I need help with my art history paper final

AH107: Curating your own Museum Exhibit

Congratulations, you’re a museum curator! You have been given the opportunity to curate your own virtual exhibit of western art. You can choose any artwork that is not already in one of our class ARTstor image groups, whether you’re “borrowing” it from a museum or “buying” an auction house. (See the “Art History Toolbox” for all kinds of image sources other than ARTstor.)

This project can be done individually or in pairs. If you form a pair, make sure you can really work together and stay in touch. You share the work, and receive the same grade. (You’ll need to indicate in your initial essay who did what.) You will be working in and out of class. If you don’t keep in touch, your partner will get all the credit and you will get a zero.

Artworks: You will be putting together your own group of artworks, in any medium, by any artist, created between 1350 and 1600 in northern Europe.

These should be chosen and arranged according to a particular theme. You should have 5 artworks total; 10 if you’re in a pair.

Themes: Here are some suggestions of themes to get you going. These are only suggestions, of course.

•Different artists' treatments of a particular subject (like the museum paper)

•Market, money, and patronage: courts, cities, churches, professional organizations, individuals.

• A particular artist (or two) and the Protestant Reformation.

• The artist's conflicting status as inspired genius, as intellectual, as gentleman, and as craftsman; relationships with patrons, their own attitudes toward their work, or their method of workshop production.

• Art and technologies: printing presses, paper, optics, etc.

Writing: You will write a short introductory essay giving a rationale for your choice of objects, and the order in which you show them. Each work should be researched and discussed in a caption of about 2-3 short paragraphs, like the museum labels you’ve already written.

Feel free to expand on ideas and information from your in-class museum label, along with anything posted by yourself or your classmates on the Pinterest boards, Voicethreads, etc.

Sources: Use any authoritative source, including everything on Canvas and ARTStor. All sources you have used should be cited in the text, plus listed at the end of the project in the form of an annotated bibliography: each source should be accompanied by a very short summary of its contents. (1-3 sentences).

your choice of objects, and the order in which you show them. In addition, each work should be researched and discussed in a caption of 1-2 paragraphs, like the museum label you’ve already written. You decide: what information is most relevant, useful and interesting about each work? What should the audience be made aware of?

THERE ARE THREE STEPS TO THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Step 1. Submit your topic. A brief statement, with a couple of questions, about a paragraph. I’ll let you know if you need to refine your subject.

Step 2. Find and Evaluate Sources.

Review and evaluate 5 online sources (i.e. websites) and 5 printed texts, including print articles digitized on the databases JSTOR and ArtFullText which deal with your subject(s). This can be any individual work or the overarching theme.  1-3 sentences each. What information do you think you can use from each source? (You don’t need to commit to only these sources; you will probably end up using more.)

Step 3. Submit the final exhibit, which should include an annotated bibliography. This is a list of all the sources you’ve been able to find that will be useful, and a very short summary of their contents. (1-3 sentences each). This will be based, to some extent, on your evaluations in Step 2. For resources, see “The Art History toolbox” page on Canvas. Your bibliography should have at least THREE print sources.

Format. You can use any digital format which combines the designated amount of text and number of pictures: a Powerpoint, a NoteBook , Prezi, Smarthistory-style video, etc. (Do NOT use Pages.) If you use a video format, upload a script with sources along with a link to your video.

Illustrations. Be sure to include all images, with full data.