The document provides instructions for students to write Wikipedia entries on lesser-known Asian artists as part of an art criticism course. It discusses researching primary and secondary sources on the artists. It outlines the steps students will take to create Wikipedia pages following Wikipedia's guidelines, including gathering information on their allocated artist, reviewing anatomy and examples of Wikipedia articles, and writing and publishing their article along with a talk page note. The goal is for students to gain experience researching and writing about artists in an informative way for a public audience.
Research Project Research Paper or Final Project6-8 pages, regu.docxdebishakespeare
Research Project: Research Paper or Final Project
6-8 pages, regular font, double-spaced, ~1500 words, MLA format for Works Cited section.
Schedule
– Hardcopy of short proposal due in class
– Attend the Research Workshop today with Jill Luedke—meet at Tuttleman Learning Center Room 08 (Lower Level)
- Hardcopy of Bibliography due in class
– Check your progress - do you need an extension? What other obligations do you have right now? Have you been or are you getting sick? Are you in some kind of wretched, suffering state of being? Don’t wait! Talk to Dr. Ho your very reasonable professor and deal with it TODAY!
- Research Paper or Final Project due in class
- You will select an object to research and investigate in depth. In your paper you will describe the object, situate the object in terms art history and in terms of issues of race, identity, and/or the American experience; and you will assesses significance of the object in terms of meaning and/or function within its socio-political and historical context. You will compile a bibliography of at least 10 sources. You will each be completing two peer-reviews and also have a draft of your paper reviewed by two other students before the due date. You may not turn in your paper until a draft has been reviewed by two of your peers and you have made the necessary edits and changes.
1. Proposal
a. Brainstorm and make a list of what has interested you this semester.
i. Go over your notes and readings.
ii. Think about your visits to art museums or galleries.(answer: Philadelphia art museum)
iii. What works of art did you look at for your group presentation?(answer: Africa American history)
iv. Which artists and filmmakers meant the most to you in this class?
b. Narrow down your list to a few works of art that address the issues that interest you the most. For some of you the ideas or issues will guide you, and for others, the work of art will take priority.
c. Ask yourself a question about the one work of art that interests you the most.
d. Submit a proposal for your research paper or art project that addresses a question about a specific work of art. You only need to write a few sentences, but you must state your question and identify a specific work of art according to artist, title, and date.
2. Bibliography - Submit a bibliography with at least 10 sources in Chicago or MLA format. This is perhaps twice as many of the sources you actually end up citing in your paper. You may use the articles from the course readings. Here are examples of sources I will accept:
a. The work of art
b. A book that talks about the object or artist at length
c. Articles and books on theory or analysis that have already been written.
d. Many essays are published as chapters in anthologies. Anthologies are frequently very good sources since you get a nice group of essays by different scholars all on the same topic.
e. Monographs, catalogues raisonnées, and art history reference books. The first two types of books focu ...
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07050 Topic: Art
Number of Pages: 3 (Double Spaced)
Number of sources: 3
Writing Style: APA
Type of document: Essay
Academic Level:High School
Category: Art
Language Style: English (U.S.)
Order Instructions: Attached
Transcript: Art Analysis PaperThis video is preparing you for one of your major grades this semester: an ar t analysis paper.Everything is under this week's content already that you need, and I'm giving you ample time to prepare for this. In this week's video, we're going through a step-by-step process of how to write this paper, and also how to encounter art more fully in general. The goal of a formal analysis is to explain the formal elements of a work of art, but also to consider the background and content of said work. In your paper, you'll be both interpreting a work of art and considering the formal elements. The frst step is a pretty obvious one. There's a topic list posted under the Analysis folder, labeled step 1. You'll choose one of these to write about. Also consider,do you want to write positive criticism or negative? Either is acceptable, and sometimes it's more fun to discuss why you dislike an artwork and why you think the worth of it is invalid. So once you've chosen your piece from the list, it's time to get started. This is all the information you'll need for your introduction. You ABSOLUTELY need to state the title, artist, date/period, and medium of the piece. This is also a good place to start discussing the artist or people who made the piece. If it's a work from an older period, you may not have an artist to discuss. That's fne. Instead you'll cover the people who made or commissioned the piece. You're giving it context. Art is never made in a vacuum. It's made in reaction to the world and values around it. This is also why it is important to consider why it was made, and who for. Was it created for a funeral? Was it commissioned by a cardinal or king? Is it meant to delight or intimidate? These are important questions to be able to answer. The example I chose to walk us through this process is Apollo and Daphne. I just gave you the title. Now I'll offer the rest of the basic information: It was created by Bernini, made between 1622-1625 out of marble. It stands 96 inches tall. Notice how I italicized the title of the piece? Unless it's a building, all work titles should be italicized. Always. I'm also going into a bit of Bernini's life here, talking about when he worked, where he was from, and why he made this piece. This piece was commissioned by the Cardinal Borghese of the Vatican during the Barque period. Think this is strange for a catholic cardinal to have a Greek myth in his home? The reasoning behind it can be found with this quote: “Those who love to pursue feeting forms of pleasure, in the end fnd only leaves and bitter berries in their hands.” The sculpture depicts the Greek myth of Apollo, the god of light, and Daphne, a wood nymph. Apollo fell in love with Daphne due to Cupid's a.
