MUSEUM RESEARCH PAPER – PART II
DUE: Final Paper, November 27
For Part I of your Museum Research Paper, you selected four objects from various collections at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Now, for Part II, your task will be to do some brief research. A library session during our regular class period will help you start your investigation
Of the four objects originally chosen, select one artwork from the Western-European collections and one from the non-Western collections (two objects total), both of which fall into the same thematic category (For example, you may have chosen an Egyptian vessel and a Chinese vase, or a Roman deity and a Japanese deity.)
You will be required to consult two (2) scholarly sources to find out more about each of these two objects. These sources may help you find out more about the subject of the artwork, its particular style, method of construction and/or its specific function. Do not use your textbook or general encyclopedias. One (but, only one) of your four sources may be a website, though it must be a legitimate one (the rule of thumb is that it must come from a museum or academic institution and have an author; look for .org or .edu sites). Your research should help illuminate the work of art for you, bringing new insights to the first-hand observations you made while at the museum.
**NOTE: you must show me evidence of your research by submitting to me (typed) the two objects your selected to investigate and the four (properly cited) sources you will be using to research them.
Your final task will be to write an approximately four- to five-page (typed, double-spaced) paper in which you provide a thorough analysis of the two objects you selected, identifying and describing the cultural style of each, and providing more in depth information that you discovered through your research.
The sources you consult MUST be properly cited at the end of your essays. You may use the MLA or Turabian citation style. Guides to both citation formats are available online.
GRADING
Your paper will be graded on the thoroughness of your description and research, and your ability to relate secondary information discovered through your research to your firsthand observations. Also, five points of your total grade will be deducted if you do not attend the library session. Your properly cited and complete (two sources for each object) Works Cited page will constitute 10% of your assignment grade. (As with all assignments, one-third a letter grade will be deducted for each day the assignment is submitted late.)
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