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ARTH100 Research Project
RESEARCH PROJECT SECTIONS
Section 1:
Introduction/Artist Biography
This section will introduce your reader to the artwork and artist.
• Briefly introduce the title of your artwork and date it was made.
• Include the date and location of the birth and death of your artist, information about their education and/or training, and other relevant details about the artist's life. Much of this information may be found on Oxford Art Online. This section should be shorter than other section.
• [Think critically; avoid broad generalizations or statements about the quality of your artwork or genius of the artist.]
Section 2:
Formal (Visual) Analysis
In this section you will look at visual elements: colour; line; shape; texture; space; balance; contrast; rhythm; composition; and media. Your main concern is to attempt to explain how the artist arranges and uses these visual elements in your assigned artwork.
Art historians describe fully and accurately their objects of study in order to support their ideas. You are probably not used to analyzing objects in this way and need practice doing so. I want you to look-and look carefully. Think of the object as a series of decisions that an artist made. Your job is to figure out and describe, explain, and interpret those decisions. Don't ever assume that because I have seen the artwork, I know what you are talking about. Descriptions must be clearly expressed and easy to read.
Describe the artwork in a logical order. Here are a few options:
• summarize the overall appearance, then describe the details of the object
• begin discussing one side of the artwork and then move across the object to the other side
o left to right, top to bottom, etc
• describe things in the order in which they draw your eye around the object, starting with the first thing you notice and moving to the next
Section 3:
Iconographic Analysis
In this section you will identify the theme(s), motifs and symbols, as well as ideas, meanings, feelings and purposes of the artwork. You should identify any known characters or narrative. You may need to look at paintings of similar subject matter or theme to identify what your artist has done differently, or the same, as artists before them. Remember that symbols are culturally specific - do not assume that you know the meaning of objects in a work of art. As with the formal analysis, you will need to describe the content in a logical order.
Section 4:
Contextual Analysis
In this section you will try to answer the following questions: Where and when was this artwork made? Who was it made for? What was the political, social, economic and religious situation at the time the artwork was created? What evidence do we see of these conditions within the artwork? Remember to research the specific location that your artist was living or travelling in. Not all world events would have affected your artist - focus on local conditions at the time the artwork was made. What was happening in that region? You should consult the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History for information on the time period.
Attachment:- Research Project Guidelines.rar