Research Project Research Paper or Final Project6-8 pages, regu.docxdebishakespeare
Research Project: Research Paper or Final Project
6-8 pages, regular font, double-spaced, ~1500 words, MLA format for Works Cited section.
Schedule
– Hardcopy of short proposal due in class
– Attend the Research Workshop today with Jill Luedke—meet at Tuttleman Learning Center Room 08 (Lower Level)
- Hardcopy of Bibliography due in class
– Check your progress - do you need an extension? What other obligations do you have right now? Have you been or are you getting sick? Are you in some kind of wretched, suffering state of being? Don’t wait! Talk to Dr. Ho your very reasonable professor and deal with it TODAY!
- Research Paper or Final Project due in class
- You will select an object to research and investigate in depth. In your paper you will describe the object, situate the object in terms art history and in terms of issues of race, identity, and/or the American experience; and you will assesses significance of the object in terms of meaning and/or function within its socio-political and historical context. You will compile a bibliography of at least 10 sources. You will each be completing two peer-reviews and also have a draft of your paper reviewed by two other students before the due date. You may not turn in your paper until a draft has been reviewed by two of your peers and you have made the necessary edits and changes.
1. Proposal
a. Brainstorm and make a list of what has interested you this semester.
i. Go over your notes and readings.
ii. Think about your visits to art museums or galleries.(answer: Philadelphia art museum)
iii. What works of art did you look at for your group presentation?(answer: Africa American history)
iv. Which artists and filmmakers meant the most to you in this class?
b. Narrow down your list to a few works of art that address the issues that interest you the most. For some of you the ideas or issues will guide you, and for others, the work of art will take priority.
c. Ask yourself a question about the one work of art that interests you the most.
d. Submit a proposal for your research paper or art project that addresses a question about a specific work of art. You only need to write a few sentences, but you must state your question and identify a specific work of art according to artist, title, and date.
2. Bibliography - Submit a bibliography with at least 10 sources in Chicago or MLA format. This is perhaps twice as many of the sources you actually end up citing in your paper. You may use the articles from the course readings. Here are examples of sources I will accept:
a. The work of art
b. A book that talks about the object or artist at length
c. Articles and books on theory or analysis that have already been written.
d. Many essays are published as chapters in anthologies. Anthologies are frequently very good sources since you get a nice group of essays by different scholars all on the same topic.
e. Monographs, catalogues raisonnées, and art history reference books. The first two types of books focu ...
07050 Topic ArtNumber of Pages 3 (Double Spaced)Number o.docxsmithhedwards48727
07050 Topic: Art
Number of Pages: 3 (Double Spaced)
Number of sources: 3
Writing Style: APA
Type of document: Essay
Academic Level:High School
Category: Art
Language Style: English (U.S.)
