art history paper 12

Word count: 950

Write a visual analysis on ONE of the objects listed below*

1. Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I,1514, engraving, 24 x 18.5 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
2. Jan Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait,1434, tempera and oil on oak panel, 82.2 x 60 cm (National Gallery, London)
3. Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1620-21, oil on canvas, 162.5 x 199 cm (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
4. Peter Paul Rubens, Arrival (or Disembarkation) of Marie de Medici at Marseilles, 1621-25, oil on canvas, 394 x 295 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
5. Rembrandt van Rijn, Bathsheba at Her Bath, 1654, oil on canvas, 56 x 56″ / 142 x 142 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
6. Johannes Vermeer, The Glass of Wine, c. 1661, oil on canvas, 67.7 x 79.6 cm (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
7. Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1767, oil on canvas (Wallace Collection, London)
8. Bernard II van Risenburgh, Writing table (Table à écrire), c. 1755, oak veneered with tulipwood, kingwood, amaranth, mahogany, ebony, mother-of-pearl, stained horn; gilt-bronze mounts and modern velvet, 78.1 x 96.5 x 57.5 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
9. Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Portrait of a Black Woman (formerly known as Portrait of a Negress), 1800, oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm (Musée du Louvre)
10. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La Grande Odalisque, 1814, oil on canvas, 91 x 162 cm (Louvre, Paris)

Format:

• Your Name
• Typed, 12pt. font, double-spaced, 1-in. margins
• An image and image citation: Artist’s Last name, First Name, title of the artwork, date, medium, size, name of museum or location, city, URL.
• 3 pages of text, which include:
  • Formal Analysis
  • Historical Analysis
  • Contextual Analysis
• MLA or Chicago Citations for more information see OWL Purdue
• Bibliography- minimum requirement is 2 sources

Example:

See “Visual Analysis Example.pdf” in Assignment on Moodle

Grading:

See Rubric on reverse side or “Grading Rubric” on Moodle or Shared Google Drive.

• Note: You should edit your paper carefully for correct spelling and grammar.