Final Project

"Art Criticism"

The art criticism assignment is designed to fulfill the information literacy requirement of the General Education program at the university.  For this assignment, students will take a field trip to view works of art in order to find something they would be interested in writing about. 

Technical requirements for Art Criticism:

1. Use footnotes or endnotes (see “Chicago style” + sample paper above)
2. Utilize at least two (2) sources secondary sources (at least one which must be a scholarly article)
3. Reference and discuss artwork in relation to at least one (1) topic/theory covered in class
4. 6 pages minimum (excluding any bibliography, title page, etc.)
5. “Common” font (e.g. Times New Roman, Garamond)
6. 12” font size
7. Double-spaced
8. Left-justified
9. 1” margins
10. Paginated (header or footer acceptable)
11. Assuming it’s possible, provide some “proof” of your art excursion
12. Followrubric/template (addressing other key components of art critical writing, including: description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation) provided in Blackboard Content area.