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FAS 202 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric Overview: Throughout this course, you have been practicing the skills you will need to produce your final comparative art analysis essay. In various Discussion Board posts you have learned to analyze formal qualities of works of art, recognize common themes between visual works of art from different periods and styles, and you have learned to understand how these themes are expressed in contemporary culture. For Milestone One, you drafted the introduction for your final essay. For Milestone Two, you will compose a rough draft of your final comparative art analysis essay. Provide as many details as possible, addressing each of the following major headings: Introduction, Visual and Historical Analysis, and Comparative Analysis. In addition, address Parallels by introducing a third creative work and explaining how that work parallels the relationship between the two pieces previously selected. Your conclusion will not be included in your rough draft. You will add the conclusion to your final comparative at analysis essay, due in Module Seven. Prompt: Apply the feedback you received on Milestone One to form a thorough introduction, and compose a rough draft of your comparative art analysis essay. Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

Introduction: This section of the comparative analysis will introduce readers to the works you have selected to analyze. A. For each work, identify the artist, title (in italics), date, medium, dimensions, the cultural origin or period of creation, and current collection. B. What is your main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between your selected works and their shared theme?

Visual and Historical Analysis: This section will provide a visual and historical analysis in which you will analyze the physical characteristics in each work as well as the connections of each work to their historical and cultural context.

A. What formal characteristics are similar between the two works? What characteristics are different? Be sure to reference specific aspects of each work.

B. How did each respective culture’s traditions and ideologies influence the two works you have selected? Be sure to use examples to support your response

C. How does each work represent its particular social, historical, and cultural climate? Be sure to use examples to support your response.

Comparative Analysis: In this section, you will compare and contrast your two selected works. A. Explain how your two selected works reflect the social or cultural identities of its day. Support your response with examples. B. What influence have your two selected works had in the shaping of social or cultural identities?

C. What influence have your two selected works had on a modern or contemporary expression of the identified shared theme? Support your response with examples.

Parallels: In this section, you will introduce a third creative work and explain how that work parallels the relationship between the two works previously selected.

A. How do the shared historical themes and settings tie your two previously selected works to your work from popular culture? B. Discuss how the theme is still relevant today, utilizing the popular culture work you selected to support your response.

Your overall submission should be professionally articulate. “Articulation of Response” is not a section of your paper but rather how professionally and clearly you articulate your ideas (this includes proper formatting and citation of sources).

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your rough draft must be submitted as a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. It must be written in MLA format and include at least 4 scholarly sources cited in MLA format. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Introduction: Artist

Comprehensively identifies both works, including the artist, title, date, medium, dimensions, the cultural origin or period of creation, and current collection; incorporates feedback from Milestone One

Identifies both works, but response does not cover all elements specified in the prompt

Does not identify both works

2

Introduction: Main Argument/Thesis

Discusses the main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between selected works and the chosen social or cultural issue; incorporates feedback from Milestone One

Discusses the main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between selected works and the chosen social or cultural issue, but discussion is cursory or illogical

Does not discuss the main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between selected works and the chosen social or cultural issue

2

Visual and Historical Analysis:

Characteristics

Explains the similarities and differences present in the formal characteristics of the two works, referencing specific aspects of each work

Explains the similarities and differences present in the formal characteristics of the two works, but explanation is cursory, or there are gaps in referencing specific aspects of each work

Does not explain the similarities and differences present in the formal characteristics of the two works

9

Visual and Historical Analysis: Climate

Explains how each work represents its particular social, historical, and cultural climate, supporting response with examples

Explains how each work represents its particular social, historical, and cultural climate but explanation is cursory, illogical, or does not use examples to support response

Does explain how each work represents its particular social, historical, and cultural climate

9

Visual and Historical Analysis: Traditions

Determines how each respective culture’s traditions and ideologies influenced the chosen works, using examples to support response

Determines how each respective culture’s traditions and ideologies influenced the chosen works, but determination is cursory or illogical, or does not use examples to support response

Does not determine how each respective culture’s traditions and ideologies influenced the chosen works

9

Comparative Analysis: Reflect

Explains how the two works reflect the social or cultural identities of its day and supports response with examples

Explains how the two works reflect the social or cultural identities of its day, but explanation is cursory, illogical, or examples provided are not relevant

Does not explain how the two works reflect the social or cultural identities of its day

13

Comparative Analysis: Identities

Explains the influence the two selected works have had in the shaping of social or cultural identities

Explains the influence the two selected works have had in the shaping of social or cultural identities, but explanation is cursory or illogical

Does not explain the influence the two selected works have had in the shaping of social or cultural identities

13

Comparative Analysis: Expression

Explains the influence the two selected works have had on a modern or contemporary expression of the identified shared theme, using examples to support response

Explains the influence the two selected works have had on a modern or contemporary expression of the identified shared theme, but explanation is cursory or illogical, or does not use examples to support response

Does not explain the influence the two selected works have had on a modern or contemporary expression of the identified shared theme

13

Parallels: Historical Themes

Explains how the shared historical themes and settings tie the two previously selected works to the third piece from popular culture

Explains how the shared historical themes and settings tie the two previously selected works to the third piece from popular culture, but explanation is cursory or illogical

Does not explain how the shared historical themes and settings tie the two previously selected works to the third piece from popular culture

13

Parallels: Relevant

Discusses how the theme is still relevant today, utilizing the popular culture piece to support response

Discusses how the theme is still relevant today, but discussion is cursory, contains inaccuracies, or does not use popular culture piece to support response

Does not discuss how the theme is still relevant today

13

Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

4

Earned Total: 100%