Each answer must be at least 250 words in length.
Provide brief essay answers for each of the topics given below:
1. Select a work of painting or photography. Perform a thorough descriptive criticism of that artwork. Include every aspect that you believe is important to understanding the work.
2. Using the same work you used in #1, perform an interpretive criticism of the work. Explain what you think it means and why you think so. Be sure to provide specific evidence and reasons to back up your interpretation.
3. Continuing to use the same work you've used in the first two tasks, perform an evaluative criticism of the work. Explain what you think is good or bad about the work and why you think so. And provide an overall assessment of the work's quality.
4. Finally, compare and contrast the painting or photograph you've discussed so far to another work in the same medium about the same subject matter. Point out the similarities and differences that you believe are relevant. Which do you think does a superior job of presenting that subject, and why?
Format:
- Answers must be written in Microsoft Word.
- Answers should be submitted in a single document, but they should be numbered separately. (The assignment is not a single essay, but four distinct answers.
- Each answer must be at least 250 words in length. Answers that are too short will receive deductions according to the length policy detailed in the Course Syllabus.
- Please provide a link to the paintings or photographs you discuss in your answers.
- You don't necessarily need to consult outside sources to write good answers. However, if you do, please cite them correctly, and do not use Wikipedia as a source for any quotations or significant content.
- Each answer must be written in your own words. Any question set containing plagiarized answers will be penalized according to the plagiarism policy.