Research paper on any piece of art work related to Art History of The United States
What to include in the research paper:
1. An Introduction to your paper which should:
a) preview but not fully describe your work of choice
b) Present the central argument you’d like to make about your work
– Here you want to answer the question of why the work you choose is significant
in the context of art history. It could be a formal reason, a socio-political reason or
a combination of the two. Be creative!
– Here you want to answer the question of why the work you choose is significant
in the context of art history. It could be a formal reason, a socio-political reason or
a combination of the two. Be creative!
2. Detailed description of your chosen work.
3. Summary of the artist’s biography and historical background.
4. Definition of a particular “critical problem” presented by the work, which
may involve either content or form. If there’s a mysterious figure or
object in it, what does it mean? Or if there’s something striking or
unusual about its composition, why does it look that way?
may involve either content or form. If there’s a mysterious figure or
object in it, what does it mean? Or if there’s something striking or
unusual about its composition, why does it look that way?
5. Brief survey of the scholarly literature about your artist. (I discuss how
to research this literature below.) Then summarize the two scholarly
approaches that you intend to make use of.
to research this literature below.) Then summarize the two scholarly
approaches that you intend to make use of.
6. A detailed discussion of the work, showing how these two scholarly
interpretations offer two different answers to the “critical problem” you
posed in part 3.
interpretations offer two different answers to the “critical problem” you
posed in part 3.
7. Conclusion: a discussion of your own feelings about the work. Why do
you like it? Do the interpretations in part 5 explain your own reaction?
Or does your reaction point to an important feature of the work that
earlier scholars have not explained? Be sure in this section that you bring everything together
towards your central argue
you like it? Do the interpretations in part 5 explain your own reaction?
Or does your reaction point to an important feature of the work that
earlier scholars have not explained? Be sure in this section that you bring everything together
towards your central argue