ESSAY FORMATS
- For your Midterm, you will write two essays, worth 50 points each, in which you explain the stylistic and cultural significance of two different works of art. When writing essays about the significance of each piece, you should address the following points:
Stylistic Significance Essay:(Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper)
Identify the artist, title, period style and medium.
- Analyze the stylistic characteristics (light, line, color, scale, medium & subject matter)
- Why is the artwork stylistically significant? How does it represent its period style?
- What stylistic influences can you identify?
- Be sure to apply specific art historical terms (vocabulary) in your answer.
- Use complete sentences and paragraphs including an introduction and conclusion.
Cultural Significance Essay:(The Venus de Urbino)
- Identify the artist, title, period style and medium.
- Discuss the subject matter of the artwork. Does it contain any iconography, symbolism, narrative story or message?
- Discuss the cultural (social, historical, political) context of the artwork.
- Why is this artwork culturally significant? What does it tell us about the culture that produced it?
- Be sure to apply specific art historical terms (vocabulary) in your answer.
- Use complete sentences and paragraphs including an introduction and conclusion.
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