Test:
The test (October 10, in class) will be 30 minutes in length with 2 questions at 15 minutes each. Each question will be accompanied by a projected image of a work from the lectures and readings. Only images featured in both will be presented. A study list including only those images for which you are responsible will be posted here on this blog one week in advance of the scheduled test date. You WILL be required to identify each of the two presented works by artist's name, title and dat(es) as given in the readings. I will be providing sample questions in class prior to the test so that you will better understand what to expect. The total value of the test will be 50 points (25 points per question).
Essay:
The essay (due in class October 31) will consist of a short monographic research paper (5-6 pages in length). For this paper you will need to discuss one particular work. You may chose to discuss a work (painting, sculpture, building, print, drawing) from an accessible collection (such as the Art Gallery of Ontario) or one from a published source. Either way your selected work MUST be of the Italian or northern European Renaissance. Your essay discussion should offer the reader some insight into the significance of the work through a particular interpretation of the visual evidence provided by the work and the facts relating to the historic context in which it was produced and appreciated. To make the essay more manageable and interesting it is advised that you adopt a particular methodology for interpretation. For instance, if you were working on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (this work is now off limits because it is being used as an example here) you might adopt, as your methodology, a psychoanalytic approach to interpreting the painting as a form of self-portrait. In an effort to make a strong case for your interpretation you would want to utilize the visual evidence of the painting to balance with the facts relating to Leonardo and whatever useful ideas you might want to adopt from psychoanalytic theory to give weight to your interpretation. In another approach to the same painting you might look more specifically at Leonardo's technique. How does Leonardo's unique handling of paint lend to the striking qualities of the portrait proper? Here you might want to compare and contrast with other portraits of the time to demonstrate Leonardo's unique achievement.
The body of the text (your written discussion) must be 5-6 pages in length (double-spaced, 12-point type). In ADDITION to this you must include a cover page with title, course name and number, instructor's name and due date. To this you must ALSO ADD footnotes or endnotes and a bibliography. Reference images (figures) may be included at the end of the paper. If you choose to use footnotes please bear in mind that the actual discussion MUST STILL EQUAL 5-6 full written pages.
Citation methods must follow the Chicago Style guidelines. A hardcopy of the essay assignment instructions will be distributed in class this week.
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