ARTHI1001 Art History World Clt & Civ: Prehistory to 19th Fall 2018

ARTHI1001 Art History World Clt & Civ: Prehistory to 19th Fall 2018
Annotated BibliographyGuidelines
This exercise is intended to improve yourskills in independent art historical research.While the development of a personal canon of objects provides some breadth in your exposure to what art has been onthis planet, this project hopes to provide you with depth in learning about a particular object.
Step 1: Choose your object.Wander in the museum and choose an object that intrigues you and thatalsodates to before 1850, preferably before 1800. Find its entry in the museum catalogue: http://www(dot)artic(dot)edu/aic/collections/artwork-search. Unless you are strongly drawn to an object in storage, this projectwill be limited to objects currently on display.To claim your object: in the Discussion forum “Bibliography Objects” on Canvas, post your chosen object for this project by class in Week 7. This post should take the following form: [Maker/Culture], [Title], [Date], [Inventory number], [URL to object’s entry in the online collection].You may not use the same object as someone else in your SubGroup, so if you know what you want to work on, post it right away.
Step 2: Do preliminary research.Starting from yourformal observationsof the objectand fromthe object’s catalogue entry, research the objectfurther. Input key terms intorelevant digital databasesas modeled in lecture.-The bestgeneral databases include:www(dot)jstor(dot)org, search.proquest.com, and Academic Search Complete. If you are using these databasesoff-campus, please first login to the ARTIC proxy server at http://proxy(dot)artic(dot)edu/login?.-https://books(dot)google(dot)com/isgreat for finding books to research further and for investigating footnotes.-http://en(dot)wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/Main_Pageis useful at an earlystage(e.g., “what is the ‘Yuan dynasty’?”), and not a great source for newhistorical research.If you are unsure where to begin, think about the subthemes of this class. What culture is the object from? Where do its materials come from? What is the object’s function or efficacy? Seeksourcesthat cover broadertopics.Do NOT
attempt to find five sources just about the object.This last point cannot be emphasized enough.
Step 3: Find five scholarly sources providing CONTEXTabout your object.Findat least fivesources of information about the object’s contextthat are scholarly. First of all, these sources cannot be blogposts,newspaper pieces, or encyclopedia entries. For example, essays on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline are encyclopedic: useful for background, but unacceptable for thisassignment.Second of all,at least four of your sourcesmust be in English.*Third of all, they must all fall into the following categories:-(at least 1) peer-reviewedarticles in academic journalsor chapters from books published by academic presses***-(at least 1) entirebooks published by academic presses***-(at least 1) museum or exhibition catalogues(we will coverwhat these are in lecture)**Finally, youmust acquireat least 1hard-copy document (not digital)in one of the categories above.The importance of this will be covered in lecture.Please note that ahard-copy bookis mandatory, whether acquired from the library, through interlibrary loan, or by purchasing it online or in a bookstore.You must either sendyour TAa selfie of yourself with this hard-copy bookclearly visible, or bring the book or journal with you to class to show your TA.If you download a source or check it out from the library or order it via interlibrary loan, and it turns out not to be very helpful, you must find another source. It is therefore important that you begin acquiring sources early, perhaps even now.List your fivesources, formatting them according to the Chicago Manual of Style (see https://owl(dot)purdue(dot)edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/chicago_manual_of_style_17th_edition.html). Post this list in the same Discussion Forum as Step 1.* A note on language: in future research endeavors, students should utilize their proficiency in non-English languages. However, in order to ensure that this assignment is graded fairly, at least four of the sources must be in English.
** One excellent source of free digitized museum catalogues is from the Met: https://www(dot)metmuseum(dot)org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online.***EXTRA HELP: Flaxman Library staff haveprovided a special review site for this assignment: https://libraryguides(dot)saic(dot)edu/evaluating/ARTHI1001. Please make use of this resource, and contact TAs if you have further questions.
Step 4: (DraftVersion of)Annotated Bibliography Cut and paste yourDiscussion Forum post into a separatedocumentfile on a computer.Below each entry, provide an annotationin complete sentences. This annotation should:1) summarizethe source’s content,and2) explainwhy it is a good source foryour chosen object.For good examplesof annotated bibliographies, see http://writingcenter(dot)unc(dot)edu/handouts/annotated-bibliographies/mla-examples/andhttp://guides(dot)library(dot)cornell(dot)edu/annotatedbibliography. Yours do not have to be this long. In fact, your annotations could be two sentences in length each, so long as theycover the twopointsabove.It is not necessary to read long booksor cataloguesall the way through; utilize productive skimming. Consult with your TAs and professor on any points of difficulty.Submit your annotated bibliography in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format to your TA.Note: If your draft meets the above criteria satisfactorily, you will not need to do Step 5. Your draft will count as your final bibliography.
Step 5: Final Version of Annotated BibliographyIf necessary, usecomments from your TA on Step 4and revise your draft.
I don't need the draft only the final version, THX