I want to you to write a research paper at least 4 full pages about the painting attached. only the text must be four pages that is not including the first page, the picture, and the references page. it most has at least 4 an academic sources. and you will find the instruction with attachment. please follow it. thanks. The instructions for the layout of the paper as follows: 1. The paper is to be at least 4 full pages (Not counting bibliography), 1.5 spacing, 11 pt. Times New Roman font, 1 inch margins at top, bottom and sides, and justified side margins. Failure to follow any of the layout criteria will result in an automatic loss of 5 points. You will turn in both a hard copy and a copy through Safe Assign, which we will discuss in class. 2. You may use APA style. 3. After the 4 full pages of text, page 5 will be a picture of the work you have chosen. 4. Page 6 will be the Bibliography or Works Cited page.  In addition to other sources, you must have at least 8 sources, 4 or which must be academic sources or scholarly/peer-reviewed sources. If you have difficulty finding these types of sources, you must see me ASAP. You may not use Wikipedia for anything other than pictures.  Whether you are discussing a painting, sculpture, or any other piece of art, you are to follow the criteria used whenever one critiques a work of art. You will give 1. the biographical information (title, artist, date, country).  (2 points) 2. description with enough detail to create a clear verbal picture of what you have chosen. (8 points) 3. historical context. This is where the majority of your research will lie. (40 points) You must give  A. info about the artist (short bio that includes info about h/his other work) (10 points)  B. information about significant historical events or context in which the work was created that is relevant to the particular art movement and/or the art itself, (20 points)  C. the style of painting/sculpture or movement that your chosen piece is representative of, (5 points)  D. the characteristics the piece has that are representative of that style or movement, (5 points)  4. analysis of the work. This, as you know, is the discussion of the various elements of the work itself. (20 points)  5. your interpretation. (10 points) Your interpretation/argument must be supported by the facts that you included earlier in the paper.  6.  value.(5 points) This will include the importance or value of the work when it was first created as well as now with supporting detail. Date: 1768. Retouched 1819. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Location: Gallery 2 Description: Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis may be Benjamin West's most beautiful painting on a mythological theme. The subject is Venus's love affair with the mortal youth Adonis, as recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses. This Neo-classical painting has many classical elements. Remember that all paintings tell a story, not only that which the painting depicts as in this one of the love story of.

1. I want to you to write a research paper at least 4 full pages
about the painting attached. only the text must be four pages
that is not including the first page, the picture, and
the references page. it most has at least 4 an academic sources.
and you will find the instruction with attachment. please follow
it. thanks.
The instructions for the layout of the paper as follows:
1. The paper is to be at least 4 full pages (Not counting
bibliography), 1.5 spacing, 11 pt. Times New Roman font, 1
inch margins at top, bottom and sides, and justified side
margins. Failure to follow any of the layout criteria will result
in an automatic loss of 5 points. You will turn in both a hard
copy and a copy through Safe Assign, which we will discuss in
class.
2. You may use APA style.
3. After the 4 full pages of text, page 5 will be a picture of the
work you have chosen.
4. Page 6 will be the Bibliography or Works Cited page. In
addition to other sources, you must have at least 8 sources, 4 or
which must be academic sources or scholarly/peer-reviewed
sources. If you have difficulty finding these types of sources,
you must see me ASAP. You may not use Wikipedia for
anything other than pictures.
Whether you are discussing a painting, sculpture, or any other
piece of art, you are to follow the criteria used whenever one
critiques a work of art. You will give

2. 1. the biographical information (title, artist, date, country). (2
points)
2. description with enough detail to create a clear verbal picture
of what you have chosen. (8 points)
3. historical context. This is where the majority of your research
will lie. (40 points)
You must give
A. info about the artist (short bio that includes info about h/his
other work) (10 points)
B. information about significant historical events or context in
which the work was created that is relevant to the particular art
movement and/or the art itself, (20 points)
C. the style of painting/sculpture or movement that your chosen
piece is representative of, (5 points)
D. the characteristics the piece has that are representative of
that style or movement, (5 points)
4. analysis of the work. This, as you know, is the discussion of
the various elements of the work itself. (20 points)
5. your interpretation. (10 points)
Your interpretation/argument must be supported by the facts
that you included earlier in the paper.
6. value.(5 points)
This will include the importance or value of the work when it
was first created as well as now with supporting detail.
Date: 1768. Retouched 1819.
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
Location: Gallery 2
Description:
Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis may be Benjamin West's
most beautiful painting on a mythological theme. The subject is
Venus's love affair with the mortal youth Adonis, as recounted