Order Instructions: Attached
Transcript: Art Analysis PaperThis video is preparing you for one of your major grades this semester: an ar t analysis paper.Everything is under this week's content already that you need, and I'm giving you ample time to prepare for this. In this week's video, we're going through a step-by-step process of how to write this paper, and also how to encounter art more fully in general. The goal of a formal analysis is to explain the formal elements of a work of art, but also to consider the background and content of said work. In your paper, you'll be both interpreting a work of art and considering the formal elements. The frst step is a pretty obvious one. There's a topic list posted under the Analysis folder, labeled step 1. You'll choose one of these to write about. Also consider,do you want to write positive criticism or negative? Either is acceptable, and sometimes it's more fun to discuss why you dislike an artwork and why you think the worth of it is invalid. So once you've chosen your piece from the list, it's time to get started. This is all the information you'll need for your introduction. You ABSOLUTELY need to state the title, artist, date/period, and medium of the piece. This is also a good place to start discussing the artist or people who made the piece. If it's a work from an older period, you may not have an artist to discuss. That's fne. Instead you'll cover the people who made or commissioned the piece. You're giving it context. Art is never made in a vacuum. It's made in reaction to the world and values around it. This is also why it is important to consider why it was made, and who for. Was it created for a funeral? Was it commissioned by a cardinal or king? Is it meant to delight or intimidate? These are important questions to be able to answer. The example I chose to walk us through this process is Apollo and Daphne. I just gave you the title. Now I'll offer the rest of the basic information: It was created by Bernini, made between 1622-1625 out of marble. It stands 96 inches tall. Notice how I italicized the title of the piece? Unless it's a building, all work titles should be italicized. Always. I'm also going into a bit of Bernini's life here, talking about when he worked, where he was from, and why he made this piece. This piece was commissioned by the Cardinal Borghese of the Vatican during the Barque period. Think this is strange for a catholic cardinal to have a Greek myth in his home? The reasoning behind it can be found with this quote: “Those who love to pursue feeting forms of pleasure, in the end fnd only leaves and bitter berries in their hands.” The sculpture depicts the Greek myth of Apollo, the god of light, and Daphne, a wood nymph. Apollo fell in love with Daphne due to Cupid's a.
presentation to MA Book Art students at Camberwell - part of a seminar to explore context for research writing around the final essay in relationship to practice
John Q. StudentProfessor StalbirdEnglish 1201.xxx27 February.docxvrickens
John Q. Student
Professor Stalbird
English 1201.xxx
27 February 2020
Annotated Bibliography
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Name of Article in Quotation Marks.” Name of Source/Publication in Italics. Publication Date/Info. Name of Database in Italics. Url. Date Accessed.
This article discusses (give the thesis of the article). In the next 2-4 sentences, give the main points of the article. Tell what the article said.
The purpose of this article is ______. The intended audience seems to be _______. Address the credibility of the source and the author. For example, for a database article you could write: The source came from the Sinclair database and the article came from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. The author seems credible because she has written many other articles on the subject. The article was written in 2020.
I can use this source for ______. I plan to use the following quote: “______.”
Next Citation. Note there are no extra lines of white space anywhere. Double-space throughout.
Writing the Annotated Bibliography
From the Working Bibliography that you created, you will choose 10 sources that best answer the questions you posed in your Research Proposal. Those sources will form the basis for the Annotated Bibliography. You will need a minimum of five sources from Sinclair databases and at least three of those sources should be "scholarly."
Briefly, the annotated bibliography includes notes and analysis on sources that will be quoted and paraphrased in the final essay. You have already had practice with the skills that are required, but the assignments do require that you set aside several hours for reading and analysis.
If you've taken ENG 1101 at Sinclair recently, you may have already had some experience with the annotated bibliography.
Annotated Bibliography
To begin to put the Annotated Bibliography together, review the sources you listed on your Working Bibliography. Choose 10 that look like they come the closest to answering the research questions you posted in your Research Proposal. If, after reading and researching further into your topic, you realize that you do NOT have 10 that address the issue you are writing about, go back to the library databases and find more sources. Keep searching until you have ten.
Choosing the 10 sources for the Annotated Bibliography is important because you are going to spend considerable time reading, summarizing, and critiquing these sources. Make sure you take as much time as necessary to read and choose sources that answer the questions you posed in your research proposal. The work that you do for the annotated bibliography will form the basis for your research paper. The time you put into this assignment will pay off when you go to write the paper because what you create for the annotated bibliography will go directly into your paper to support the ideas that you are sharing with your readers. This assignment is one of the most important steps in writing the paper. ...
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VISUAL ART 6
Visual Art
Student’s name
Institutional Affiliation
Humanities II - Visual Art
The Baroque art period covers the period between 1600 and 1700. This was the period when Martin Luther set off a movement that was to change the face of the world based on his critics of the Catholic Church as well as the supreme authority. This was to launch of the Catholic Church that was attempting to clear up corruption in addition to making clear cut line in its theology and doctrine. This distinct Counter Reformation was expressed in council of tent the Pope Paul three that gave the Catholic Church new confidence and vigor. The council of tent had a significant effect on art where art was used to explain to the people about their faith since most of them were illiterate. The council emphasized the fact that God should be worshiped with ceremonies and rituals that found its way in Baroque art. In Baroque art, images are dramatic. Obvious and direct, they try to capture the viewer to take part in the scene, the setting in the work of art are either ornamental or extravagant, there is drastic contrast between light and dark, and uses common themes such as grandiose, ecstasies, intense light and psychological moments, death and martyrdom and conversations (Robbert, 200).
