Business Question

Yourmust also use proper grammar, complete sentences and document of any idea that is not your own, even within individual slides.

1. Title page with name, date, class time and assignment

2. Introductory paragraph including information on the two artworks you are analyzing, when they were created and by whom, when you visited which museum, the period and style of the works, etc.

3.For a decent power point presentation, you should have about 20-30 slides.

4.Art works that are discussed in depth in the text are not allowed; nor are examples allowed which have been discussed in depth in class before your paper’s due date.But other works by artists discussed in these texts are allowed.

Research section:

1. One or two sentences on the life of each artist if known.If the artist is not known, then discuss the period of the work.How do these works fit into the overall oeuvre of these creators or periods?Briefly compare and contrast your main work with one or more also created by that artist or created within that period.

2. Historical and stylistic period of the works.Be sure to include the dates of all the works, the dates of the periods into which they fall, and the style of those periods.Are these works good examples of their period or do they deviate from the normal standards of that style?If so, how do they so deviate?

Analysis Section:

1.This section should be composed of mostly your own ideas, but you must footnote any ideas that you have drawn from others.

2.Discuss how these works fit into the oeuvre of the artist or period.

a. Analyze the composition of both works in detail.Discussexactlywhat you see in terms of line, shape, color, depth, perspective, dynamics, texture, form and content, etc.Give this detailed description in your own words.Get someone else to read the paper and see if they can visualize the works.If they cannot, then rewrite it with more details.

b. Discuss the purpose of these works and how they reflect that function.

Were they are large commission for a temple or a smaller, more intimate piece?Do they succeed?Why or why not?

c. Discuss the meaning inherent in the pieces.What forms from past works of art are used to enhance that content?Do research, if necessary, to understand the mythological or religious subjects.

d. Note influences from past styles evident in the works.How do these works differ from those past works that may have inspired them?Are they more or less successful?Why or why not?

