This paper will require you to research and contextualize an object from an online museum website. The object cannot be one we have discussed in class or that is covered in your textbook. You will build upon your visual analysis skills and draw on course content and concepts to complete this assignment.
Select an object from a list provided. Here is the list (note, all these works are in the collection of the AGO):
https://ago.ca/
I am half sick of shadows,said The Lady of Shallot (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Lady of Shalott, Part II), 1915 by John William Water house
Figure (Oread), 1958 by Barbara Hepworth
Trans Am Apocalypse No. 3, 1998-2000 by John Scott
Composition (Drawing of My Grandmother's Glasses), 2007 by Annie Pootoogook
Beatrice, 1866 by Julia Margaret Cameron
Portrait of the Mona Lisa after a Drawing by Aimé Millet from a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1849-50 by Gustave Le Gray
[General View from Transept, Looking West], c. 1851 by Hugh Owen
Morphologie Psychologique, 1939 by Roberto Malta
Mother and Child Bowl, 19th century by Yoruba peoples
Butterfly, 1985 by Yayoi Kusama
Socle du Monde, 1992-93 by Mona Hatoum
MerBataille, 1915 by Gino Severini
The Tiff, c. 1902 by Florence Carlyle
If you were prefer to write on an object not on the list, you must get my approval beforehand from your TA. The chosen object must fit the chronological scope of this course (that is, you must select an object manufactured AFTER the year 1800 CE). Analyze and contextualize your object by discussing its historical and art-historical context, making reference to viewing the work online on a museum website. The finished paper will provide a rich, thoughtful discussion of your object.
Research the historical and art-historical context of your chosen work of art or design. Students must use a minimum of two academic sources (i.e. academic journal articles, books or exhibition catalogues). You may use your textbook, but it will not count as an academic source. Academic research databases such as JSTOR, found on the OCAD library webpage, are ideal for remote research. You may use scholarly material provided on the museum’s website. No other websites are allowed.