Example
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1652
The work of art is considered as apogee of the artist and has a number of qualities that include the following; painting, metal sculpture and lighting effects. This is not just a sculpture but an entire chapel where the earthly meets the Devine. In this piece of art, St. Teresa was a nun who narrated an experience where she met with an angle sent from up above and pierced her innards with a spear that was full of flames. This action was a Devine sign of love
Contemporary art
This is the art periods that has and continue to be designed or created during our lifetime. This simply means that it is the art that is being created and continue to be created from 1960s or 70s to the current moments. These periods are called contemporary because they are digital where 1970s is the cut off period where terms like postmodernism and postmodern came into existence. Based on this terms there is the assumption that Art diverted to modern sculpture, and paintings.Example The contemporary Art of High Hill
The High hill piece of Art is postmodern based on its stray off the traditional old form of arts. While these are just simple stilettos art collection, they are out of the ordinary because they are dripping. While this could be a message by the artist it is somehow not clear anyone could have their own interpretation.
These two pieces of art work are very different. First the Contemporary art could just pass as any picture in the Baroque art period, it coul.
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How to Write an Art Review
Ever thought about writing an art review for your blog or local paper?
Writing art reviews is a great way to meet people and build your credentials. It also provides good practice for honing your eye. You can’t help learning when you look
closely and critically at lots of art.
For a number of years I wrote art reviews for various local publications and even a couple of national publications. I’m a little rusty, but here are some tips on writing about
art exhibits in galleries, art centers, and museums.
1. Make sure there’s something you will like at the exhibit. It’s hard to write about art that doesn’t spark something in you. The artist’s story may come into play, but
your focus for a review is on the art, not the artist.
2. Visit the exhibit at a good time. You don’t want to go when there are tours or sketching sessions in the galleries. You want the space mostly to yourself. You want
quiet. Call the venue and ask them to suggest the best time to come. If the person answering the phone doesn’t seem to know much, ask to speak to the education office,
curator, or public relations officer.
Plan on spending at least an hour in the galleries.
3. Bring a pen, notepad, and voice recorder–depending on how you work best. I used to travel up to an hour to review an exhibit. It was nice to have the recorder to help
me process my ideas on the ride home.
Check with the venue ahead of time and see if it’s okay to take photos.
Muffy Clark Gill and Nuch Owen Exhibit
4. Scan the galleries and get a feel for the installation (how the work is hung or installed). Are the works in chronological order? Grouped by subject matter or by artist?
How has the curator made sense of the large grouping? Use this information to give your reader a sense of being there.
5. Select three or four artworks or artists to highlight in your article. These are pieces you will describe and talk about by title. Spend most of your time with these
works. Sit in front of each one for long periods of time. Write down every detail so you can describe it for your reader.
Note the correct attributions for the art: artist’s name, title, media, date, size (if available). Pick up a list of works on view or copy the text from the labels. Double check your
spelling.
6. Select one thing to criticize. If you like everything, your readers will get suspicious. But you don’t have to be as critical as you might think.
I have been known to harp about lighting, display cases, installation, traffic flow, label text, and label styling. I’ve also knocked the way a show was organized (e.g. the juror
was anonymous). You might find fault with an artist’s technique, matting (boy, don’t get me started on poor matting!), framing, artistic choices and clichés, or craftsmanship.
It makes .
2.1.5Practice My WikipediaPractice GuideMedia Literacy .docxcameroncourtney45
2.1.5
Practice
:
My Wikipedia
Practice Guide
Media Literacy (S2318458)
Date: ____________
In this assignment, you'll be creating a
Wikipedia
-style entry of your own. Your entry can be about anything you want, as long as it's not about yourself. Combine your own expertise with information gathered from at least two sources, and then compose two to three well-organized paragraphs about a topic that fascinates you.
Just don't use
Wikipedia
to do your research. Try to add something brand-new to the world's largest encyclopedia.
Make sure to address the following questions in your
Wikipedia
entry:
How, when, and where did this topic originate?
What are some major characteristics of this topic?
