art history formal essay
Purpose: The purpose of this Formal Essay writing assignment is to clearly summarize, synthesize and reflect on important information concerning feminist arts in the United States that you have encountered in lectures, discussions and special topic readings and discussions. The specific skills that you will practice and develop are: • Organized and thorough notetaking of lecture and reading content • Clear, concise and well-organized writing that synthesizes and summarizes course content from lectures and reading assignments • Employing interdisciplinary methods of visual analysis • Analyzing relationships between art and its social, cultural, political, historical and/or spiritual contexts • Reflecting upon art employed as an instrument for social change • Citing sources properly Acquiring and developing these skills will contribute to your success both in this course and beyond, particularly in an ever-increasingly visually saturated world.
Knowledge: This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge in this course and the discipline of Art History: • Social, cultural, political, historical and/or spiritual contexts of art • How aspects of feminism impacted the visual arts in the United States • How visually oriented artistic practices are developed and modified to promote socio-political change • The stakes involved in visual representation, particularly in term of identity politics.
Criteria for Success: You will be successful in this assignment if your essay 1) is well-organized and thoroughly summarizes the main goals of these “generations” feminist arts in the United States through a thorough analysis of your chosen examples; 2) provides a thoughtful and informed reflection on their successes and shortcomings; 3) properly cites sources. Excellent work most often differs from adequate work due to levels content inclusion, thorough connection made between students’ specific examples and the overall goals of the movement, and the organization students’ writing.
Format: 5-8 pages (excluding title page and bibliography), double-spaced, 1” margins, 12pt Times New Roman font. Upload to Canvas as a Word .doc or PDF file.
Citations should follow the Chicago Manual of Style and include a bibliography. See the tutorial and supporting materials on Canvas.
Rubric
AH 270 Formal Essay #1--initial draft (1)
AH 270 Formal Essay #1--initial draft (1) |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent of Essay in relation to "first generation" feminist arts in the U.S. This category of assessment includes such content as: a) socio-cultural context b) how gendered identity was commonly conceived c) common goals d) common artistic strategies (such as collaboration, performance, "craft" materials, etc.) |
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25.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent of Essay in relation to "second generation" feminist arts in the U.S. This category of assessment includes such content as: a) socio-cultural context b) how gendered identity was commonly conceived c) common goals d) common artistic strategies such as collage, appropriation, deconstruction of stereotypes and cultural conventions, etc. |
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30.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeExplanation of "de-centered" subjectivity (particularly the use of Lacan's ideas) |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIntroductory paragraph |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeBody paragraphs and examples |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeConclusion |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCitations/Bibliography |
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5.0 pts |
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Total Points: 100.0 |