Artwork Analysis: Guadalupe Maravilla Versus Rudy Shepherd

For this assignment, you are to write a comparative essay focusing on the ideologies that the artists from Lecture 4 build and present within their artworks. You will focus on two artists and their respective ideologies to compare and contrast and, out of this, identify which is the more impactful of the two.

Assignment Guidelines:
Select a pair of artists from the list below whose work you find appealing, provocative, or intriguing with regard to the ideologies that they imbue in their artworks.
Introduce the artist pair that you will be writing about. For EACH artist: identify and define the ideology of the artist and one particular artwork that exemplifies the ideology. It is encouraged that you choose an artwork from the lecture, but you may choose an artwork that is outside of the lecture.
Provide a thesis as to which of the two artists you perceive to be more impactful. Consider how you measure what makes something impactful.
Compare and contrast the two artists and their ideologies using the artworks (that you introduced in #2 of the writing prompt) to help you form your argument/support your thesis. It is your task to not merely describe the two artists you are writing about. You must emphasize the ways the artists’ ideologies are different and alike to ultimately identify which is the more or less impactful of the two.
The final part of your essay should provide your reader with a conclusion that summarizes your thesis and main points of your essay, indicating which artist/ideology is more or less impactful.
Embed images of the works you discussed within your essay. Add appropriate citations to your Works Cited page.
To read more about how to write and structure a comparative essay, please see this link (Link to external website). This is a great guide that outlines an effective way to write a comparative essay.

Available artist pairs for your essay are:
Guadalupe Maravilla + Jim Shaw
Guadalupe Maravilla + Matthew Ronay
Guadalupe Maravilla + Hilma af Klint
Guadalupe Maravilla + Mark Wallinger
Guadalupe Maravilla + Rudy Shepherd
Jim Shaw + Matthew Ronay
Jim Shaw + Hilma af Klint
Jim Shaw + Mark Wallinger
Jim Shaw + Rudy Shepherd
Matthew Ronay + Hilma af Klint
Matthew Ronay + Mark Wallinger
Matthew Ronay + Rudy Shepherd
Hilma af Klint + Mark Wallinger
Hilma af Klint + Rudy Shepherd
Mark Wallinger + Rudy Shepherd

Technical Requirements:
Your response to this assignment must contain between 500 - 700 words to receive top marks with a maximum of 700 words in length (not including bibliography).
Your response must be conceptually polished and fully edited when submitted as a finished product.
Your response must be submitted to its assigned CANVAS assignment box by the due date and time assigned for this assignment.
All research sources used must be fully and accurately documented using the citation standards of the Modern Language Association (MLA). See Writing Guidelines and Student Sample Paper for more information.
Your response must be formatted in a readable typeface (e. g., Arial, Times New Roman, Helvetica) and saved as a DOC/DOCX (Microsoft word) file. No other file formats will be accepted for evaluation. Double-spaced, 12 pt. font size, 1-inch margins on all sides, and only one space after periods or other punctuation marks.
Provide a title for all written assignments for modules 1-6 and for the final paper.
When submitting your response to the CANVAS assignment box, please label your file "FIRST NAME LAST NAME ASSIGNMENT #". For example, "Sidney Mullis Assignment 4".
Successful participation in this module exercise will demonstrate the student's ability to:
Identify and analyze this recorded lecture, as well as perform self-directed research to relay an understanding of contemporary art themes, practices, artworks and art terminology.
Identify and analyze this recorded lecture, as well as perform self-directed research to relay an understanding of historical, cultural, social and political events and ideologies that implicate contemporary culture.
Define, apply, and convey his / her understandings of and opinions about contemporary art in discipline-specific written conventions.