3. in Ovid's Metamorphoses. This Neo-classical painting has many
classical elements. Remember that all paintings tell a story, not
only that which the painting depicts as in this one of the love
story of Venus and the human Adonis, but also the story the
painter wants to tell. This one is no exception.
West places the figures of Venus and her dead lover in a shady,
secluded area similar to the poplar grove described early in
Ovid's story. Low clouds provide an intimate, protective setting
for pictorial elements that West borrowed freely from other
parts of the narrative: Cupid, the swans that draw Venus's
chariot, Adonis's hounds chasing the wild boar onto the yellow
sand in the distance, and the sprouting anemones.
Neo-classical was the painting tradition of the early 19th
Century. It was based on the rules of the ancient Greeks,
including symmetry, balance, and emotional restraint, all of
which can be seen in West’s painting. The figures themselves
are utterly calm, and West has painted them with tight,
geometric precision, most obvious in Venus's Grecian profile
and in the circle made by the torsos of Venus and Adonis. The
result is perfectly in keeping with the noble ideals and elevated
sentiments of history painting, for which West became a key
representative.
As you first look at this painting, you see the dark colors in the
low clouds and the tree, a few shrubs, Adonis’s blood on the
cold dark ground, the expressions on Venus’ and Cupid’s faces
as they kneel beside Adonis. The two swans in the background
have their heads down as if they, too, are mourning.
However, when you step back and really looked at this painting,
you notice much more. Notice how Venus, Cupid, and Adonis
seem to form a circle in the center of the painting. Your eye
tends to move in a clockwise position from one to the other to
form a central composition that stands out from the rest of the
painting. The light on Adonis reveals his morbidity. Although
you can’t really see it on the power point, you will see more
clearly on the large museum painting the thin strip of blood just
above Adonis’ drape. As the classical Greeks believed it

4. undignified to show emotion, Neo-classical artists also
refrained from anything that was too dramatic or would create
too much emotion such as showing too much blood although the
blood from the boor’s wound is evident under the drape.
Red anemones spring from the earth where the drops of Adonis's
blood fell. In ancient mythology, anemones symbolize passion,
blood, and death. Therefore, the anemones also represent
Adonis’ death. In another version of the story, the anemones
were white before the death of Adonis, whose blood turned
them red.
Flowers have always (since the time of the Greeks and maybe
before that) symbolized both life and death. They are always
part of celebrations of life such as birth and marriages;
moreover, because their own life is so short, they also
symbolize death. However, they have come to symbolize death
and spiritual rebirth (reason why flowers are given at funerals).
Therefore, the presence of the anemones coupled with the
distant sun may symbolize the hope of future spiritual life for
Adonis.
Notice the Venus’ face. How would you explain her expression
and what could it mean?
In the mythological story, Venus warned Adonis not to hunt by
himself for he could be killed. Venus fell in love with Adonis, a
mortal, after she was scratched by Cupid’s arrow. She loved to
hunt with him and spend much of her time on earth. She had
warned Adonis not to hunt by himself. He did not listen and
hunted by himself. She heard his cried from above the earth as
it rose toward Mt. Olympus. She turned her swan chariot around
and went back to earth where the scene of the painting is shown.
Benjamin West was born on October 10, 1738 in Springfield,
Pennsylvania. He is an American painter who is famous for
painting historical scenes around and after the time of the
American War of Independence. From an early age Benjamin
had a natural gift to paint and his parents encouraged him to
draw. After the family moved to Lancaster, Native American
Indians taught West how to make paint by mixing some clay

5. from the river bank with grease in a pot.
West was one out of ten children and had very little education.
One of his earliest paintings such as “Death of Socrates” was
encouraged by one of his father’s patrons from the inn the
family owned. By the age of fifteen he was known as a local
celebrity.
West attracted the attention of Dr. William Smith, the provost
of the College of Philadelphia. He decided to patronize West,
offering him an education and more important connections to
the wealthy and politically connected Pennsylvanians. West
leaned toward historical topics in his paintings and eventually
went to Italy where he learned the newest painting techniques
and expanded his repertoire by copying pieces of works from
painters such as Titan and Raphael, Renaissance painters.
In 1763 West moved to England, where he was commissioned
by King George III to create portraits of the members of the
royal family. While in England West painted his most famous
painting; “The Death of General Wolfe” in 1770. West founded
the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768. In 1772 King George made
him his historical painter. West never forgot his American
upbringing and always kept an open door policy for American
artists traveling abroad. He instructed them with studio
instruction, entrance into galleries and collections and access to
the Royal Academy.
In 1820 Benjamin West died in London. Today West is known
for his large scale history paintings, which use expressive
figures, colors and compositional themes to help the spectator
to identify with the scene represented. West called this “epic
representation.”