ART APPRECIATION ANALYSIS

Analysis Assignment – Major Artist Research
Instructions
You will select one of the major, heard-of artist mentioned in the textbook as a subject for your research paper. 
Step 1: Research the artist and a theme within their work

This paper should be more than just being “about” the artist. More than a biography.
Identify a theme or central idea about the artist or his/her artwork (your thesis) as it relates to a theme explored in Module 4 (Part 4 of the textbook) and then build the paper around that idea.
Select an artist from the list below:

Ana Mendieta
Chuck Close
Robert Mapplethorpe
Faith Ringgold
Kehinde Wiley
Carrie Mae Weems
Judy Chicago
Cindy Sherman
Yasumasa Morimura
Shirin Neshat

The expectation is that the research should represent information from several sources (at least four — websites will only count as sources if they are online versions of print material) and that any direct borrowing of wording from these sources will be indicated by quotation marks and listed on the works cited page.

Step 2: Write the analysis

Draft your thesis (remember, this is not a biography paper so your thesis needs to be about the art)
Research information about the artist and their background
Identify a common theme within the artist works

What is the context of their work? Cultural? Spiritual? Political? Historical?

Step 3: Before you submit… make sure that you have the following:

The analysis length should be a minimum of 3 pages. (Not including the Works Cited page)
The paper should meet normal standards for documentation (citations and works cited such as found in the Modern Language Association, 8th ed.). 

Use MLA format (Times New Roman 12-point size font, double-spaced, appropriate in-text citations, Works Cited page, etc…)

At least four sources — websites will only count as sources if they are online versions of print material 
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