How did this topic develop over time and who or what contributed the most to its development?
What detail do many people not know about this topic?
The key to writing a successful
Wikipedia
entry is researching information that interests you. Your goal is to collect and share your knowledge with a larger audience. To do this, you'll want to select the most interesting details and present them in a clear and organized way that engages your readers.
Hint: If you choose to write a biographical
Wikipedia
entry — whether it is about someone you know personally (such as a teacher or a family member) or a famous person (Cleopatra, Wyatt Earp, or Lady Gaga) — select the most important information you'll want to bring up. For example, you'll want to include where and when this person grew up, as well as highlights from his or her life and career. Don't forget to mention at least one detail that most people don't know about your subject.
Step 1: Understanding the Assignment
You can choose most any topic you want as long as it interests you and isn't autobiographical. Your topic, for example, could be a music group you like, a scientific theory, an invention, an inspiring public figure, or your dream vacation spot. If you're having a hard time choosing your topic, the following brainstorming activity will help you:
On a piece of paper, quickly jot down the answers to the following questions:
If you could be anyone from any time in history, who would you be?
What are your three favorite recreational activities?
What is your favorite subject in school?
If you could visit one city in the world, what would it be and what would you do there?
What's the title of your favorite book, film, television program, or work of art?
Now review the answers to these questions. Select the answer that seems the most interesting to you and write it at the top of a fresh piece of paper. Pretend that this is the topic of your
Wikipedia
entry. (Hint: If a topic seems too broad, like "watching television" or "English literature," make it more specific; for example, "reality television" or "Jane Austen.")
Using a clock or a timer, spend five minutes brainstorming a list of everything you already know about the topic. Don't worry about grammar or the order of the informat.
An activity set I put together for a Workshop at the University of the Sunshine Coast in 2009. This is almost certainly out of date and would not work without major revisions now, however it is presented as a potential template for those involved in Wiki-outreach to construct their own document.
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ARH2000 Art & Culture
USF College of the Arts
1
Art & Identity Research Project
15 points / 15% of final grade
Submit via the link provided in Canvas.
OVERVIEW
For this final project you will research two (2) contemporary artists who deal with the theme of
identity. In addition, you will reflect upon and propose an imagined artwork that relates to your own
concept of identity. (Do not worry if you are not artistically inclined, you are NOT expected to create an
actual finished art piece; it is merely a proposal for something you imagine.). The final project will be
presented as a well-researched PowerPoint presentation. Scholarly research and a Works Cited
page/slide are important components of this project.
HOW TO PREPARE
1. Engage with the presentation: “Art & Identity”
2. Read/review the following from the textbook: Chapter 4.9 (The Body in Art) and 4.10 (Identity, Race, &
Gender in Art); pp. 189 (grey box); 357-359
ARTIST RESEARCH
1. Choose two (2) artists from the list on page three of these instructions. Research your
chosen artists in relation to their interest in a theme of “Identity”.
2. You must use at least three different types of sources in your research project: The artwork
itself will be one source – the most important primary source. Therefore, you must research and
find at least two (2) other types of sources (interview with the artists, scholarly articles, books,
museum website etc.) to use in your study. Most will need to exceed this minimum for a robust
presentation. See page 189 of your textbook for a list of possible primary and secondary sources.
Further resources on how to get started are found in the subheading “Resources” below. You can
find many sources in the library or in one of the library’s databases.
3. Your selection of artists should be intentional and surround a specific sub-topic of identity.
Your research should not focus on identity in only a broad and general way. Clearly identify the sub-
topic that relates to your artists. For example, you may find artists that are similarly interested in
any of the following sub-topics below:
the fluidity of identity
deconstructing cultural, social, or political difference
feminist critique
diversity or artists who create work that explores related cultures, groups, or societies
You may consider choosing artists that work in the same medium (for example, performance
art, painting, or installation) and how that material choice imparts meaning to their work.
4. After selecting your sub-topic and artists, you must decide on a title for your project.
ARH2000 Art & Culture
USF College of the Arts
2
5. Your research into the artists should include biographical information and an examination of the
artists’ approaches. In a PowerPoint presentation of your research, include the following:
a. Biographies of each artist:
i. Image of the artist (photo, sketch, etc.)
ii. Brief biography:.
Running head Title of your paper1Title of your paper4Note.docxtoltonkendal
Running head: Title of your paper 1
Title of your paper 4
Note: The words “Running head:” belong on the cover page only.
