The art of Hugo van der Goes

The paper should be on any of the topic of your choice (The art of Hugo van der Goes), provided that your topic is from a period of art we have studied in class (Renaissance to the modern era). The focus of your paper must be art. You should use the knowledge that you have gained in the course. The paper should be 6-8 pages in length and include footnotes and a bibliography. Type using Times New Roman font, double space, 12 font, 1 border top and bottom, 1.25 border on the sides. You must include a bibliography and footnotes. You must also include images that support your paper. These must be present as an addenda and not part of the main text. It is suggested that you use the Chicago Manual style . However, you can use other styles as well.

Please post your paper in the discussion forum under the Research paper tab. Some things to think about in your paper. Formal Elements· Genre· Medium· composition· form· geometric shapes. Organic shapes· color (hue, intensity, value)· texture· rhythm and also repetition· balance. Symmetrical and asymmetrical· focal point· perspective: linear, atmospheric, shifting· light structure (chiaroscuro· contrasts· dynamics. Figure/ground relationships Conceptual Elements. To begin with hat is the work about?· Consequently why did the artist create this work/artifact?· Is there any symbolism in the work/artifact?. Finally are there any hidden meanings in the work/artifact?. Also is the work meant to commemorate an event, etc?· Further who created the work and why?· What was the work/s in use for?. CHICAGO DOCUMENTATION STYLE EXAMPLES: TEXT A Union soldier, Jacob Thomas, claimed to have seen Forrest order the killing,

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But when asked to describe the six-foot-two general, he called him “a little bit of a man.”13FOOTNOTE OR ENDNOTE13. Brian Steel Wills, A Battle from the Start. The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), 187. BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY Wills, Brian Steel. A Battle from the Start: The Life of Nathan Bed-ford Forrest. New York: HarperCollins, 1992. First and subsequent notes for a source. The first time you cite a source, the note should include publishing information for that work as well as the page number on which the passage being cited may be found. 1. Peter Burchard, One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment (New York: St. Martin’s, 1965), 85. For subsequent references to a source you have already cited, you may simply give the author’s last name, a short form of the title, and the page or pages cited.

A short form of the title of a book is italicized. A short form of the title of an article is put in quotation marks. 4. Burchard, One Gallant Rush, 31. When you have two consecutive notes from the same source, you may use “Ibid.” (Meaning “in the same place”) and the page number for the second note. Use “Ibid.” alone if the page number is the same.5. Jack Hurst, Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography (New York:Knopf, 1993), 8.6. Ibid., 174.Plagiarism Policy: According to Webster, to plagiarize is to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as one’s own . Firstly to use created productions without crediting the source. Secondly to commit literary theft. Thirdly to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

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Any form of plagiarism will result in receiving a zero and failing the course. Grading Rubric for Writing Assignment in Art History Content. Thesis statement is precise, clearly state, and interesting. Support for thesis statement is relevant, reliable, and logical. Introduction and conclusion are appropriate and lively. Content deals with specific art works and not biographical information. At least four academic sources are in use (preferably books or scholarly articles. Wikipedia is not acceptable) Organization. Paragraphs are unified and coherent.

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