ART;Select an artwork. You may choose an artwork from your museum visit or you may choose an artwork featured in our text: Lee A. Jacobus, Martin David F

 Research Paper: Select an artwork. You may choose an artwork from your museum visit or you may choose an artwork featured in our text: Lee A. Jacobus, Martin David F. The Humanities Through the Arts. McGraw-Hill, 10th Ed.The purpose of this assignment is to create an opportunity to apply the concepts that you are learning in class. Your paper should explore the historical time period, culture and style of the artwork that you select. When writing your paper, you should use the vocabulary of art, describing your artwork based on the principles and elements of art (see page 3).Your paper should be typewritten, 3-5 pages and double-spaced. Images and the works cited page will not be counted in the total page count. Scholarly citations and proper MLA formatting is required. Papers should be written at a college level. Information should be presented without errors, grammatically correct and follow a logical format. Generally;1.Introduce your topic, why is it significant?2.Thesis – Mode of Analysis3. Discussion4.Summary5.ConclusionSelecting an artist and creating a thesis statement.Select an artist and artwork during your museum visit. Make sure that your selection has some history and information available.To create a thesis statement, first decide what kind of paper you want to write. The following our examples to consider. An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience.Ex. An analysis of the college admission process reveals one challenge facing counselors: accepting students with high test scores or students with strong extracurricular backgrounds.An expository (explanatory) paper explains something to the audience. 2Ex. The life of the typical college student is characterized by time spent studying, attending class, and socializing with peers.An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided.Ex. High school graduates should be required to take a year off to pursue community service projects before entering college in order to increase their maturity and global awareness.1Research paper basics:Once you have your thesis in place you should write an outline. Your paper must meet the following criteria:Written with the instructor as your target audienceMLA format should be usedYour paper should include at least three (3) scholarly sources. You may use your textbook as a source but it will not count as one of the three required sources.1Purdue’s Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab_ websitehttps://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/1 3FORMAL/VISUAL ANALYSIS OF WORKS OF ARTA work of art is the product of the dynamic interrelationships between the various art elements and principles as the artist utilizes them. As you engage with a work of art, ask yourself why the artist made such choices. By looking more closely at artworks and trying to identify the elements and principles of art that have been used to create them, we may further understand the artist’s intended vision and will notice how the artwork often reflects the time and place from which it came.Elements of ArtLine: Do you see any outlines that define objects, shapes, or forms? Are lines used to emphasize a direction (vertical, horizontal, diagonal)? Describe the important lines: are they straight or curved, short or long, thick or thin? How do you think the artist utilized line to focus attention on certain objects, forms, or people? Are any invisible lines implied? For example, is a hand pointing, is the path of a figure’s gaze creating a psychological line, or is linear perspective used? Do the lines themselves have an expressive quality, as in Van Gogh’s Starry Night?Light: If the work is a two-dimensional object, is a source of light depicted or implied? Is the light source natural or artificial? Do the shadows created by the light appear true to life, or has the artist distorted them? In what way does he or she depict such shadows—through line, or color? If the object shown is three-dimensional, how does it interact with the light in its setting? How do gradations of shadows and highlights create form or depth, emphasis or order in the composition?Color: Which colors are predominantly used in this depiction? If the object is black and white, or shades of gray, did the artist choose to do this because of the media he or she was working in, or do such shades create a certain mood or effect? Color can best be described by its hue, tone, and intensity (the hue is its basic shade, for example blue or red). Does the artist’s choice of color create a certain mood? Does he or she make use of complementary colors—red/green, violet/yellow, blue/orange—or analogous ones (those next to each other on the color wheel)? Does the artist utilize colors that are “warm” or “cool”? In which parts of the work? Is atmospheric perspective—in which cool colors recede, creating a blurred background, and warm, clear colors fill the foreground—used? Do you notice any visual effects, such as optical color mixing?Texture: What is the actual texture on the surface of the object? Is it rough or smooth? What is the implied texture? Are patterns created through the use of texture?Shape: What shapes do you see? If the work has a flat surface, are the shapes shown on it