Title of your Paper
name
University name
Title of your Paper
Note: The title of your paper replaces the word introduction (Read below).
The text of the paper starts here. In place of the word “Introduction”, APA requires that the writer insert the title of the paper (Upper lower case, not bold.). Typically the writer provides an introduction sharing something of interest to capture the reader's attention and introduce the topic. Also, it helps to include a specific statement of purpose For example, the writer might state "This paper will address the pros and cons of vertical marketing systems. Adding an introduction or statement of purpose not only helps the reader know what to expect, it forces the writer to focus and stay on task.
First Major Heading
(Note:Level 1 heading)
Depending on your topic and the length of paper, it might help to use category headings like the one above. The main sections of your paper will begin with Level One headings. They are to be in BOLD upper and lower case letters and must be centered on the page. All material in the paper is double-spaced.
Sub Heading (Level 2 heading)
A Level Two heading, like the one above, are also in BOLD upper and lower case letters, but left justified to the left. Consider them as sub headings under each of your main headings.
Please note: The overuse of category headings can be very annoying and distracting. The number of level one and level two headings you use are based on how you set up your paper. For example, you may have three level one headings and each section may have multiple level two (subsections) headings.
Conclusion
(Note: Back to a Level 1 heading)
One way you can improve your work is to have a conclusion at the end of a paper with the heading “Conclusion” above it (Level One since it is a Major section.). Summarizing your key points and arguments is a professional way to end a paper.
Each paper must include a separate references page (see the page below) with references listed in alphabetical order, with the heading "References" centered at the top. Only include references for sources used in the body of your text. Use APA style for your reference list and in-text citations.
Note: Scroll below to the reference page.
References
Oblinger, D., & Verville, A. (1998). What business wants from higher education. New York: The Oryx Press. (Note the hanging indent.)
Starbucks, http://www.starbucks.com/career-center/working-at-starbucks,
Accessed on 6/10/12.
Wheelen, T. L., & Hunger, J. D. (2008). Concepts in Strategic Management and
Business Policy (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
1
I can’t stop thinking about what David Shields is thinking
1-) What confuses you about this essay?
This essay is confusing since one cannot tell whether it is in support of plagiarism or not. ...
Programming
Project
2
30
points
Submission
Instructions
Open
Eclipse
and
create
a
Java
Project
called
Project2.
Add
a
class
named
RectangleIntersection
to
this
project.
At
the
top
of
your
file,
enter
a
comment
with
your
name,
the
assignment
number,
the
date,
and
a
short
description
of
what
the
program
does.
When
you
are
finished,
export
your
project
from
Eclipse
and
upload
it
to
Canvas
before
the
due
date.
To
do
this,
right
click
on
the
project
name
and
select
Export.
Select
General-‐>Archive
File
and
click
Next.
Select
the
project
you
wish
to
export
(Project2
in
this
case)
and
click
Browse
to
browse
to
a
location
to
save
your
file.
Name
this
file
YourLastNameYourFirstNameProject2.
Upload
this
file
to
Canvas.
Remember
that
late
assignments
are
not
accepted
in
this
course.
Assignment
In
this
project
we
are
going
to
solve
a
geometric
problem.
Geometric
problems
are
important
for
many
applications
including
data
visualization,
geographic
information
systems,
integrated
circuits,
computer
graphics,
and
video
games.
If
boxes
are
"axis-‐aligned,"
meaning
the
edges
are
parallel
to
the
x-‐
and
y-‐axes,
we
can
actually
figure
out
whether
or
not
they
intersect
with
some
very
simple
tests.
Write
a
program
that
prompts
the
user
to
enter
the
center
coordinates,
widths
and
heights
of
two
rectangles.
Your
program
should
draw
the
two
rectangles
to
the
screen.
If
the
rectangles
do
not
intersect,
they
should
be
colored
green.
If
they
do
overlap,
they
should
be
colored
red.
How
can
we
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right
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left
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can
we
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about
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edges
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are
four
conditions
that
guarantee
that
we
have
no
overlap
(two
for
the
left
and
right
edges,
two
for
the
top
and
bottom
edges).
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Assignment Write a 6 page analytic research essay in which you re.docxrock73
Assignment: Write a 6 page analytic research essay in which you research and analyze one theme or aspect of Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye. (See steps below.) The paper must be double-spaced, following APA style.
