the term paper

Art History II Term Paper

A. Takayama October/2018

THE TERM PAPER Loved This, Hated That

OBJECTIVE:

A very basic objective of this course has been the integration of many aspects of culture and social

structures existing within various periods and civilizations as a means of understanding the artworks

produced by different peoples of other times. This technique or approach to the study of Art History is

given the general term "iconology." To make this process of investigations a little more personally

meaningful, and in preparation of the Final Exam, you are to make your own survey of Modernism and its

artist.

Thus, you are to select two artists from each of the five chapters in the text book that cover the time span

of 1850 – 1960. In the Eight edition of the text, these are chapters 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. In older editions

of the book, the chapters might be different. For this paper, just cover the artists working in the time

frame of 1850 to 1960. From each chapter, you are to pick two artists you like, or don’t care for, or one

of each. In total, you are writing about ten (10) artists.

For each artist, you are to write a short paragraph of what you found as the most prominent

characteristics of their work most that affected your choice. In other words, what influenced you most as

to why you like or don’t like their work? It will not be acceptable to say “I just don’t like it” or something

to that effect. You must communicate some reasons as to why your preference was one way or another.

You might base your answer not only on what it looked like, but other issues with the art that are not in

the art directly. For instance, what the art was for?, for whom the art was created?, was it a act of political

or cultural protest?, a concern for a religious issue?, etc. Or, you didn’t like the artist as a person. In any

case, always try to answer the question, “why?”

So that your paper is cohesive and “makes sense”, be sure to include in each discussions, the following:

Identification of the art

What period or art movement are they most associated? (Which of the “isms” of Modern art are they connected with?)

Identification of an artwork by the artist (what is it, , when was it made, where, etc.?)

What was in the artwork that you liked, or didn’t like?

WHAT TO SUBMIT:

The paper must be computer printer generated, using 1 ½ spacing. For computer print-outs, please use a

serif font, preferably a font similar to Times Roman (the serif font used here). No hand written papers

will be accepted!

Failure to do a term paper will affect your "Class Participation" score. A deduction of 3% of your

grade will be made if you do not turn-in a paper. Again, following College policies, there is a zero

tolerance for cheating and plagiarism. If plagiarism is confirmed you will loose all credit for this

assignment, and will be disciplined as proscribed by College policies.

DO NOT submit your paper in any type of report cover. A simple corner staple is sufficient. Report

covers interfere with the reading of papers, so they rarely enhance the grading process.