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Art History Research

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Art History Research

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  1. Art History Research

  2. All Research involves CreativityAll Creativity involves Research

  3. “To know what you want to draw, you have to begin drawing”

  4. Options for research • Iconography • Artistic style and stylistic period • Provenance • Patronage study • Formal analysis • Comparative analysis

  5. Interpretations are tricky: • The meaning it had for the artist • The meaning it had for later audiences • The meaning it has for you/the audience today

  6. Good Questions to Ask Yourself • Questions of clarificationWhat do you mean by that?Can you give me an example? • Questions that probe assumptionsWhat is being assumed?Why would somebody say that? • Questions that probe reason and evidenceWhat are your reasons for saying that?What criteria do you base that argument on? • Questions that probe implications and consequencesWhat might be the consequences of behaving like that?Do you think you might be jumping to conclusions? • Questions about viewpoints or perspectivesWhat would be another way of saying that? How do Maria's ideas differ from Peter's? • Questions about the questionHow is that question going to help us? Can you think of any other questions that might be useful?

  7. General Suggestions • Pay attention to all due dates. • Your instructor may have a list of “approved works” for you to write about. • You should allow time to view the works you plan to write about and take notes. • Always italicize or underline titles of works of art. If the title is long, you must use the full title the first time you mention it, but may shorten the title for subsequent listings. • Use the present tense in describing works of art. • Be specific: don’t refer to a “picture” or “artwork” if “drawing” or “painting” or “photograph” is more exact. • Remember that any information you use from another source, whether it be your textbook, a wall panel, a museum catalogue, a dictionary of art, the internet, must be documented with a footnote. Failure to do so is considered plagiarism, and violates the behavioral standards of the university. • For proper citation format, refer to Barnet’s A Short Guide to Writing About Art, which is based on the Chicago Manual of Style. • Allow time to proofread your paper. Read it out loud and see if it makes sense. • Ask your instructor for help if needed.

  8. A Few Good Starting Places • Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA and RILA) • ARTstor • Grove Art Online • Oxford Art Online

  9. Info Session and Overview: Tuesday, January 23, 12:30, Library Theater

  10. The Cupola

  11. Need more help? • Office of Student Research and Creative Activity • Library 230 • Dr. David A. Salomon, david.salomon@cnu.edu • CAH ORCA Ambassador: Matthew Johnson, matthew.johnson.20@cnu.edu

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