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I am also attaching the lecture videos where the art can be chosen from
please pick works of art from attached lecture videos
additional sources can be used if needed
This week you have Comparative Paper Assignment. PAY ATTENTION ! Make sure you understand What is the difference between Essay Exam responses asking for comparisons across time and an art historical comparison of two works: The emphasis of the paper should be a thorough visual analysis of each work, and in that visual comparison you should be highlighting and discussing the differences in the Southern and Northern Baroque styles. So make sure your choices reflect that. You should of course tie these changes back to socio-political issues, but briefly and only to demonstrate you understand what is bringing about changes. The emphasis is on the art. Avoid just describing the work of art and instead think about the subjects and visual techniques being employed based on what you’ve learned in the videos and text. Think about the artists’ choices and why they might have been made. Also a good comparison discusses the two works as a unit. Don’t talk about one and then the other. That is not a comparison. Go back and forth really looking at the similarities and differences and MOST IMPORTANTLY why those things are noteworthy. Finally, make sure your paper format is formal. This is a place to practice high-level college writing.
In your Exam, the emphasis was different. You were supposed to demonstrate your understanding of main historical concepts and their direct influence on the evolution of visual art. In fact, my general feedback across the board is that most of you separated discussiong of the art and the history. Remember this is Art History, where the two concepts are intertwined. For example, many of you would mention an enormaously important topic only inpassing – humanism for example (or the Reformation, or perspective, patronage, etc…) and state it as accepted fact: e.g. “Humanism arose during the Renaissance and could be seen in art through the period.” Any textbook or online source might tell me that. But think about how little information that sentence contains. Instead, in an essay exam, you should be looking to demonstrate that you understand fully what humanism is and deeply it influenced art formt he period. Many of you used a quote form the book, tying humanism to philosophy and education. That’s fine, but you still haven’t demonstrated that you understand it. That’s where your art work comes in: how does humanism, Greek Philosophy, and education tie into the choice of subject (why and what came before), the employment of new techniques like perspective (why now, how did they come about?), individual artistic innovation, the importance of private patronage, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpK044qB6wE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlCNS-Q-JEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lFlODimScQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tpvcF5B7tA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHiVUs3Xmug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ascy9vBqZR0
