We have come to discover the men and women, the unsung heroes of photography, who made it all possible. Discuss any two photographers studied throughout this course other than Stieglitz or Weston who have made the act of taking a photograph an artistic endeavor. Be sure to include two photographs (one from each photographer discussed) that serves as an example of your point. Explain how the photo you chose applies here.

Do you agree with the authors’ assertion that participation is the most fundamental of the basic distinctions of art? Why? If you disagree, which do you think is the most important and why? Do you have any experiences with art to draw on to support your claims?Of the four basic distinctions—subject matter, artistic form, content, and participation—the most fundamental is participation. We must not only understand what it means to participate but also be able to participate. Otherwise, the other basic distinctions, even if they make good theoretical sense, will not be of much practical help in making art more important in our lives. The central importance of participation requires further elaboration. As participators, we do not think of the work of art with reference to categories applicable to objects—such as what kind of thing it is. We grasp the work of art directly. When, for example, we participate with Cézanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire (Figure 2-4), we are not making geographical or geological observations. We are not thinking of the mountain as an object. If we were, Mont Sainte-Victoire would pale into a mere instance of the appropriate scientific categories. We might judge that the mountain is a certain type. But in that process, the vivid impact of Cézanne’s mountain would be lessened as the focus of our attention shifted beyond in the direction of generality. This is the natural thing to do with mountains if you are a geologist. When we are participators, our thoughts are dominated so much by something that we are unaware of our separation from that something. Thus, the artistic form initiates and controls thought and feeling. We see the Cézanne—name it, identify its maker, classify its style, recall its background information—but this approach will not lead us into the Cézanne as a work of art. Of course, such knowledge can be very helpful, but only when it is under the control of our experience of participating with the painting. Otherwise, the painting will fade away. Its splendid specificity will be sacrificed for some generality. Its content or meaning will be missed.

ANSWER THREE1) In The Cheat, how does the mise-en-scene create racialized notions of Arakawa? What symbols and cinematic techniques are used, and what kind of meaning do they create?2) How is empathy controlled in The Cheat? Who cheats whom? Is there a moral high ground at the end of the film?3) Sonatine employs two very different settings, urban Tokyo and tropical Okinawa. How do the characters behave in different spaces and how are specific interior and exterior settings used?4) How are violence and laughter used in Sonatine? Are the characters expressive, if so, when? Does the film achieve a balance between laughter and violencehttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22smajSonatine (CW) (Takashi Kitano, 1993, 94 mins)

there is a difference between being educated and simply trained. The purpose of education is not only to determine what someone can do, but also what kind of person they become as a result of their education. Studies in the humanities will advance the communication skills, empathy, self-awareness, judgment, and professionalism of students, and they help students with becoming skilled at the social and cultural context of working with people. In addition, studying the humanities can help students in the following ways: Literature can introduce students to life situations with which they may not be familiar. Drama can teach oral communication. Philosophy can teach skills of analysis and argument. Art, literature, drama. and music are expressions of human creativity, and taking part in some form of artistic activity, either as reader or viewer, is part of what makes us human. For this assignment, choose a work of art that made an impression on you during this course. Then, address the following: Include an image of or link to the work. Identify the artist, the title, date completed, and the medium. Explain how learning about the work will help you in your life and career. Consider the context in which the work was created and the meaning of the work. Explain how one or more specific disciplines (literature, drama, philosophy, art, music) influenced you. Examine the effect that you think this class could have on your career and personal life.

