Pick two art pieces of the same media (example: two sculptures, two paintings, t
Pick two art pieces of the same media (example: two sculptures, two paintings, two ceramics, two architectural structures, etc) that interest you from any culture and time period from Mesoamerica and Andean cultures until the year 1521. Please choose something that you have a high level of interest in. You will then break the assignment down into the following sections. Read below for a detailed description of each section and what needs to be included in each section. Each section can be more than one paragraph if you want or need. Please note that you have to use Chicago Manual Citation style to cite and use footnotes for all information you get from outside sources.
What to include in your paper:
Title Page
Introduction
Visual Analysis
Conclusion
Illustration page
Bibliography
Requirements of the Paper:
Length of paper: 5 pages of writing. Title, Illustrations, and Bibliography pages are in addition to the 5 pages of writing.
At least 5 scholarly sources
Chicago Manual Citation
Times New Roman in 12-point font, double spaced
Margins no more than 1” (all sides)
Name, instructor name, course title, word count, and date on the title page
Paper Organization:
1. Title page: Name, instructor name, course title, word count, and date
2. Introduction-
Start by introducing the art piece. Title, Artist, date.
Short background of topic and pieces.
Thesis statement. (example: This paper will focus on the study of …)
3. Visual Analysis-
1. Describe the artwork
2. Pretend you are trying to explain the work to a friend who has never seen it before. Be as thorough as you can.
4. Compare and Contrast-
How are the two works similar or different? Use the visual analysis descriptions as examples to do the compare and contrast.
Find at least five academic sources from the library database about your art pieces. Peer reviewed articles work the best.
Use information and the arguments from the articles to help you compare and contrast the two art pieces. What have others said and provided evidence for? Does that fit into your argument?
5. Conclusion-
Restate your thesis statement.
Restate the highlights of your paper and your main points.
6. Illustrations
Include the image of art work discussed in the paper with a label to show at least the title, artist, and date. One image per page.
7. Bibliography
1. Cite the publications for all the information you gathered from your sources and used in your paper. Use Chicago Manual Citation style to do this.
The example of works I’ve researched can be found in this bibliography I’ve made are examples of souces.
Bibliography
Bernard, Henri Noel, Sara Ladrón de Guevara, Mayra Manrique, and José Luis Ruvalcaba. “New Approaches to Jadeite Usage in Formative Mesoamerica.” MEXICAN VILLAGES (2022): 108.
Miller, Mary Ellen. Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec (World of Art). Thames & Hudson, 2019.
Pool, Christopher. Olmec archaeology and early Mesoamerica. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Tate, Carolyn E. “The Colossal Fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamerica’s Earliest Creation Story.” Imagining the Fetus: The Unborn in Myth, Religion, and Culture (2009): 223-258.
Scheper, George L. “The Olmec World–or the “Formative Era Ceremonial Complex”.” 2014: 14-15.