Describing artistic media
Choose ONE of the given paintings/prints:
Include in Your Essay: • Provide an introduction or overview of your essay discussion • Use the elements and principles of design to describe the painting or print • Include the artistic media (materials) that have been used by the artist and describe the process they used • Provide the dimensions of the painting or print you have chosen and where it is housed (what museum is it in?) • Include some information on the artist • Analyze the narrative of the painting or print and indicate the possible social intentions of the image • Provide a conclusion to tie up the information you have discussed • Double space your essay using APA format which will include: 1. Cover Page 2. Page Numbers 3. A Reference Page
A1 SHORT ESSAY F22
Essay Outcomes:
• Apply appropriate terminology when discussing art
• Describe artistic media
• Explain the possible social intentions and/or consequences of an art form
Choose ONE of the following paintings/prints:
1. Winslow Homer
“The Gulf Stream”
1899
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met Museum NYC)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11122
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2. Portrait of the Boy Eutyches”
Artist in dispute
100 – 150 CE
Roman Period (Egypt)
Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/547951
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3. David Blackwood
“Uncle Eli Glover Moving”
1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncgLtWQQnt4
https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/resettlement-program.php
Include in Your Essay:
• Provide an introduction or overview of your essay discussion
• Use the elements and principles of design to describe the painting or print
• Include the artistic media (materials) that have been used by the artist and
describe the process they used
• Provide the dimensions of the painting or print you have chosen and where it is
housed (what museum is it in?)
• Include some information on the artist
• Analyze the narrative of the painting or print and indicate the possible social
intentions of the image
• Provide a conclusion to tie up the information you have discussed
• Double space your essay using APA format which will include:
1. Cover Page
2. Page Numbers
3. A Reference Page
4. In-text citations (examples in your assignment folder)
5. Maximum 1000 words/Minimum 900 words
6. Submit to Turnitin Instructions included in assignment folder
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Marking Rubric
Introduction 2
Use of Elements & Principles of Design 4
Artistic Media/Dimensions/Artwork Location 2
Artist Information 2
Narrative & Social Intentions 4
Conclusion 2
Cover Page/Page Numbers 2
Spelling/Grammar/Structure 3
Intext-Citations 2
References 1
Word Count 1
