Overview: Throughout the course, you have been practicing the skills you need to produce your final comparative art analysis essay.
In various discussion board posts, you have learned to analyze formal qualities of works of art and to recognize common themes between visual works of art from different period sand styles. You have also learned to understand how these themes are expressed in contemporary culture. For Milestone One, you drafted the introduction for your essay.
For Milestone Two, you will compose a rough draft of Sections I-IV of the final project. Provide as many details as possible, addressing each of the following major headings:
Introduction, Visual and Historical Analysis, and Comparative Analysis.
In addition, address the Parallels section by introducing a third creative work and explaining how that work parallels the relationship between the two pieces previously selected. This third work could be a specific contemporary work belonging to any genre of the arts or even a contemporary social construct such as reality television or social media.
For example, you could consider the presentation of self as a relevant and recurring theme on Facebook today. Your conclusion (Section V) will not be included in this rough draft. You will add the conclusion to your final comparative art analysis essay.Prompt: Apply the feedback you received for Milestone One to form a thorough introduction, and compose a rough draft of Sections I-IV your comparative art analysis essay.Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Introduction This section of the comparative analysis will introduce readers to the works you have selected to analyze.
A. For each work, identify the artist, the title (in italics), the date, the medium, the dimensions, the cultural origin or period of creation, and the current collection.
B. What is your main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between your selected works and their shared theme?
II. Visual and Historical Analysis This section will provide a visual and historical analysis in which you will analyze the physical characteristics in each work as well as the connections of each work to its historical and cultural context.
A. What formal characteristics are similar between the two works? What characteristics are different? Be sure to reference specific aspects of each work.
B. How did each respective culture's traditions and ideologies influence the two works you have selected? Be sure to use examples to support your response.
C. How does each work represent its particular social, historical, and cultural climate? Be sure to use examples to support your response.
III. Comparative Analysis In this section, you will compare and contrast your two selected works.
A. Explain how each of your two selected works reflects the social or cultural identity of its day. Support your response with examples.
B. What influence have your two selected works had in the shaping of social or cultural identities?
C. What influence have your two selected works had on a modern or contemporary expression of the identified shared theme? Support your response with examples.
IV. Parallels In this section, you will introduce a third creative work and explain how that work parallels the relationship between the two works previously selected.
A. How do the shared historical themes and settings tie your two previously selected works to your work from popular culture?
B. Discuss how the theme is still relevant today, utilizing the popular culture work you selected to support your response. Your overall submission should be professionally articulate. The "Articulation of Response" critical element does not correspond to a section of your paper. It speaks to how professionally and clearly you articulate your ideas. This includes proper formatting and citation of sources.
Guidelines: Rough draft must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.
It must be written in MLA format and should include at least four scholarly sources, cited in MLA format.