Visual Culture in context Visual & Performing Arts Essay

Learning Outcomes
After completing this essay, students will be able to:
compare the similarities in two artworks
contrast the differences in two artworks
identify the subject matter, function, materials, techniques, and style of a specific artwork.
Overview
The purpose of the compare and contrast essay is to apply what you have learned during the first five units into a formalized written work.
Procedure
Please choose one of the following pairs of slides found in your required textbook and write a formal essay comparing and contrasting them, following the guidelines below. Please note that this is NOT a research project. You should use your own brain, your text, and your notes. Your grade will be based on content (accuracy of information and thoroughness and thoughtfulness of your essay) and style (spelling and punctuation).
Chapter 3: The Temple of Amun (fig. 3.27) and Chapter 5: The Parthenon (fig. 5.40)
Chapter 4: Flotilla Fresco (fig. 4.10) and Chapter 5: Ajax and Achilles Playing a Game (fig. 5.25)
Chapter 5: Dying Warrior (fig. 5.23) and Chapter 5: Dying Gallic Trumpeter (5.71)
Chapter 5: Metropolitan Kouros (fig. 5.14) and Chapter 5: The Spear Bearer (fig. 5.33)
Chapter 5: Kore, from Chios (fig. 5.16) and Chapter 5: Nike of Samothrace (fig. 5.74)
Essay Requirements
Write your name and date at the top left of the page.
Identify your two images with the following:
name of work
structure where work appears (if applicable)
artist or architect (if known)
date
culture
country.
Write a 600 word essay that address the following:
Paragraph 1 (Introduction): Introduce your topic. Provide a brief description of each of the works you’re writing about. (For example, The Woman of Willendorf is a small limestone figurine of a woman made during the Paleolithic period, while The Peplos Kore is a larger marble statue, also of a woman, made during the Archaic period of ancient Greece. Both of these works share similar subject matter, materials, and techniques; however, their styles are completely different.)
Paragraph 2 (Subject Matter): (This does NOT apply to architecture.) Are there figures in the work? Do you know who they are? Are they kings or regular people? Does the work show a landscape? Are the subjects similar? Wildly different?
Paragraph 3 (Materials and Techniques Used): (This paragraph is NOT about style.) What were the works made of? How were they made (e.g., repoussé, lost wax casting, post-and-lintel, subtractive, corbel dome)? Are the two works similar or different?
Paragraph 4 (Function): What were the works used for? Was it for propaganda, religion, burial? Do they share similar functions? It is possible for a work to have more than one function.
Paragraph 5 (Style): Are the works naturalistic? Stylized? Do they share similar styles? Describe the styles and compare them.
Paragraph 6 (Optional): Other comments might include observations about dimensions, locations, or any other information that doesn’t quite fit in the categories above that you’d like to mention.
Paragraph 7 (Conclusion): What have you learned from your examination?
What Not to Do
Do NOT write separate paragraphs about each work. You’re meant to COMPARE the traits, not just make two separate descriptions.
Use your own brain, notes, and text. Do NOT do outside research; it is not necessary.
This is rubric
Novice Competent Proficient
Content
Points:
0 (0.00%)
• Accuracy of information • Thoroughness of essay • Thoughtfulness of essay
Points:
25 (25.00%)
• Accuracy of information • Thoroughness of essay • Thoughtfulness of essay
Points:
50 (50.00%)
• Accuracy of information • Thoroughness of essay • Thoughtfulness of essay
Writing Mechanics
Points:
0 (0.00%)
• Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation • Chicago-Turabian style citation
Points:
25 (25.00%)
• Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation • Chicago-Turabian style citation
Points:
50 (50.00%)
• Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation • Chicago-Turabian style citation111