Critical Thinking Paper Art Appreciation
The critical thinking paper will be an analysis of a work of art of your choice at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Considering Covid-19, you have the option of going in person to the museum or looking on their website for an artwork. The entire collection of the museum is online. There is no comparison of looking at an artwork in person, but it might not be realistic for your situation
Blackboard. You must include an image of the artwork with your paper. You should place it into the body of your paper and submit as a pdf file or a word document. You must cite any references you use although references are not required. This is not a research paper, but a paper demonstrating your observation and critical thinking process.
Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd
Cleveland, OH 44106
http://www.clevelandart.org/
The paper topic is the artwork & image. You don’t need a thesis topic. For the artwork include artist, title, medium, date if available. This will be submitted in the journal week 5.Due: Week 7, Sunday, July 25 Paper Due The final paper should be submitted in the journal week 7 as an attachment. You can submit the paper as a pdf file or word document. Place the image of the artwork in the body
of the paper. Paper Format: 400-500 words. If citing a source, you can use any method, but make sure it is consistent. No plagiarism.
Questions to consider when analyzing an artwork: What is the role of the artists?
Is the work representational or nonrepresentational? What formal elements are used – line, space, color & light, texture, pattern, design elements.
Is the work expressive (emotional) or analytical? What color scheme is used? How does this affect the meaning? What medium is used?
The above list is for ideas. Each work will be different and what is written about may vary. Everyone should start by looking at the artwork and describing what you see (the subject matter), then what that means (content). Remember artwork can be open ended. If you think this is the case with your artwork, you need to make this clear.
You can give more than one interpretation if you feel it is necessary.
If you go to the museum, you can write about your experience at the museum.
How it is different seeing an artwork in person.
Make sure to have a clear introduction, body, & conclusion for your paper. This means you should have at least 3 paragraphs, not one giant paragraph