Steps to Follow to Prepare and Write Your Paper
Step 1
Fine-Tuning Your Thesis to Build a Strong Outline
Adapted from the Pocket Wadsworth Handbook
Tentative Thesis Statement (rough, more vague)
Not all Americans have access to the Internet, and this is a potentially serious problem.
Final Thesis Statement (more precise)
Although the Internet has changed our lives for the better, it threatens to leave many people behind, creating two distinct classes – those who have access and those who do not.
Step 2
In one or two sentences, identify what you think is the most important theme in TheBluest Eye. Or you might notice a key symbol or detail that runs like a thread through the novel. For example, how does Morrison portray God in the novel? Or race relations. Or family dynamics throughout the story. As you do your research, you will certainly find specific and detailed ideas that you could pursue in a paper. It is this important theme or main idea that leads into your thesis statement.
Step 3
Spend some time thinking about how to support your thesis statement. In this case, you think about how Morrison uses the various elements of fiction to highlight or explain your theme, idea, detail, symbol, etc. Identify specific passages, events, character actions, conflicts, descriptions, and details, etc. that support your thesis. This is the textual evidence that you will provide in support of your thesis.
Step 4
After you prepare your annotated bibliography, read through the five sources, the so-called "secondary" works on the novel, which you found. Add two or three more with further study as needed. (These are books, journal articles, interviews, websites on Morrison, audio-visual materials, etc.) Identify passages you can quote, paraphrase, or summarize and use as supporting evidence for the thesis of your essay. These expert sources will support your own voice as you construct your argument.
Step 5
Use the evidence from the text that you have identified, as well as the additional researched materials you have compiled, to compose a focused, well-organized, academic essay of 6 pages, double-spaced. Remember, as stated above, the essay must have an introduction that contains your thesis statement, a body of evidence that supports your thesis, and a conclusion that sums up your main points and restates your position. A basic outline might look like this:
I. Introduction – Begin with a quote related to your thesis, then create a transition into your thesis statement. Your thesis lets your reader know your main idea. Everything else in the essay then supports your main idea with examples and evidence.
II. First Example from the Novel to Support the Thesis
A. Quote from novel and discussion.
B. Support from critic or secondary ...
2. LAST WEEK
We went to Asia Art Archive and learned about primary or original
sources (literal evidence of creativity: an artwork, a letter by an
artist) and secondary sources (information or writing about the
evidence a book about the artist). We discovered how to
research artists using the archive and prepared for a week of work
researching the biography of a Hong Kong artist all in preparation
for today’s task. This week we’re thinking about tertiary sources
(places where primary and secondary sources are aggregated or
indexed: Wikipedia!)
3. Before we can write an informed work of art criticism, we need to
be good at finding out more about the artwork we are looking at.
In previous weeks we have focused mainly in internal evidence
(what we could see in front of us, the details of the artwork itself).
We have also touched upon external evidence by thinking about
what the title of an artwork might tell us.
Sometimes however we might need to dig even deeper to
understand the meaning of an artwork.
4. We might need to find more about the artist him/herself or the time
in which the artwork was made – what was the political or
economic situation for example?
We call this type of information ‘contextual’, it provides further
context or background information on the conditions under which
the artwork was made.
So far we’ve just described and analysed the work in front of us,
but if we’re going to interpret the meaning of an artwork (next
week), this background information can help.
5. Sometimes this ‘contextual’ information will be the writing of
other art critics. For example we might read a critique written
by someone else and decide if we think their description or
even judgment of an artwork fits. But so far in this course we
have avoided this because we need to first develop our own
abilities.
We need to be able to describe and analyse artworks as we
see them and we need to be able to do our own research – in
particular we need to be good at researching areas of the arts
that do not get enough coverage in the rest of the world.
6. TODAY
We are going to write artist biographies about artists who are little-known
beyond Asia. To up the stakes and make you consider how
be a good researcher and writer we’re going to write Wikipedia
entries.
This means you need to be good at:
Clearly communicating with an unknown public
and
Clearly citing the sources of the information you have gathered
7. PREPARATION
You will now have:
Created an account on Wikipedia (more information on signing up and
choosing an appropriate username)
Read this guide on writing your first Wikipedia article
Watched this video on writing your first Wikipedia article
And in your pairs:
Returned to the Asia Art Archive and or
Used the CityU begin to research your allocated artist.
8. You will have discovered things like:
1. A copy of the artist’s CV.
2. The artist’s birth city/state and the country they were born in.
3. The artist’s date of birth.
4. The artist’s full name (including middle name).
5. How to best describe the art they are most noted for?
6. The exhibitions the artist has been featured in and the awards
they’ve received and the dates for each.
