ARTH 176 – Semester Project: Art Journal OR Research Paper
OPTION #1: ART JOURNAL
FINAL DUE DATE: Wednesday, March 28th in class – do not submit to turnitin.com
(Journals may be turned in any time after March 19th)
The purpose of this assignment is to make you aware of current artists, artworks, and art events
that are happening nationally, internationally, or locally, as well as contemporary discourse about
art historical topics.
Over the next two months, collect 20 articles about contemporary art, or current issues in art
history. Topics may include: painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, performance art,
crafts, ceramics, jewelry/metalsmithing, fibers, architecture, etc. These may be found in
magazines such as Art News, Art in America, American Craft, Ornament, Time, Newsweek,
Smithsonian, etc. Many of these and other magazines can be found in the Dacus library; some of
the journals post current and archived articles online. All articles must be from within the past 5
years. A list of approved sources accompanies this assignment. If you wish to use an article from
another source, please get prior approval.
Make photocopies of the article and tape or paste them in a spiral notebook, 3-ring binder, or
blank journal – or scan them and make a digital journal. Digital journals can be turned in as printouts, or submitted as a pdf document on a labeled CD.
!!! Place typed comments next to each of the articles you have collected which include your
well-crafted and thoughtful responses, opinions and insights - something you have learned from
reading each article, making connections to our class readings and discussions when appropriate.
(1-2 paragraphs, or 100 word minimum each). The articles you include must contain written
text about the artist, artwork or event, not just a press release or picture image. Make sure
to include the article title, the source and the date of publication for each article. (see example)
Start EARLY. It is much easier to gather a few at a time than to wait until the last minute.
The journal will be worth a total of 100 points – 60 points for the comments written and 40 points
for the articles collected. Please number each article and include your name on the journal.
Art journals are due Wednesday, March 28th in class. Digital journals submitted as a pdf
document should be burned to a CD, and labeled with your first and last name. (No Word or
PowerPoint files for journals will be accepted.)
Approved sources for Art Journal project: (if you want to use an article from another
source, you MUST get prior approval.)
Any major city newspaper
Your local newspaper
Art Bulletin
Art Forum International
Art History
Art In America
Art Journal
Art Monthly
Art News
Art Review
Artforum
Craft Arts International
American Art Review
Aperture
Sculpture Magazine
Smithsonian
Time
Newsweek
Art & Auction
World Sculpture News
Sculpture Review
Clay Times
Metalsmith
American Craft
NY Arts
OPTION #2: RESEARCH PAPER
FINAL DUE DATE: Wednesday, March 28th to turnitin.com by class time (12:30 p.m.)
(Papers may be turned in any time after March 5th)
The purpose of this assignment is to make you aware of current artists and their work.
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Select a 20th or 21st century artist from the list at the end of this document. Do research and pick a
single work by this artist that is NOT illustrated in the book.
Your 1500-word paper will consist of both CONTENT and CONTEXT about the work and artist.
CONTEXT (approx 1/3 - 1/2 of paper)
Do some research on the artist; i.e. when he or she lived, in what country, what else was occurring
historically that may have had an impact on his or her work.
CONTENT (approx 1/2 – 2/3 of paper) – what does the work looks like, what is the subject matter,
is there symbolic content to discuss?
 Identify the work: give title, medium, dimensions and date. Describe the work of art in detail
using ELEMENT and PRINCIPLE of art terms learned in our text; describe color, use of light,
brushstrokes, composition, medium, technique, etc. Don’t simply parrot your research sources –
use your eyes and include some original observations!
 Consult the link “Analysis questions for writing about artworks” on the class website for
CONTENT questions to get you started in discussing the subject and meaning.
SPECIFICS:
 Use a minimum of three (3) sources in addition to the text book; cite all sources
o Sources must be books and journal articles; however, do not use another survey textbook
like Janson’s or Stokstad‘s– check with me if unsure of the source.
o Except for museum sites on the approved list, NO internet sources will be accepted (this does not mean Dacus Library databases accessed through the internet, it means
general websites).
o Use Dacus Library and JSTOR to find appropriate sources
o Encyclopedias or dictionaries DO NOT count as sources.
 The body of the paper should be a minimum 1500 words (it is fine if you go slightly over
requirements – maximum 1800 words); if you do not meet the minimum the grade will drop
automatically to 60 before grading begins. Cover page, illustration page(s) and works cited page
do not count toward the word-count minimum.