Writing papers for Prof.
Wadsworth
Helpful hints for creating a great paper or power
point presentation
Including how to
document your sources
Please read this before writing and submitting
your paper!
Why did I do this up?
I am truly sick of seeing students make the
same mistakes each semester.
Please read this before you begin your
paper and as you polish it just before
handing it in.
It will make a better paper and make it
easier (and more fun) for me to correct.
Choice of topic: general art classes
For most of my art courses, you have to visit a museum in
person to analyze, compare and contrast five artworks from
different periods. Be careful: if you choose a building or
artwork that has been discussed in depth in your texts or in
class, make sure that you add many more details and ideas.
Or better yet, choose a different work.
Good museums: the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the
Worcester Art Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum in
Salem for Asian Art, and a number of museums in NYC.
The Fitchburg Art Museum is alright if you can’t get to
another museum.
Note that museums are often open weekends but are
usually closed on Mondays
.
The title for your exam
1)
Your first slide or page of your paper should show the title,
your name, the title of the course, section, etc.
2) This need not be complex:
First mid-term exam essays
by Joe Smith
History of Architecture
11:00 section
Oct. 2011
3) e-mail me your exam or presentation Do NOT put essays
into the digital drop box. Please label it this way with
your name and subject.
JoeSmithfirstexam930class.ppt
4) Please do NOT label as artpaper.docx. I get hundreds of
exams each semester and this does no good if I have to
search for your exam.
Introduction and conclusions
are MANDATORY
An introduction is the first paragraph of your
paper. You need to introduce your subject.
Mention the periods you will cover and what
you will say about them.
The conclusion will conclude your paper
with a summary of your insights. What did
you show in the development of art or
architecture? Did the works become more
realistic, more abstract, more religious?
Plagiarism and how to avoid it
Plagiarism and how to avoid it
Plagiarism and how to avoid it
Plagiarism and how to avoid it
The MLA (Modern
Language
Association)
reference form is to
cite the author’s last
name and the pages
number (Smith, p.
60) right after the
quote or paraphrased
section. They do not
use footnotes but the
sources are all lsited
in a bibliography at
the end of the paper.
Also, anything quoted
that is over three lines
should be indented
and single-space.
Quotes
When including a quote that is over three
lines within your paper,
indent the quote and put it in single
spaces. This way the reader can
readily identify the difference between
the regular text and the quote.
Then go back to the usual double spacing.
Technical pointers:
Choosing font and background
Be careful when choosing your background
and font. Although it is fun to play with fonts
and various slide layouts, in art history
classes, you do not want to distract from
your subject. Instead, make choices to
enhance the mood and content of your
subject
Bad choice of font and background
This is really hard to read
So make sure your font
is at least 14 point
and in enough contrast
with the background
to be easy to read.
This is also
a very poor choice of
background; it does not
do justice to the
Image.
Background choice again
◼ This kind of slide design may be okay for
some visual power points.
◼ It may be better for non-art subjects for which
the visual forms are not as important.
Fill and background
• Experiment with the
slide layout and slide
design options under
Format in the tool bar.
• I like to choose subtle
backgrounds under
background fill and fill
options. There are
some nice textural
choices there that will
enhance your subject.
Slide layout
• Click under format for
various slide layout
options.
• These include formats
with image and text
beside one another, text
above or below the
image, etc.
• It is better to insert
images from this option,
clicking the icon to the
right here (but on
Blackboard you can’t see
that icon, unfortunately)
and to insert images from
your own files.
How do I get image files?
• To get images of your
building, do a Google
search under image.
• Then save the images
under “My pictures” and
perhaps in a subcategory,
“Art paper” or “Notre
Dame.”
• Then when you click the
icon to the right, you will
browse to your file and
click the image there.
• How do I get rid of the “click to add title” at
the top when I don’t want it?
– Click on it, reduce its size as much as you
can, then click delete.
– You can also adjust the size of any panel,
images included, by clicking on the round
white dots and expanding or contracting as
you wish.
Image pointers:
Watch the aspect ratio
Watch if you
change the size
of images that
the “aspect
ratio” (or basic
proportions)
remain the
same.
Multiple images
For my papers, you
don’t need multiple
layered images. I prefer
the still images that we
can look at carefully for
some time.
Don’t do this with layered images
Be careful that your
images are of the
correct building/artwork.
Sometimes on Google
searches, it keys to
terminology later in the
article and shows you
an image of the wrong
building.
Both these churches
are called Trinity
Church, but they are not
the same church.
Writing pointers:
ALWAYS give me an introduction
and a conclusion
I don’t care how short or how long the paper
or ppt. is: always give me an introduction
and a conclusion.
In the introduction, include information on
the building or artwork you are analyzing,
when it was built and by whom, when you
visited, its period.
Research part of your paper
• For the research part of your paper:
• For a museum response paper, mention
the artist (if known) in his or her historic
context. How does this work of art fit into
the overall oeuvre of the artist?.