7. References to articles, book chapters and catalogues the
artist is featured in (these are essential!).
9. Now we need to work out how this information can be made
available on Wikipedia by producing Wikipedia articles that
conform to their guidelines, share information with a global
audience and don’t get taken down for any reason.
Let’s look at what Wikipedia articles are made up of…
10. ANATOMY OF A
WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE
Most likely you’re used to reading Wikipedia, not writing it, so we
need to be familiar with elements of Wikipedia pages you might
not have looked at before.
Here is a good guide to the Anatomy of Wikipedia Article
Now let’s look at those elements on a topical article.
11. LAYING THE
FOUNDATIONS
Justify. Make sure the justification for your article is implicit. Ensure it
is clear in the opening sentence of the article that the artist you are
writing about is significant/has had an impact. But as we are writing
biography articles is important they don’t sound promotional, this is a
factual resource not an advertisement.
Citation. Citation. Citation. Wikipedia loves citations, the more and
the better, literally, the better. Try and clearly reference as many
statements as possible. If using a Chinese resource, at least
translate the title to English as well so that English-speaking
Wikipedians can verify it.
Don’t forget the footnotes. It’s easy to use the ‘cite’ button and then
‘templates’ to help you create citations, but it’s easy to forget that you
need to add a footnote section at the end of the document to display
the citations. Just include the text <references /> at the end of the
page you create and you’ll be fine.
12. RESOURCES
1. Here are some examples of ‘good’ articles on Wikipedia:
Scottish art
National treasures of Japan
Barack Obama ‘Hope’ poster
Examples of ‘featured’ articles on Wikipedia:
Bronwyn Bancroft
Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri
13. RESOURCES
2. Here’s a Wikipedia style guide for biography entries. And here
is a template for writing biography entries in Wikipedia which
we’ve made for you in advance.
3. Here are the Google Docs we’ve also made ahead of time so
you’ve got somewhere to put your notes.
14. RESOURCES
4. Here are some more in depth guides to editing Wikipedia for
further reference:
Wikipedia training for students:
Welcome, a short introduction;
The Core, an overview of Wikipedia's core principles;
Editing, a tutorial on the basic mechanics of editing pages and
communicating with others; and Advanced, some selected
advanced topics to help you get off to a good start with your first
article.
15. STEP 1.
When you have gathered your information and read about how to
write a Wikipedia article, log into Wikipedia and do a search for
the name of the artist you are going to write about. When the
search shows up no results you will see the sentence:
‘You may create the page ”Name of Artist”
Click on the “Name of Artist”
This will take you to a page where you can create the Wikipedia
article on that artist.
16. STEP 2
Either use the template we made for you (and copy and paste into
the Google Docs we made for you) or a new document, or follow
the steps using the article wizard in your ‘sandbox’ and add
information on the artist you have researched.
If you need help:
1. Try to find the solution using the resources provided
2. Ask people sitting near you (this task is about being
resourceful)
3. Ask Charlotte
17. Warning:
Write your entire Wikipedia article in the Google Doc provided, or
your own document, or your Wikipedia ‘Sandbox’ and only when
you’re ready, then paste it into live Wikipedia and publish it. Do
not publish it and then make changes as this will mean your
article looks suspicious and it will be flagged for checking or even
deleted.
18. STEP 3
When you think you have created your Wikipedia article
publish it. Then go to the ‘talk’ page and summarise what you
did so that Wikipedian’s checking the page know who you
are and why you have made the page this way. It’s as simple
as saying ‘I made this basic page as part of a class
assignment.’ Then you need to sign this statement with you
Wikipedia signature, you do that by typing 4 of this
character: ~~~~
Here’s some more advice on talk pages
19. STEP 4
Email me the link to your Wikipedia page
clfrost@cityu.edu.hk
20. PRIZES!!!
Between this class and next week you both need to keep an eye
on your Wikipedia page. It might get flagged by a Wikipedian for
mistakes or they might request more content or citations. Try to
communicate with them using the talk page (and signing your
name) and try to resolve the problems they find with the article.
There will be prizes for those who manage to keep their Wikipedia
article live and resolve all the issues flagged by Wikipedians.
I will award 1st prize to the best Wikipedia article.
21. NEXT WEEK
No laptops needed. Come to class as usual.