 Format and cite the paper according to MLA guidelines
DOs and DON’Ts:
 DO be sure to write an introduction and a conclusion to the paper
 DON’T overuse first person language, or personal observations & opinions ( I like…, I feel, etc.)
without backing it up with evidence. IF you want to use “I” in your paper, you must read the
section on “Expressing Opinions: The Writer’s ‘I’” in Barnet (p 33 in 9th edition) and follow that
approach.
 DO Provide a CAPTIONED color print of the image with paper but DON’T imbed image in text;
please place at end of paper on its own page after the Works Cited page. If your paper refers to
other works of art, include captioned illustrations for those as well.
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DO use MLA style for formatting, page numbering and citation – consult Prentice Hall
guidebook or Dacus for MLA resource examples.
o DO Use 12pt Times New Roman font with one inch page margins on all four sides,
number all pages at top right with your last name and page number, and double space text
(this is part of the MLA standards)
DO Proofread your paper; sloppy or incomplete sentences will be penalized; make sure you are
using words correctly
PLAGIARISM Evidence of plagiarism will result in a zero (0) on the paper – no exceptions.
Plagiarism is the use of someone else’s words, ideas or lines of argument without appropriate
documentation. Plagiarism includes improperly credited ideas or paraphrasing, as well as outright
copying. All use of source research must be properly cited in the body of your paper with an intext citation of author & page number. Failure to include in-text citations and a Works Cited page
counts as plagiarism. Students should consult and print “The Correct Use of Borrowed
Information” (www.winthrop.edu/English/plagiarism.htm) before beginning any writing
assignment. Ignorance or failure to consult this material is no excuse.
SUBMIT paper to turnitin.com by March 28th at class time (12:30 pm). If you fail to submit the paper for
any reason five points per day will be deducted from the paper grade.
Turnitin.com
Class IDs and password are on the syllabus and the class website.
Artist List for the Research Paper option: (if you wish to research an artist not on this list,
you must get prior approval from me.)
Max Beckmann
Mark Tobey
Vasily Kandinsky
Piet Mondrian
Christo & Jeanne-Claude
George Roualt
Georges Braque
Edward Hopper
Pablo Picasso
Marc Rothko
Max Ernst
Marcel Duchamp
Bridget Riley
Victor Vasarely
Joan Miró
Georgia O’Keefe
Roy Lichtenstein
Duane Smith
George Segal
Louise Bourgeois
Judy Chicago
James Turrell
Red Grooms
Frida Kahlo
Frank Stella
Francis Bacon
Rene Magritte
James Rosenquist
Marc Chagall
Jackson Pollock
Claes Oldenburg
Tom Wesslmann
Jasper Johns
Anselm Kiefer
Willem de Kooning
Robert Rauschenberg
Emil Nolde
Robert Motherwell
Ellsworth Kelly
Helen Frankenthaler
Fernand Leger
Kathe Kollwitz
Morris Louis
Paul Klee
Henri Matisse
Andy Warhol
Stuart Davis
Lee Krasner
Paul Cezanne
Louise Nevelson
David Hockney
Arshile Gorky
Richard Diebenkorn
Jean Dubuffet
Donald Judd
Wayne Thiebaud
Maya Lin
Duane Hanson
Phillip Pearlstein
Donald Sultan
Jack Beal
Magdalena
Abakanowicz
Kiki Smith
Susan Rothenburg
Eric Fischl
Jeff Koons
Damien Hirst
Francoise Gilot
Marsden Hartley
Chuck Close
Henri Matisse
Bernard Leach
Alexander Calder
David Smith
Grandma Moses
Thomas Hart Benton
Hans Hofmann
Franz Kline
Frida Kahlo
Roy Lichtenstein
Gilbert & George
Donald Judd
Nam June Paik
Marcel Duchamp
Niki de Saint Phalle
Bill Viola
Frank Gehry
Richard Estes
Robert Mapplethorpe
Jenny Holzer
Diego Rivera
Jeff Wall
Antoni Tápies
Shirin Neshat
Carl Andre
Ilya Kabakov
Marcel Broodthaers
Yoko Ono
Dan Flavin
David Hockney
Cy Twombly
Frank Stella
Elizabeth Murray
Yasumasa Morimura
Kara Walker
Ron Mueck
Matthew Barney
I.M. Pei
Andy Goldsworthy
Robert Smithson
Dorothea Lange
Andres Serrano
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Alberto Giacometti
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Sonia Delaunay
Josef Albers
Isamu Noguchi
Joseph Beuys
Bruce Nauman
Cindy Sherman
Sol LeWitt
Meret Oppenheim
Richard Serra
John De Andrea
Man Ray
Jeff Koons