Topic Choice #3: Art, Architecture, and Interior Design
Art, architecture, and interior design have been interrelated ever since the eighteenth century, but their cross-over influences have rarely been acknowledged. Do some research of your own about their connections across time. For this essay select one artwork or architectural structure and one interior design and show how they influenced each other. In this context, you can also discuss stage sets for theaters, movies, graphic novels, or representations of interior design in paintings, drawings, etc. if you like. Consider attending Vincent Darré’s lecture on campus on March 7 at 5:00 p.m. (more details provided later in the semester), which will investigate these questions in greater detail. Note that the monument(s)/artwork(s)/designs you analyze do not need to have been covered in class.
The essay should:
Include information about historical, geographical, and cultural contexts; provide information about the artists, architects, or designers involved; their lives, and their geographic origins and inspirations can be discussed
Identify technique (e.g. fresco painting in a wall decoration, lathe turned wood for furniture, half-timber structure or reinforced concrete for architecture, etc.), title, date, dimensions (only if known)
Engage visual information provided by the works themselves: Describe what you see and interpret this visual information.
Point out the historical context and inherent aesthetic qualities of the work. Ask yourself questions such as this: What defined the period style that you are dealing with? What are the design’s specific features? How and when was this interior design used? For what purpose was it created? What design philosophies are implied (for example, wabi/sabi for a contemporary interior designer such as Axel Vervoordt)?
Write in clear and grammatically correct English. Full sentences only.
Needs to be 2 full pages
Grading Criteria
Introduction to work of art
Includes information about the artist or creator; mentions/discusses materials and techniques used, title, date, dimension
Maximum score
10
Discussion of topic
Thoughtfully addresses all questions/points listed as part of the chosen paper topic
Maximum score
30
Visual Analysis
Engages visual information provided by the work of art using appropriate terms and descriptive formal and iconographic analysis
Maximum score
20
Art Historical Context
Points out the historical context and inherent aesthetic qualities of the work. Applies some of the broader art historical themes and their underlying concepts introduced in class to the discussion of the work
Maximum score
20
Grammar and Organization
Written in clear and grammatically correct English, and organized into logical paragraphs and including an identifiable thesis statement. Meets length and formatting requirements.
Maximum score
20
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