Choose one specific time period or art movement covered in class (beginning with the Romantics and ending with contemporary times). First, define and describe the art period/ movement. Secondly, choose two different forms of artistic expression from the following list and discuss how they represent the chosen time period:
-Visual Art (includes any medium discussed in class, such as painting, sculpture, etc.)
-Architecture
-Literature
-Music
Finally, discuss how these works’ have influenced our post-modern contemporary society.
Requirements:
*You must use 3 separate sources of research (use direct quotes, not paraphrases) in this essay. Anything less is incomplete and you will earn a ZERO for the assignment
Wikipedia is not a source of research!!
*You must have a minimum of 4 FULL Pages of written text for the essay. Anything less is incomplete and you will earn a ZERO for the assignment
*You must have a complete and properly MLA formatted Works Cited Page. If you do not provide one you will earn a ZERO for the assignment.
*DO NOT write a simple 5 paragraph essay. You must have 6 paragraphs or more minimum. If you do write only 5 paragraphs you will earn a ZERO for the assignment. You must write a proper College level MLA style essay. See videos I have posted or work with me to write a proper essay for the assignment.
*DO NOT write a simple thesis statement that lists 3 points. If you do so you will earn a ZERO for the assignment. You must write a proper College level MLA style thesis. See videos I have posted or work with me to write a proper thesis for the assignment.
*DO NOT Include images of the art work you discuss/ analyze in your essay. If you do so, especially if you place the images within the essay itself, you will earn a ZERO for the assignment
*DO NOT include your annotated bibliography. That is a separate assignment and will be turned in prior to the research paper
Recommendations:
– Be sure to clearly describe the ideology, history and culture of the specific era you have chosen.
– Introduce the artist, architect, and/or writer of the pieces you have chosen to discuss. (this should include the person’s ideology/ philosophy that influenced the work)
-Do not forget to clearly link the ideology and culture of the era/artistic movement with the pieces being discussed. In other words, how are the pieces chosen representative of that period in human history?
-Finally, demonstrate how this time period/artistic movement and the representative pieces chosen have influenced our post-modern society.
The Rule of 3:
Every basic element of an MLA Format Essay can be broken down into 3 steps/ sections
Essay:
-Introduction
-Body
-Conclusion
Introduction:
-Broad opening (or Hook)
-Transition
-Thesis Statement
Thesis Statement:
-Introduce Topic
-Present Argument
-Support Argument
Paragraph:
-Topic Sentence
-Supporting Details
-Concluding Sentence
Integrating Direct Quotes:
-Your point/ topic
-The “Direct Quote”
-Comment on quote
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