Art History Research Paper

Fall 2017

Art History 120, Survey of Western Art History

Required Museum Project (Research Based)

Worth 50 points Total of (Writing Assignment Grade)

Due Date: Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017

Papers must be printed out and stapled.

No papers will be accepted via e-mail.

Late work will not be accepted.

There are 2 choices for this assignment.

1) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (Near UCLA)

www.getty.edu

Free Admission/Parking $15

OR

2) The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

Free Admission with ELAC Student ID & Free Parking!

www.nortonsimon.org

BEFORE you go, refer to the websites for visitor information. Click on “Visit” or “Visitor Information” for details. Also, think about the type of artwork that you would like to analyze before you go to the museum. This strategy will save you a lot of time! When you arrive at the museum, also take a brochure!

Ask a museum attendant if you are lost and let them know the type of artwork that you are looking for, so that you can be directed to the right section.

Writing Instructions

Choose 3 EUROPEAN artworks from either the J. Paul Getty Museum OR the Norton Simon Museum that are related to the topics discussed in our course. Discuss each artwork in terms of its historical, cultural, and stylistic/iconographic context.

Topic Choices

*Choose 3 “Classical” artworks from the Renaissance.

OR *Choose 3 “Mannerist” artworks.

OR *Choose 3 “Baroque” artworks.

Required Length of Paper

*6 pages minimum /7 pages maximum

*The last page of your paper is the “Works Cited” page.

* The “Works Cited” page does NOT count as part of the 6 - 7 page requirement.

* Images of the artworks do NOT count as part of the 6 - 7 page requirement.

*Images of the 3 artworks should be included AFTER your “Works Cited” page.

Required ESSAY Format:

*Introduction, Thesis Statement, Developed Paragraphs in Body of Paper & Effective Conclusion

*Double spaced

*Times New Roman or Ariel font

*Size 12 font

*1”inch margins

*Staple a museum ticket to the front of your project or paper clip a brochure to your paper. Proof of museum visitation is required.

*Write your name on the ticket or brochure.

Required Research Guidelines:

*Find 3 - 4 research sources for each artwork.

*The sources can include the museum’s web-site, academic journal articles and other scholarly books. (Our textbook can’t be used.)

*One of the sources for each artwork MUST be from an article published in an academic journal.

*To give credit to your research sources use the MLA citation format.

Required Research Guidelines:

*Cite your sources in your text AND also provide a list of sources for

the reader at the end of your analysis on your “Works Cited” page.

Do NOT use information from ANY of the following sources:

*Our course textbook

*Any book or journal article published before 1980

*Wikipedia

*Any web-site ending in .com

Any papers containing information from Wikipedia or from web-sites ending in .com will automatically receive 0 points.

Recommended Research Sources:

www.elac.edu/ilbrary

*Find Articles

*Databases

JSTOR Arts & Sciences

Ebsco

Art On-line Grove

Academic One File

*The web-sites listed on our course syllabus are also valid sources of information!

MLA Format Assistance:

www.elac.edu/library

EasyBib

Or

ELAC Writing Center

Plagiarism: (Cheating/Taking Credit for someone else’s work)

*This paper must be written in your own words and must demonstrate an academically appropriate use of research sources and research citations.

*Plagiarized papers will automatically receive 0 points and may result in disciplinary action.

*At the museum, it is acceptable to copy basic information such as the name of the artist, the artist’s nationality, title of the artwork, and date of the artwork from the descriptive label next to the artwork.

*For any sentences used , from the descriptive label next to the artwork. quotations are necessary and you must cite/give credit to the

(The J. Paul Getty Museum) OR to the (Norton Simon Museum).

*Do NOT copy entire paragraphs from the descriptive label.

Writing Assistance:

ELAC Writing Center (Main Campus) E3 Building/Room 220

www.elacwritingcenter.org

Monday: 7:00am - 9:00pm Tuesday: 7:00am - 9:00pm Wednesday: 7:00am - 9:00pm Thursday: 7:00am - 9:00pm Friday: 10:00am - 4:00pm Saturday: 10:00am - 4:00pm Writing Center Main Phone#(323) 415-4147

(SouthGate Campus Writing Center ) – Room 121

Monday: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Writing Center Phone#(323) 357 - 6248

ELAC Art History Tutors

Monday – Thursday

S2 Building/Art Department Office 202

*Refer to the schedule for exact hours.

Grading Rubric for Museum Paper (Worth 50 Points Total)

Quality of Analysis of Art Work #1 = 10 points

Quality of Analysis of Art Work #2 = 10 points

Quality of Analysis of Art Work #3 = 10 points

Quality of Research “Works Cited” = 10 points

Quality of Writing = 10 points

*Directions followed, quality of writing, clarity, organization, syntax, grammar, and demonstrates evidence of being proofread