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Choose one work that particularly engages you. Take time to look at the work in detail; include a picture of the work. Ask yourself: "How does the piece ‘work’? What is the artist doing? Why do I have a particular response (such as joy, fear, curiosity)?" Your response is, to a great extent, the result of the choices the artist has made in the process of creation. You will find useful ideas for thinking and writing about works of art in the text which was required for this course in chapter 1. The following is a specific outline for this paper. Part of your grade will be determined by how well you follow this outline. Other important aspects are thoroughness, clarity, and a demonstrated sensitivity to the work of art as shown in the rubric at the end. Parts 3 and 6 are 80% of the grade for this paper. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS ON THE FOLLOWING WORKS OF ART – THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED MONA LISA BY DA VINCI LAST SUPPER BY DA VINCI ANYTHING IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL (INCLUDING THE CREATION OF ADAM) BY MICHELANGELO THE SCREAM BY EDVARD MUNCH STARRY NIGHT BY VAN GOGH STATUE OF LIBERTY EIFFEL TOWER THE SCREAM - MUNCH DAVID BY MICHELANGELO PIETA - MICHELANGELO LAD MENINAS - DIEGO VELAZQUEZ THE KISS - GUSTAVE KLIMT Write the paper numerically (#1,2,3,4,6,7) 1. State the title, artist, date, dimensions, and medium (what it is made of) of the work. 2. State the name of the exhibition in which the work was displayed.
