Societal value: does it or did it contribute to the ethnic environment in which the artist lived

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4 Page Research paper Humanities 106 Ethnic Thought and Culture

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The Assignment: Choose one artist of interest to you from one of the ethnic cultures studied in this course. NO Wikipedia as a source, but you can use their reference links below their articles.

CONTENT: see grading chart below

• Include some (no more than one paragraph) biographical information. • What meaning do these images have for this ethnic group? How does it reflect its

culture? • Include 2 images. For each:

1. Describe its aesthetic value (is it beautiful, silly, pointless, important, innovative, etc) based on 2 elements of art and 2 principles of design from the list in the reading.

2. Describe the societal value: does it or did it contribute to the ethnic environment in which the artist lived? How did it?

• Describe how you feel about this work of art yourself, do you like it? Has studying the artist and the art affected your view of this ethnic group?

• 4 pages + (Bibliography or Works Cited page (if you include quotes in paper))

FORMATTING: MLA FORMATTING style required!! • IF you include quotations include the correct citations after the quote and at the

end of the paper titled: “Works Cited” see formatting listings examples below. • Images all need to have the title in italics under each on the left side. You can

place all of the images at the end of the paper, or in the text.

Braceros Domingo Ulloa, 1960

• Bibliography is for ANY sources that you used for research BUT did not use for

quotation is at the end. • All foreign words are in italics. • titles are to be in italics

GRAMMAR/SPELLING:

• Spell check your paper before submission

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• Grammar check it also • Look carefully that you have complete sentences: noun, verb, etc.

Your paper also needs the following elements: • 8 ½ x 11, typed, double-spaced, 12 point. • Use Times Roman font • Indent first line of paragraphs (.5 inch) • Put your Name, Name of Class and what quarter in the LEFT upper corner of paper: ex: Jane Smith

Art 100

Fall Qtr 2017

It would be nice for you to include a title that would be centered. Grading Criteria 100 pts due date in Canvas course assignment listing

CRITERIA

EXCELLENT: everything required is present

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT need more details in each discussion required

REQUIRES MANY CHANGES: Very little content

Example of Total

CONTENT Includes: all required information

under Content above 50 50 35 15 35 FORMATTING/CITATIONS Must have correct Bibliography formatting, and if quotations

used, Works Cited page 20 20 10 7 15 GRAMMAR/SPELLING Sentence quality, grammar and

punctuation 30 30 20 10 30

TOTAL 100 100 65 32 80

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Easy MLA Style Formatting Directions

Works Cited and Bibliography

How to list the your reference sources

1. IF you include quotations In-text citations:: you place the source (citation) right after the quotation like this:

Example: If from a book He writes in his journal, “the more perfect the work which gives the idea to the picture, the less chance a neighboring art which is inspired by it will have to creating an equal effect on the imagination.” (Friedlander, 81) Example: If from a website He writes in his journal, “the more perfect the work which gives the idea to the picture, the less chance a neighboring art which is inspired by it will have to creating an equal effect on the imagination.” (“Delacroix’s Writings”)

then list them under this title:

Works Cited If from a Book

Friedlander, Walter. Word and Image: French Painting of the Ancien Régime. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981.

If from a Web Site: If there is an Author: —Friedlander, Walter. “Sculpture of the Greek Classical Period.” Greek Landscapes.com Web. 17 June 2009. http://greeklandscapes.com/greece/athens_museum_classical.html If there is no Author —”Sculpture of the Greek Classical Period.” Greek Landscapes.com Web. 17 June 2009. http://greeklandscapes.com/greece/athens_museum_classical.html

if from a video: Author’s Name or Poster’s Username. “Title of Video.” Online video clip. Name of Website. Name of Website’s Publisher, date of posting. Web. date retrieved.

Dawn Plourde� 1/27/2017 2:30 PM Comment [1]: This is the “citation” or the proof of where you got it and who wrote it: (last name, pg no) It is also listed under Works Cited at the end of the paper. Dawn Plourde� 1/27/2017 2:30 PM Comment [2]: Internet, no author.

Dawn Plourde� 1/27/2017 2:30 PM Comment [3]: This date is the date when you retrieved it

Dawn Plourde� 1/27/2017 2:30 PM Comment [4]: This date is the date when you retrieved it

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If an image: example Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Artchive, www.artchive.com/artchive/K/klee/twittering_machine.jpg.html. Accessed May 2006.

2. Any OTHER Sources list under this title:

Bibliography

Same way as examples under Works Cited section above