Art 4208B-01W Art of the 20th &

Art 4208B-01W Art of the 20^th & 21^st Centuries: Pollock to the Present

Term Project assignment:

Option 1: Term paper

Select a topic from among the works or artists whose work you see at the High Museum, or another topic of your choice and present me with a proposal about your topic choice, in writing, by February 13th:

Consider the work of any artist or architect or a particular art movement or new media approach of the 20^th or 21^st centuries (after 1945). Research the work itself, its context of creation, or relationship to the artist’s life, their training, their known works, or the movement or means, as appropriate. If you select a movement, focus on representative work. Consider the contributions of the artist or movement in depth, with regard to both the pertinent work and the legacy to other artists, including schools or groups with which they were associated, galleries in which they showed, venues with which they were associated, philosophical underpinnings, &C &C &C. What were the influences – through the study and training, or previous stylistic periods or reactions against them, or any conceptual framework which was relevant to this development? Some examples might be Diane Arbus, Mapplethorpe, Walker Evans, Rauschenberg, Pollock, Johns, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Chuck Close, Puryear, Butterfield, Mendieta, Abramowicz, either of the Saars, Oldenburg, Kienholz, Gorky, I.M.Pei, Kahn, Gehry, Color Field, Minimalism, Feminism, Chicago School, New York School, &c &c &c &c. The list is endless.

Start by leafing through your texts, but you are not limited to what is there. If you select works or ideas that are not there, do enough research to make sure that you will be able to support your presentation with scholarly material. Although I may not be familiar with the artist, art, or movement that you choose, I might know whether or not you will be able to find sufficient material.

Discuss the ways in which the work exemplifies the "Modern" the "PostModern" or "Contemporary" in art or is reactionary to it.

Consider how the work reflects the modern world and modern life.

Create an annotated Bibliography on your subject of at least 10 library sources, to be submitted by February 28, on WebCT. (see the separate directions for that.)

If you choose the term paper option, you will produce an 8-10 page research paper (with footnotes and a bibliography), plus images, on the topic you choose. This paper must show a good grasp of the subject matter and a thorough grappling with the range of potential research materials, including those which must be obtained through interlibrary loan. You should start your research now, since interlibrary loans materials generally take some time to arrive after they are ordered. If you do not know how to do an exhaustive search of sources, and how to follow a research trail, please come to see me about this.

Cite your sources. Your format for citations should follow that used in Art Bulletin¸ Art Journal, or refer to the Chicago Manual of Style (14^th edition -- 1993). Do not use parenthetical references as they are not the standard for art history. Be careful to give credit for any sources you read, ideas you gather, and information you use, WHETHER YOU QUOTE IT DIRECTLY OR NOT.

For Chicago Style, in brief, go to: http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.php

PLAGIARISM – STEALING OTHERS’ IDEAS –

IS A SERIOUS ACADEMIC OFFENSE, AND WILL BE TREATED AS SUCH. AND, IT IS ALWAYS MUCH MORE APPARENT THAN YOU THINK IT WILL BE.

(And I can easily check it)

BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT "INFORMATION" FROM THE INTERNET.

There is no requirement for anyone to have any authority to post something on the web.

Especially avoid ".com" sites as unlikely to have scholarly content and credentials.

If you do use info from a website, download and print it, and submit it with your paper.

IMAGES

Staple the photocopied images to the back of your paper, each on a separate sheet.
These must have:

artist’s name, title, date, media, size, and image source, page number or illustration number

– all neatly typed below the image.

These should be large enough to be nicely framed on an 8.5 X 11" sheet, each.
Label them as Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, etc. (arranged in the order they are introduced in your discussion) (See the sample displayed in my office window, use it as a model.)
For each, supply information about the source of the image in your bibliography, the same as you would for any reference. format:

fig 1. john smith Flight of angels. 1978. graphite drawing on vellum. 14.3X15 inches. High Museum of art. (Gardner fig. 21.9)

then the source of the image (e.g. the full bibliographic info for Gardner) goes into the Bibliography you create for the whole paper.

Intellectual Content/Artistic Relevance = 50%

Presentation/Following Directions = 25 %

Structure/Grammar/Writing = 25%

This paper is worth 20 of the 100 total points for the course. (2 for the thesis proposal, 18 for the final paper)(+4 for the annotated bibliography which is part of the writing exercises grade)

For either the first or second writing assignment, you may opt to do the Museum Object Writing Assignment on the work you select from the High Museum, in lieu of an article review.

All final papers are due on April 15th at the beginning of class. No late papers will be accepted. If you do not turn the paper in at the beginning of the class period of the day it is due you will receive a 0.