Comparison between Mona Lisa and Bar at the Folies-Bergère

The guidelines are as follows:
ASSIGNMENT: Write a 3-5 page essay comparing and contrasting two works of art from two different styles covered in this course between the periods of the High Renaissance and Impressionism. *One of your selected works of art must be from AFTER the midterm (Modules 8-14).* This is a minimum of three FULL pages of text, double spaced 1" margins. You must cover the following points in your comparison:
Module 1:
Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519] - Virgin of the Rocks,c. 1485.
Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519] - Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, cartoon, 1505-7
Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519] - Last Supper, fresco at Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, 1495-1498
Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519] - Mona Lisa, c. 150-1505.
Raphael [1483-1520] - Marriage of the Virgin, 1504.
Raphael [1483-1520] - Madonna of the Meadows, 1505.
Raphael [1483-1520] - Philosophy (School of Athens), fresco in the Vatican papal apartments, Rome, 1509-1511.
Raphael [1483-1520] - Galatea, fresco at the Villa Farnesina, Rome, 1513.
Module 2:
Michelangelo [1483-1520] – Pieta
Michelangelo [1483-1520] - David, for the City of Florence, 1501-1504.
Michelangelo [1483-1520] - Moses, for the tomb of Pope Julius II, 1513-1515.
The Sistine Chapel - Bound Slave, for the tomb of Pope Julius II, 1513-1516.
The Sistine Chapel - The Sistine Chapel (interior), in the Vatican, Rome, built in 1473.
The Sistine Chapel - The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, fresco in the Vatican, Rome, 1508-12.
The Sistine Chapel - Creation of Adam (Sistine Ceiling detail), 1511-1612.
The Sistine Chapel - Details of the cleaning of the Sistine Ceiling, 1977-1989.
The Sistine Chapel - Last Judgment, fresco on the altar wall of Sistine Chapel, 1534-41.
Module 3:
Descent from the Cross, by Pontormo, 1525-28.
Madonna with the Long Neck, by Parmigianino, c. 1535.
Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time (the Exposure of Luxury), by Bronzino, 1546.
Portrait of a Young Man, by Bronzino, c. 1530's.
Genius of Fontainbleau, bronze, by Benvenuto Cellini, 1543-44.
Module 4:
Giovanni Bellini [1430-1516] - San Zaccaria Altarpiece, 1505.
Giovanni Bellini [1430-1516] - Feast of the Gods, by Bellini and Titian, 1529.
Titian [1490-1576] - Pastoral Symphony, 1508.
Giorgione [1477-1510] - The Tempest, 1510.
Titian [1490-1576] - Venus of Urbino, for the Duke of Urbino, 1538.
Titian [1490-1576] - Isabella d’Este, 1534-1536.
Tintoretto [1518-1594] - Last Supper, 1594
Veronese [1528-1588] - Christ in the House of Levi, 1573.
Veronese [1528-1588] - Triumph of Venice, 1585.
Module 5
Germany - Crucifixion Panel from the Isenheim Altarpiece, from the Hospital of St. Anthony, Germany, by Matthais Grunewald, 1510-1515.
Germany - The Four Apostles, oil painting, by Albrecht Durer, 1526.
Germany - Fall of Man (Adam & Eve), engraving, by Albrecht Durer, 1504.
Germany - Great piece of Turf, watercolor, by Albrecht Durer, 1503.
Flanders - The French Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1533.
The Netherlands - Money Changer and his Wife, by Quinten Massys, 1514.
The Netherlands - Meat Still Life, by Pieter Aertsen, 1551.
The Netherlands - Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565.:
Spain - The Burial of Count Orgaz, by El Greco, 1586.
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Module 8:
Façade of New St. Peter’s, by Carlo Maderno, Vatican City, Rome, 1606-1612.
Plan of New St. Peter’s, by Carlo Maderno, piazza by Bernini.
New St Peter’s Cathedral, Vatican City, Rome, 1506-1666.
Baldacchino, by Bernini, New St. Peter’s Cathedral, Rome, 1624-1633.
David, by Bernini, 1623.
Detail: Interior of the Cornaro Chapel, by Bernini Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, 1645-52.
Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, by Bernini from the Cornaro Chapel, Rome, 1645-52.
Conversion of Saint Paul, by Caravaggio, 1601.
Calling of Saint Matthew, by Caravaggio, 1597-1601.
Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi, 1614-1620.
