Art on Campus Paper Jing Xu Fall 2006

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Art on Campus PaperJing XuFall 2006
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• Your paper will share the description of the art
  with others in your group
• The rest of the paper (orienting, significance of
  location, focus, and conclusion) is yours

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Introduction (Orienting/Forecasting) Paragraph

• Introduce the art, artist, and maybe the location
  of the piece
• State one or two basic descriptive facts about it
• State what YOUR focus in the analysis will be

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An introduction orients the reader to what is
coming it makes implicit promises.

• DO identify the object (what it is, who created
  it, where it is, what its title is)
• DO state your focus (thesis)
• DONT make announcements In this essay I will
  describe the Kurt Anderson mural in the library
  and tell you what I find meaningful about it.

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Ideas for your individual papers focus

• something about the piece that attracted your
  attention immediately, or
• something about it that grew on you, or
• something about it that you didnt notice at
  first or that came to mean something different to
  you the more you looked at it, or
• something that you find puzzling but interesting
• Note These may all be connected to the pieces
  location on campus, though not necessarily.

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Stick to Description and your Focus

• We all react to art differently, so your focus is
  not I like it or I dont like it.
• Instead, stick with description of the piece, its
  placement (how it fits in where it is), and your
  focus.

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Paragraphs 2-3

• Full description of the piece, including
• what it is (sculpture? mural? textile?), what it
  is made of, what its main colors are, and
  anything else that is important about how it
  looks
• You will be combining your own description with
  possible material from the University Museums
  website
• You will collaborate to write this do not have
  one person write it for all of you. I realize
  there will be some similarities in your
  descriptions.

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Images and Labeling

• Try to include a picture of the object. Follow
  instructions from class about placing, labeling,
  and referring to the image.
• Madonna of the Prairie Christian Petersen
• http//www.museums.iastate.edu/Tests/AOCFactSheetT
  EST.htm

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Paragraphs 3-4(may be part of your focus
material)

• Discuss why the piece is located where it is how
  is its location significant?
• You may need to understand some ISU history
  and/or know about the building where the art is
  installed.

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Paragraph 4-5 Your Focus

• Develop one of the focus ideas from the
  assignment sheet
• something that caught your eye in the piece right
  away
• something surprising or odd about the piece
• something that came to have a different meaning
  to you the more you thought about it

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Conclusion

• Not a simple repeating of first paragraph
• No new material
• A meaningful wrap-up of your discussion of the
  art and your focus on that art