Historical and stylistic period
Historical and stylistic period of the building
or artwork. Be sure to include both the date
of the artwork, the dates of the period into
which it falls and the style of that period. Is
this work a good example of that period or
does it deviate from the normal standards of
that style? If so, how does it so deviate?
Analysis Section:
1. This section should be composed of mostly your own
ideas, but do be careful to footnote any ideas that you have
drawn from others.
2. Discuss how artwork fits into the oeuvre of the artist.
Analyze the oldest work first and then as you do the second
one, show how the styles have changes.
a. First, analyze the composition in detail. What shapes
are where and why? What is the overall organization of
the artwork or building?
b. Then discuss exactly what you see in terms of line,
shape, color, depth, perspective, texture, form and
content, etc. Give this detailed description in your own
words. Get someone else to read the paper and see if
they can visualize the works. If they cannot, then rewrite
it with more details.
Analysis section part II
c. After you have described the composition, then discuss
the purpose of these works and how they reflect that
function.
Were they are large commission for a church or a smaller,
more intimate piece? Do they succeed? Why or why not?
d. Discuss the meaning inherent in the pieces. What forms
from past works of art are used to enhance that content?
Do research, if necessary, to understand the
mythological or religious subjects. See bibliography.
e. Note influences from past styles evident in the works.
How do these works differ from those past works that may
have inspired them? Are they more or less successful?
Why or why not?
Conclusion
Finally, at the end of your paper, give a
conclusion summing up your main points in
regard to your building or artwork and the
work of that architect or artist.
If you are doing two or more works, how and
why has the style changed over time?
Which do you prefer and why?
Not enough analysis, poor use of
terminology
The Pantheon has
a triangular section
and pillars.
Better detail
The Pantheon, built under
Hadrian between 118 and
125 A.D., shows an updating
of Greek ideals with a typical
Roman use of space. The
impressive dome is almost
hidden behind the
pedimented portico and the
narthex evident here. Note
also the play of geometric
shapes that will continue
inside the dome, as seen in
the next slide….
Bibliography
The paper should be properly footnoted with any
ideas that are not those of the student properly
marked and put into parentheses if the quote is
taken word for word. (I will give a 0.0 for any
paper that is plagiarized. This will probably
cause you to flunk the course.)
Please do NOT rely upon Wikipedia for your
paper. This is not a scholarly site. You may
find an image there, but find corroboration for any
facts on the Wikipedia site elsewhere.
Research sources I
• Research section:
• 1) use books from the library: Art books are generally in
the N-ND section on the fourth floor of the library, right
ahead of you as you get off the elevator
• 2) Use this link to gain insight into a decent search:
• http://www.fsc.edu/library/searchtools.html:
• Research Aids
• Developing A Search StrategyEvaluating WWW SitesIs
It A Scholarly Journal?Using Boolean to Improve Your
Research (pdf)Off Campus Access/RDA
Research sources II
• Search Engines
• AltaVista Ask Jeeves! alltheweb CGRG Bibliographic
Search Engine Dogpile Excite Google HotBot LYCOS
MetaCrawler Northern Light Scirus (scientific information
only)SEARCH.COM Webcrawler Yahoo Serials
Solutions/Journal Locator – Search for
journals/newspapers in our full text electronic and print
collections:
• or go to Library Home Page http://www.fsc.edu/library/
• On right side of screen, click on Online Resources
• At next screen, click on Search Tools (icon magnifying
glass)
• At next page, see Research Aides (in yellow box) – click
on what document you seek.
•
How to document your sources I
• If you are copying verbatim (i.e. word for word)
from any source (on line, from a book, from a
museum label, from my notes posted on
Blackboard, or wherever), you need to use
quotation marks around the words so
borrowed.
• If the quote is over 3 lines, indent and single
space:
– “Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center,
Wisconsin on June 8, 1867, to William Cary Wright
and Anna Lloyd Jones Wright. Even before he was
born, his mother was determined to make him into an
architect.” http://www.prairiestyles.com/wright.htm
If the words are not exactly those of
your source…
• If you reword the information, you don’t need the
quotes, but you still need to document your source.
– On June 8, 1867, Wright was born in Richland Center,
Wisconsin. His parents were William Cary Wright and Anna
Lloyd Jones Wright. His mother was certain, even when she
was pregnant, that he would become an architect.
http://www.prairiestyles.com/wright.htm
• Better to err on the side of having too many
documented sources than to omit those to whom you
owe credit for their ideas.
• For power point presentations, one citation per slide is
not too much.
• For papers, one source per paragraph is not too
much. More is also fine, if you used more than one
source for the ideas within a paragraph of your paper.
Footnotes
• You can either include the reference right after the
quote, or you can include a footnote and put the
reference at the end of the paper.
• There is a proper bibliographic form, and this varies per
discipline. See the sheet in your handouts from the first
day of class.
• In brief: you can do it with (Smith, p. 99) or with a
footnote to Smith, Notre Dame Cathedral (NY: Abrams,
2002, p. 99).
• Footnotes on power point are often tricky to do. What I
do is to put the source at the bottom of the slide:
•
Source: Smith, Notre Dame Cathedral (NY: Abrams, 2002, p. 99).
