ART JOURNAL

Select a work of art of your choice from Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective, a website listed on the ART101 Museum and Images Website document located in your classroom, one of the assigned virtual reality videos, or from your local art museum. Contemplate the work of art, and discuss your interpretation of the art based on the characteristics of the corresponding movement in your art journal entry. Pay close attention to style, media (materials), methods, subjects, and any other details that make this work significant, using appropriate art terminology and taking care to correctly the cite the source of any information that you use. Be sure to include your personal reaction to the work of art and an image of the work. How do you perceive this work of art differently now compared to how you interpreted the artwork in your art journal from earlier weeks? Include an image of the work of art you have chosen in your journal.

TIP: To fully contemplate the work of art using what you have learned about art and art appreciation, it is recommended that you examine the work of art for at least ten minutes, taking note of your reactions and observations throughout your examination. Use these notes to compose your journal entry.

Cite your sources as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. guides on Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. For works of art, follow the basic modified APA style reference entry format in the APA Style Reference Entries for Artwork document.