Flight into Egypt, by Annibale Carracci, 1603-1604
Glorification of Saint Ignatius, ceiling fresco in the nave of Sant’Ignazio, Rome, by Fra Andrea Pozzo 1691-1694.
Module 9:
Spanish Baroque - Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, by Jose de Ribera, 1639.
Spanish Baroque - Saint Serapion, by Francisco de Zurbaran, 1628
Spanish Baroque - Water Carrier of Seville, by Diego Velazquez c, 1619.
Spanish Baroque - Surrender at Breda, by Diego Velazquez 1634-1635.
Spanish Baroque - King Philip IV of Spain, by Diego Velazquez 1644.
Spanish Baroque - Las Meninas, by Diego Velazquez 1656.
Spanish Baroque - Velazquez's Princess
Spanish Baroque - Velazquez's Self-portrait
Flemish Baroque - Elevation of the Cross, by Peter Paul Rubens Antwerp Cathedral, 1610.
Flemish Baroque - Arrival of Marie de’Medici at Marseilles, by Peter Paul Rubens 1622-25.
Flemish Baroque - Allegory of the Outbreak of War, by Peter Paul Rubens 1638.
Flemish Baroque - Charles I Dismounted, by Anthony Van Dyck, c. 1635.
Module 10:
Dutch Baroque - Archers of St. Hadrian, by Frans Hals c.1633.
Dutch Baroque - The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, “The Night Watch”, by Rembrandt, 1642.
Dutch Baroque - Self-Portrait, by Rembrandt, 1659-1660.
Dutch Baroque - Christ with the Sick around Him…, by Rembrandt, 1649.
Dutch Baroque - Allegory of the Art of Painting, by Vermeer 1670-1675.
Dutch Baroque - Still Life with Oysters, Rum, Glass, & Silver Cup, by Willem Claesz Heda, 1634.
French Baroque - Adoration of the Shepherds, Georges de la Tour, 1645-1650.
French Baroque - Et in Arcadia Ego, by Poussin c. 1655.
French Baroque - Landscape with Cattle and Peasants, by Claude Lorrain, 1629.
French Baroque - Louis XIV by Rigaud, 1701
French Baroque - Aerial view of the Palace at Versailles, by Mansart, begun 1669.
Module 11:
Rococo - L’Indifferent, by Watteau c. 1716.
Rococo - Return from Cythera, by Watteau 1717-1719.
Rococo - Cupid a Captive, by Boucher, 1754.
Rococo - The Swing, by Fragonard, 1766.
Rococo - Nymph and Satyr, by Clodion, c. 1775.
The Enlightenment - Voltaire, by Houdon, 1781.
The Enlightenment - A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery, by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1763-1765.
The Enlightenment - Basin of San Marco from San Giorgio Maggiore, by Canaletto, 1740.
The Enlightenment - The Village Bride, by Greuze, 1761.
The Enlightenment - Grace at Table, by Chardin, 1740.
The Enlightenment - Self-Portrait, by Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Lebrun, 1790.
The Enlightenment - “Breakfast Scene” from Marriage a la Mode, by William Hogarth, 1745.
The Enlightenment - Portrait of Paul Revere, by John Singleton Copley, 1768-1770.
Module 12:
Cornelia Presenting her Children as Treasures, by Angelica Kauffmann, 1785.
Oath of the Horatii, by Jacques-Louis David 1784.
The Death of Marat, by Jacques-Louis David 1793.
The Coronation of Napoleon, by Jacques-Louis David 1805-1808.
The Pantheon “Sainte-Genevieve”, by Soufflot, Paris, 1755-1792.
Chiswick House, by Boyle and Kent, near London, begun 1725.
Monticello, by Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1770-1806.
United State’s Capitol, by Benjamin Latrobe, 1791-1852.
Module13:
Grande Odalisque, by Ingres, 1814.
The Nightmare, by Fuseli, 1781.
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, etching from Los Caprichos, by Goya.
The Third of May, 1808, by Goya, 1814.
Detail A - The Third of May, 1808, by Goya, 1814.
Saturn Devouring His Children, by Goya, 1819-1823.
Raft of the Medusa, by Gericualt, 1818-1819.
Detail A - Raft of the Medusa, by Gericualt, 1818-1819.
Detail B - Raft of the Medusa, by Gericualt, 1818-1819.
Death of Sardanapalus, by Delacroix, 1826.
The Haywain, by John Constable, 1821.
