Art work
Final Compare and Contrast Paper
ART 250 Art Appreciation
How to Begin
Choose any two (2) works of art that we have covered. They can be completely different media if you wish.
Make sure that you can find enough information on each work.
You will be comparing and contrasting the two works both Formally/visually and the content/context.
RESEARCH!!!!!!
One Way to Organize Information
Use two Venn Diagrams to organize your talking points.
The the 1. of Artwork 1 should relate to the 1. of Artwork 2, and the same for the other numbers.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Artwork 1
Artwork 2
Formal/Visual Analysis
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Artwork 1
Artwork 2
Content/Contextual Analysis
Each number or letter could represent a sentence in your paper
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Thesis Statement
A Thesis Statement lets the reader know what your paper is about. It is usually the last sentence in the Introduction paragraph
The Thesis Statement is also reworded and restated in the conclusion paragraph.
What Should Your Paper Have?
Title page (the next slide has the layout for the title page)
Introduction Paragraph
Thesis Statement
Body (look at the slide for the possible body layouts)
Conclusion
Restate Thesis
Close the Paper
Bibliography Page
The Intro, Body, and Conclusion should be at least 750 words
Title Page
Centered in the middle of the page you should have the following information:
Title of the Paper
Name
Class
Date
Word Count and Style Manual
Body
Paragraph 2: Formal Compare (same)
Paragraph 3: Formal Contrast (differences)
Paragraph 4: Contextual Compare (same)
Paragraph 5: Contextual Contast (differences)
All pages after the title page should be numbered.
There are two different ways you could organize this paper.
Body Organization 1
Body Organization 2
Paragraph 2: Artwork 1 Formal
Paragraph 3: Artwork 2 Formal
Paragraph 4: Artwork 1 Contextual
Paragraph 5: Artwork 2 Contextual
With this way, you have to make connections between the artworks to support your thesis statement more obviously.
Bibliography
Refer to the “Cite Your Sources” slide and make sure that you are following the formatting of you selected citation manual.
I am not trying to make you learn a whole new manual as you should be familiar with one by now. If you are not, look to see what manual is used most in your major.
Formal Analysis
Also called Visual Analysis
Describing what you see
Scale
Composition
Pictorial Space
Form
Line
Color
Light
Tone
Texture
Pattern
A great example and video explaining how to do a Formal Analysis can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=84&v=sM2MOyonDsY
Contextual Analysis
Can include some content analysis
Mainly includes:
What is the artist trying to say?
Why was the work made?
What inspired this work?
What was going on in the world at the time the work was made or during what was painted?
A good overall example of Art Analysis can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QM-DfhrNv8
Where to Find Information
Books from the Library
Online Library Resources
http://library.scsu.edu/Databases/databasesbysubject.cfm
Art Specific Resources (Sign in to use)
http://library.scsu.edu/Databases/subject.cfm?id=29
ArtStor – Image Database
Art Full Text – Text on different Artwork
JSTOR – Access to Peer Reviewed Journals
Any other database on that page could help but these will have a good amount of Art Information.
Cite Your Sources
Art History uses Chicago Style Manual
Use the links provided in Blackboard to help with the Chicago Style Manual Information.
Use the notes or N: formatting for your footnotes
Use the Bibliography or B: formatting for your Bibliography page.
Programs to help with citations
Microsoft Word (you may want to watch a youtube video to help figure it out. It is not difficult)
Zotero or Endnote
Citation Generators (if a citation is not provided)
Bibme
Citation Machine
EasyBib