This essay fulfills the course requirement to conduct written research on a work of art or architecture, as seen in person. This work of art or architecture must be from the period covered in the course. Your topic does not have to be covered in the textbook, but it should be from the period of 1300 – Present. In your paper, you must provide a clear thesis and demonstrate your support for that thesis in your research. This assignment combines the required skills necessary for investigating a work of art, and the necessity of actually seeing those objects to that research. Therefore, in this assignment, you will be required to write about a work of art you have seen in person. For area museums that you can visit, access the Sources of Museum Visit link below. Referring to the museum catalog and/or label information (what contextualizes the important facts about the work of art), your research will expand upon one Important aspect of the work you learned from the museum. 750 – 1000 words 3 to 4 FULL pages, double-spaced and typed, in 12pt. font Images should be submitted separately at least 3 sources (other than your text) Information Literacy. You must use this Research Resource Guide (http://libguides.nvcc.edu/novaonline) to access the following credible academic sources on the basis of your research: books dissertations interviews journals magazines videos Websites and encyclopedic entries will not be counted as appropriate research sources. What is provided for you through the Research Resource Guide are the required, credible, peer-reviewed sources you will need for this assignment. If you are unsure of the legitimacy of any of your sources, please ask the instructor. Demonstrate You must provide a clear thesis, which addresses an important aspect of the museum’s context of the work. For example, the museum text may discuss a work of art’s relation to social and political ideas within society when it was created it. If it discusses the artist’s biography, you may discuss how the work of art related directly to that biography. Provenance is the history of ownership. In addressing provenance, you answer: Was the work commissioned and why? If not, why was it made? What were the artist’s intentions? Provenance is also an important aspect you will find in the museum’s information. How do factors like the historical context and location shape the meaning of the work? You must also discuss style. Remember that in discussing style, you are often referring to a period style or regional style. In order to discuss style, you must utilize formal analysis to communicate the work’s key features. Give attention to the materials and techniques the artist used to effectively communicate their ideas. Those materials and techniques are also particular to time and place. The possibilities are endless, but you must demonstrate that you understand the existing and accepted interpretations of a work of art architecture. This essay should be thoughtfully responsive to the museum’s research you encountered in your visit, and you will be expanding upon, or even arguing against, previous research. You must include MLA (Links to an external site.) citation style, with endnotes and a complete bibliography on two separate pages at the end of the paper. A full resource guide to MLA citation is also included in the Research Resource Guide. Sources of Museum Visit National Gallery of Art, nga.gov

Is Banksy’s Stone Age Waiter a work of art or an example of vandalism? If it is an artwork, does that mean that graffiti in general is also a type of art? How might you separate art from vandalism? If this work is vandalism, does the fact that it was created with permission influence your judgment?

Students will engage the work: Christ with Symbols of the Passion, by Lavinia Fontana, executed in1576 in oil on wood panel. Then each student will write a 3-page paper in which they consider the work as an example of Mannerist style through comparison to the Rosso Fiorentino image, Dead Christ with Angels, covered in the Mannerism lecture and in a Khan Academy video. Students will be required to discuss the two works based upon Mannerist criteria, such as contextual and spatial ambiguity, unnatural figural proportions in affected poses, palette and anxiety level or strange mood. These works provide the perfect opportunity to write a comparison, as both images depict the dead Christ with angels and symbols of the Passion and both were painted by Italian artists that chose to work in the Mannerist style. Your papers must be a minimum of three full pages, composed in Microsoft Word with standard 1” margins (top, bottom and sides), typed in a legible 12 pt. font, double spaced and formatted into coherent paragraphs that are indicated by indenting the first word of the paragraph five spaces. Do not add headings or extra spacing between paragraphs. Your discussion must be written entirely in your own words and reflect your observations about the Mannerist characteristics of both images. This paper is not intended as a research assignment, but rather as an exercise in visual, formal analysis, critical thinking and writing. I do not want you to write about either painter; and please do not write an essay about your personal spiritual beliefs. This is an essay about the ways in which two paintings of the same topic in the same style are both similar and different! Please do not consult sources other than lectures, your text and the Khan Academy video about Fiorentino’s Dead Christ with Angels. Should you elect to paraphrase or borrow thoughts, ideas or words spoken or written by another author (e.g. the author of your text book or the art historians discussing the Fiorentino image), you must cite your sources in fair exchange for such usage. Direct quotes from a published source must be enclosed in quotation marks and cited.

1. Develop a small sculpture that is a minimum of eight inches tall, by four inches wide. please use found materials and supplies from your home or another accessible location to create a modified object. The difference mediums that you choose should be manufactured objects or materials. you are welcome to include any material that you wish. submit at least two photographs accompanied by a 1-2 paragraph write up describing the form and content of your piece. 2. Develop a work of art with natural, organic materials. This may include any sort of found material in nnature such as dirt, rocks, sticks, water, earth pigments, or any sort of naturally occurring material. your work of art should be at least one foot square, and a height of your choice. submit at least two photographs accomplished by a 1-2 paragraph write up describing the form and content of your piece.