ART188 A Visual Analysis.
Directions: For this assignment you will need to first read the chapter on analysis from Rosenwasser and Stephen’s Writing Analytically(citation below). The reading can be found under “Files” on our canvas course page. Then you will select a portraitfrom the text to describe and analyze in a 500-750 word paper. —————————————————— First, read the chapter on analysis to learn the various “analytical moves” one takes when analyzing a work of art. Rosenwasser, David and Jill Stephen. “Analysis: What It Is and What It Does,” Writing Analytically, 5thedition. Boston, MA: Thompson Wadsworth, 2009, pp. 3-16. Then, select a portrait from your textbook that dates to the period covered in this class (except Whistler’s Mother) and address the five points below. Identify your portrait selection (include artist, title, date, and medium) and explain why you selected it. 2. Provide a thorough definition of portraiture. 3. Describe the portrait thoroughly. In this section, simply describe what you see in the most objective way possible. Please describe the portrait thoroughly before making interpretative leaps. 4. Make interpretive leaps. Using the analysis of Whistler’s Mother as an example, make interpretive leaps from at least four points of data included in your description of the portrait. Please be sure to identify the method of analysis you are employing for each interpretive leap using at least 3 different methods of analysis. (Please explain clearly which method of analysis you use to interpret a specific bit of descriptive data and then what your specific interpretive leap is.) 5. Use the interpretive leaps you have identified to consider what the portrait conveyed to contemporary viewers, and how that might have differed from your own interpretation. Descriptive Data Method of Analysis Interpretive Leap(s) NOTE: This assignment focuses on visual analysis and interpretation; therefore you do not need to provide any historical information about your portrait. There is no need for citation, and the paper should be written using your own words.