Art Criticism

"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.