The Slave Ship, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840.
Module 14
Realism - Burial at Ornans, by Courbet, 1849.
Realism - The Gleaners, by Jean-Francois Millet, 1857.
Realism - The Third-Class Carriage, by Daumier, 1862.
Realism - Le Dejuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), by Manet, 1863.
Realism - Olympia, by Manet, 1863.
Realism - Detail - Olympia, by Manet, 1863.
Realism - Nymphs and Satyr, by Bouguereau, 1873
Impressionism - Impression Sunrise, by Monet,1872.
Impressionism - Le Moulin de la Galette, by Renoir, 1876.
Impressionism - Bar at the Folies-Bergere, by Manet 1881-1882.
Impressionism - Bar at the Folies-Bergere, by Manet 1881-1882.
Impressionism - The Bath, by Mary Cassatt, 1892.
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Introduction and Thesis
• Introduce the artwork titles, period styles and artists names
• Briefly state what you believe is significant about these artworks
• In other words: Tell your reader what works of art you will be discussing and why you think they are important
Stylistic analysis
• Correctly identify artwork titles, period styles and artists names
• Compare the artworks by discussing key stylistic characteristics associated with artists and period styles
• Apply art history vocabulary correctly and uses it to support your stylistic analysis
• In other words: What make these works stylistically significant?
Cultural analysis
• Compare the artworks by discussing key cultural issues associated with artists and periods
• Discuss how the cultural context of each period influenced the artistic development of the period style (Make connections between cultural context and style)
• In other words: What makes these works culturally significant?
Conclusion and Thematic Connection
• Analyze the ways art can affect and/or reflect cultural, political and social issues
• Draw conclusions about the artist / society which produced the artwork from the comparison
• In other words: What “Thematic Connection” can you make between the two works of art that helps you better understand them or the culture they represent?
Research
• Incorporate 3 our more sources (outside of lecture notes & textbook) to support your analysis
• Properly cite your sources using MLA format
• Include a list of “Works Cited”
Written Mechanics
• Use of grammar, spelling and punctuation correctly throughout your paper
• Proofread
• In other words: there should be no mechanical errors!
SOURCES: 3 in addition to the module text for a total of 4 sources
• Scholarly professional web site (for example, a museum, research institute or university)
• nonfiction book published within the last 50 years
• An art history textbook such as Garnders Art Through the Ages, Jansen's, or Schneider-Adams
• Professional art historical publication (magazine or journal, can be online) such as The Art Bulletin
• Credible professional websites such as those of museums, galleries, and universities, for example:
o The Getty Center
o The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In other words… Don’t use Wikipedia!!!
FORMAT: Your research paper must:
• Be a minimum of 3-5 pages, excluding illustrations, headings, and paragraph breaks.
• Be spell-checked, grammar-checked, proofread for errors not caught by your computer.
• Include a heading containing your full name, ID number, class title and section, date, and instructor's name.
• Be typed and double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font.
• Be submitted as a Microsoft Word-compatible document (.doc/.docx or .rtf).
• Cite references used according to MLA style and include a Works Cited page at the end of your essay. You are encouraged to use A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker (see also Research and Documentation Online, 5th edition) for help with MLA style, revision, punctuation, and sentence style, and A Short Guide to Writing About Art by Sylvan Barnett for specific help with comparing and contrasting artwork.
GRADING:
• Critical Thinking & Analysis 35%
• Cultural Significance 25%
• Stylistic Significance 25%
• Research & Citations 10%
• Writing Mechanics 05%
Total = 100%
Download the rubric here. This document contains more-specific criteria that your instructor will use to evaluate your term paper.
Purpose
• This paper will assess your ability to identify and analyze the similarities and differences of artworks from different periods, while analyzing their significant stylistic characteristics and placing them in their cultural context.
• This paper will also assess your ability to draw conclusions ( thesis or “Thematic Connection”) about the artist / society which produced the artwork from the comparison using relevant information (cited sources) to support your thesis.
Tools
• You will need Microsoft Word or another word processor capable of creating a .doc or .rtf file
• I can't open iWorks or Pages files
Due Date
• Your paper is due in Module 15 by the deadline posted by your instructor.
• Absolutely no late papers will be accepted
Submission Directions
• Submit your paper in this discussion topic
• Upload your Turnitin originality report with your essay
• Turnitin Reminder
• Remember to include your Turnitin originality report for essay