• I care more about the fact that you are documenting your
sources than the exact mode in which you do so.
Your own ideas
• I am really most interested in what you are
seeing in the building or artwork and what
your conclusions are.
• Do not hesitate to include as many of your
own conclusions as you can.
Writing a gallery paper
• Sometimes a review of the Hammond Art Gallery at
FSC is a requirement; often for architecture courses it
is extra credit.
• This is how to write a good gallery paper for me:
– 1) give me an introduction to how the overall show looks and
what the content (or meaning) is. Is it of portraits, whimsical
creations, or sunsets evoking a sense of death?
– 2) find two works to discuss in detail: what colors, shapes,
organization, etc., evoke the content you mentioned above.
Why might you like these works better than others.
– 3) give me an outstanding conclusion on the show overall
and your impressions thereof.
– This should be about 1 ½ pages, double space, 12 font.
The most common grammatical
errors
Please don’t make the same
mistakes!
1) Underline titles of paintings, sculpture or put them in
italics. The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.
2) Buildings are proper nouns; they are capitalized but not
put into italics.
3) Use the last name of the artist or architect, not the first
name. Van Gogh…., not Vincent….
4) Please number your pages. Click on Word on insert and
add page numbers.
5) Adjectives referring to proper nouns are also capitalized:
Gothic, Renaissance, etc.
Mistakes part II
Please note and avoid the following mistakes:
It’s = it is (think of the ‘ as a dot over the i)
Its = possessive
Possession is shown with a simple apostrophe; the student’s dog
Plurals are shown with a single “s” added. Students have dogs
Plural possessives have a “s’ ” the students’ dogs.
The dog’s bone: a bone belonging to one dog
The dogs’ bones: belonging to more than one dog
They’re = they are
There = a place
Their = possessive: their house
Were = a verb, they were doing their papers
Where = a place
Which vs. witch
A proper noun (a specific name or title) gets capitalized
Fitchburg State University
A common noun (an object, thing or idea) is not capitalized
any school or college
Watch your spelling
When the computer editer underlines a word
in your presentation: check it out. The editor
(ah, corrected) usually knows what it is
doing.
However, the editor does not always
recognize specialized art history names and
titles: the Melk Monastery by Prandtauer is
correct, despite the red underlines.
Special notes for the power point
presentations
Use full sentences within each power point
slide. (This is a writing project too, only with
the capability to add images too.)
Use proper grammar and make sure that
you do not just list images or points but that
you fully develop your ideas.
It is great if you can illustrate each idea with
just the right slide: as in slide 28 of this
presentation.
How to avoid the Quicktime and Tiff
decompressor error messages
• When I get some Mac power point files,
instead of an image, I get a white square
that reads “you need Quicktime or Tiff blah
blah blah to read this file.”
• To avoid this problem, read these next few
slides, taken from
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00534.htm
Mac image problems I
• “Problem
• “You open a presentation created on a Mac in
your Windows version of PowerPoint and get a
message similar to these:
• “QuickTime(TM) and a Photo – JPEG
decompressor are needed to see this picture.
QuickTime(TM) and a TIFF decompressor are
needed to see this picture. The message may
mention some other type of decompressor.”
Solution to the Mac image problem
• “PPT2000: QuickTime PICT Placeholder Appears in Place of
Graphic
• “The problem, in a nutshell, is that PowerPoint/Windows
doesn’t support QuickTime compression; installing QuickTime
on the PC won’t help.
• “You’ll need to go back to the Mac to fix the problem by reinserting the graphic into PowerPoint.
• “Open the original graphic in the program that created it
• “Choose File, Save As
• “Select No Compression in the save options (PowerPoint will
compress the image when it imports it)
• “Save as JPG or PNG or similar format that’s compatible with
both PC and Mac PPT versions.
• “Switch to PowerPoint, choose Insert, Picture, From File and
choose the newly saved picture.
• “Note: DO NOT drag and drop or copy/paste the graphic
into PowerPoint. That’s what probably caused the problem
in the first place.”
The last Mac pointer
• “These instructions are very generic. The
menu options for your graphics program
will be different; you’ll probably need to do
some experimenting to find the right set of
options.
• “If you come up with a good recipe you’d
like to include here, post a message in the
PowerPoint Newsgroup.”
Another possible fix
• “Another possible fix
• “This is still in the testing stage, but it’s worth a try (on a COPY
of your presentation, please!).
“This exports each picture in your presentation to a PNG file,
deletes the picture, then reimports the PNG in its place.
• “Notes:
• “You’ll need to change the path to suit your OS and system and
optionally try different enlargement factors.
• “The higher the enlargement factor, the higher the resolution of
the exported/re-imported images (and the larger your PPT file).
You’ll want to experiment a bit to learn what works best for your
needs.
• “It doesn’t delete the “temp” images it creates; you can have a
look at them if you like or delete them manually.
• “You can run this several times on the same presentation if you
wish; it will only export/re-import a given picture one time.”
• Source, verbatim, for the last four slides:
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00534.htm
That’s it
That’s it for now.
Don’t hesitate to ask me a question if any of this
material is unclear.
Good luck!
Remember: the more detailed the better. And use
correct grammar and spelling.