For Milestone One, you will introduce the works you have selected to analyze. First, choose a pair of works from the List of Comparisons (linked to i

FAS 202 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Overview: The advent of postmodernism in the late twentieth century brought with it a skepticism of the cultural artifacts that preceded it. The postmodern artist understands that art in all forms—visual, literary, musical, performance, and so on—is a manifestation of its period and that these artistic expressions endure and continue to shape the human experience. The purpose of the final project is to demonstrate an understanding of the function of art in its specific era as well as in contemporary times, and as an articulation of the social and cultural forces that influence the creative endeavor of the artist. A primary method in the study of the humanities, a comparative approach, allows us to reflect on a singular element and observe both similarities and differences. In employing a comparative approach, we begin to ask the questions necessary to come to an understanding of the objects being compared and the conditions of their creation. We learn that each object is a product of its environment—its social, historical, and cultural climate. For the final project, you will utilize the comparative approach to study two works of art as conveyors of meaning, capable of shaping cultural identity and our historical understanding. Your study will focus on how your chosen works deal with their shared theme as a product of their particular time. In Milestone Two, you will select an additional contemporary work from popular culture (visual artifact or social construct) and analyze that work for how it parallels the relationship between the works you have selected. Prompt: For Milestone One, you will introduce the works you have selected to analyze. First, choose a pair of works from the List of Comparisons (linked to in your online course). Works must be chosen from this list of comparisons. For each work, include an image of the work and one paragraph that identifies the artist, title (in italics), date, medium, dimensions, stylistic movement, cultural origin, and current collection (i.e., Where the work is housed? This could be a museum, a gallery, or a private collection). Finally, formulate a main argument/thesis statement in which you explain the relationship between your chosen works. You will also want to think ahead to the final project and find a third, contemporary popular culture reference or work of art that connects to this theme and the two historical works of art. Submit the introduction to your comparative art analysis essay (Section I). Introduce readers to your chosen works and present your main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between your works and their shared theme. 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. Identify each of the two selected works from the List of Comparisons. Include an image of the work and one paragraph that identifies the artist, title (in italics), date, medium, dimensions, stylistic movement, cultural origin, and current collection (i.e., Where the work is housed? This could be a museum, a gallery, or a private collection).

B. What is your main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between your selected works and their shared theme?

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.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Submit a draft of Section I (Introduction), including all critical elements. Your paper must be submitted as a 150-word-minimum Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. It must be written in MLA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Introduction: Identification

(First Work) Comprehensively identifies first work from the List of Comparisons, including an image of the work and one paragraph that outlines the artist, title, date, medium, dimensions, stylistic movement, cultural origin or period of creation, and current collection

Identifies first work, but response does not cover all elements specified in the prompt, or selected work does not come from the List of Comparisons

Does not identify work 20

Introduction: Identification (Second Work)

Comprehensively identifies second work from the List of Comparisons, including an image of the work and one paragraph that outlines the artist, title, date, medium, dimensions, stylistic movement, cultural origin or period of creation, and current collection

Identifies second work, but response does not cover all elements specified in the prompt or selected work does not come from the List of Comparisons

Does not identify work 20

Introduction: Main Argument/Thesis

Discusses the main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between selected works and the common theme

Discusses the main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between selected works and the common theme, but discussion is cursory or illogical

Does not discuss the main argument/thesis statement about the relationship between selected works and the common theme

50

Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%

FAS 202 List of Comparisons

The purpose of this document is to provide a starting point for your research. As you develop the final

project for this course, you will need to continue research beyond this list.

Italian Baroque/Abstract Expressionism Theme: dramatic expression

• Caravaggio, Entombment of Christ (Italian Baroque), ca. 1602 • Jackson Pollock, Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) (Abstract Expressionism), 1950

• For contemporary connection, try looking at professional performance art (theater, dance, music, etc.)

Possible Research Sources:

o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque- art1/baroque-italy/a/caravaggio-deposition

o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/57.92 o http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/abstract-expressionism.html

Dutch Baroque/Postimpressionism Theme: portrayal of family meal

• Jan Steen, The Merry Family (Dutch Baroque), 1668

• Van Gogh, The Potato Eaters (Postimpressionism), 1885

• For contemporary connection, try looking at home improvement magazines/television shows, commercial advertising Possible Research Sources:

o http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/181/jan-steen-dutch-1626-1679/ o http://www.artble.com/artists/vincent_van_gogh/more_information/style_and_techni

que o http://www.theartstory.org/artist-van-gogh-vincent-artworks.htm

Dutch Baroque/Surrealism Theme: the presentation of self/female self-portraiture

• Judith Leyster, Self Portrait (Dutch Baroque), 1630 • Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas (Surrealism), 1939

