Virtual Tour Essay

Midterm Project: Virtual Tour

Visit the National Gallery of Art website www.nga.gov Choose five styles and five artists (one artist for each style). Research and write a paper.

American

British

Dutch and Flemish 16th-17th centuries

French and Italian 17th century

French and Italian 18th century

French 19th century

Italian 13th-14th centuries

Italian 15th century

Italian 16th century

Northern European 15th-16th centuries

Spanish

Modern and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture

Format:

· 2-3 pages; double spaced; Word document.

· You can write this paper either as a story or research paper (informative outline).

· Provide: Preface on each style and historical background Few facts about each artist Brief analysis of works of art Include a couple of interesting facts.

· Images : Feel welcome to insert small pictures, if you want to go more creative about your paper. Imagine that you are working on a presentation to make in a class or for your friends and children.

· Quotes : If you use quotes, always refer to the source. Provide a list of websites you use as sources – insert the links (copy-paste URL address – from the browser window).

As always, I am interested to know how you feel about these particular artists and their works of art.

Note: Exclude any possibility of unintentional plagiarism. Thus, there should not be any copied paragraphs/phrases in your text. If you do “copy- paste” - then work on this text and summarize it in clear statements – shorten and make them your own.

I would advise you to create an informative outline for later use as a reference paper. For example, you may use it in the future when you go to the museum – you will be able to serve as a tour guide for your companions – friends or family.

Always try to structure your papers by using highlighted titles/subtitles, division into parts and statements.

M.C. Escher (1898 -1972)

Recommended websites:

National Gallery of Art in DC http://www.nga.gov/collection/index.shtm

Type in artist’s name (in search window)

Metropolitan Museum (New York)

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/atr.htm

Find artist – click on “Thematic essay” – roll over thumbnails to see enlarged images

To find more on artists’ life stories you can simply ‘Google’ the names of artists.

In this case, you should include these links as source references.

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Impressionism: Rouen Cathedral �by Claude Monet, 1894 (France)