• For contemporary connection, try looking at various forms of social media, the selfie phenomenon Possible Research Sources:

o https://www.nga.gov/Collection/art-object-page.37003.html o http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kahlo-frida.htm

o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/art-between-wars/latin-american- modernism1/a/kahlo-the-two-fridas-las-dos-fridas

Neoclassicism/Modernism Theme: honoring war veterans

• Jean Chalgrin et al., Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Paris (Neoclassicism), 1806–1836

• Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Modernism), 1982

• For contemporary connection, try looking at contemporary public memorials Possible Research Sources:

o http://www.arcdetriompheparis.com/history o https://web.archive.org/web/20160403035643/http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildin

gs/Vietnam_War_Memorial.html o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/minimalism-

earthworks/v/mayalin-vietnamvetmem Neoclassicism/Superrealism Theme: the depiction of the human form

• Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington (Neoclassicism), 1788–1792 • Duane Hanson, Supermarket Shopper (Superrealism), 1970

• For contemporary connection, try looking at contemporary portrait sculpture Possible Research Sources:

o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/british-colonies/early- republic/a/houdon-george-washington

o http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/sculpture/duane-hanson.htm Enlightenment/Postmodernism Theme: impact of technology

• Joseph Wright of Derby, Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (Neoclassicism), 1768 • Nam June Paik, any of his digital works of art (Postmodernism), 1970

• For contemporary connection, try looking at modern art/science/technology Possible Research Sources:

o http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/joseph-wright-of-derby-an-experiment-on- a-bird-in-the-air-pump

o https://www.moma.org/artists/4469 Romanticism/Abstract Expressionism Theme: the sublime

• Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea (Romanticism), ca. 1809 • Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis (Abstract Expressionism), 1950-51

• For contemporary connection, try looking at religion

Possible Research Sources:

o http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime/what-is-the-sublime- r1109449

o http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime/the-romantic-sublime- r1109221

o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming- modern/romanticism/romanticism-in-germany/a/friedrich-monk-by-the-sea

o http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79250

Romanticism/Impressionism Theme: political landscape

• J. M. W. Turner, The Burning of the House of Lords and Commons (Romanticism), 1835 • Monet, The Houses of Parliament, Sunset (Impressionism), 1903

• For contemporary connection, try looking at contemporary impressionism

Possible Research Sources:

o https://www.nga.gov/Collection/art-object-page.46523.html o https://web.archive.org/web/20161221021951/https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2007

/turner/turner_brochure.pdf Romanticism/Post Impressionism Theme: the beauty of nature

• Thomas Cole, The Oxbow (Romanticism), 1836 • Van Gogh, Olive Trees With Yellow Sky and Sun (Postimpressionism), 1889

• For contemporary connection, try looking at contemporary landscape photography, earth art

Possible Research Sources:

o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cole/hd_cole.htm o http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists/thomas-cole.htm o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm o http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/landscape-and-the-sublime o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gogh/hd_gogh.htm o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/poim/hd_poim.htm

Romanticism/Realism Theme: representation of war

• Francisco Goya, The Disasters of War (Romanticism), 1810–1820 (any print from the series)

• Timothy O’Sullivan, A Harvest of Death (Realism/Photography), 1863 • For contemporary connection, try looking at mass media, journalism

Possible Research Sources:

o https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/goya-disasters-of-war/

o http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470451/ o http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/58082/timothy-h-o'sullivan-print-by-

alexander-gardner-a-harvest-of-death-american-negative-july-4-1863-print-1866/ Romanticism/Surrealism Theme: sleep/dreams

• Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare (Romanticism), 1782

• Salvador Dali, Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (Surrealism), 1944

• For contemporary connection, try looking at modern psychology

Possible Research Sources:

o http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/gothic-nightmares-fuseli- blake-and-romantic-imagination/gothic

o http://www.bbk.ac.uk/english/19c/Workshop%203,%20item%203%20- %20press%20release.pdf

o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/dada-and- surrealism/xdc974a79:surrealism/a/surrealism-and-psychoanalysis http://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssen/ficha_obra/352

o http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Dreams/dreams.pdf Impressionism/Contemporary Theme: motherhood/nursing mothers

• Mary Cassatt, Mother Rose Nursing Her Child (Impressionism), 1900 (or any “mother nursing her child” image by Cassatt)

• Catherine Opie, Self-Portrait/Nursing (Contemporary), 2004

• For contemporary connection, try looking at maternity/newborn photography Possible Research Sources:

o http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cast/hd_cast.htm o http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/28826 o http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/14666 o http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/12/artseen/neo-maternalism-contemporary-artists-

approach-to-motherhood