Directions:
Select an artwork from the chapter. Describe in vivid descriptive specifics of the appearance of the artwork. 650 word length, approx. 1 – 2 pages; Required File Type/Document: Microsoft Word

Before attempting this assignment, read the Moodle Book titled Module 1 Resources for Analyzing Artworks and read the textbook Introduction What is Art History pg. 1.

Step One: Select an Artwork From Chapter One or Two

Take a bit of time in selecting. Be certain it is something that you would like to think about. Seriously, picking something you haven’t thought about will make things bad. Don’t try to be lazy and pick something you think is easy, because it usually is harder than picking something you can actually say something about or have a connection to.Step 4 Organize your lists into a cogent narrative description of the artwork
Not much more to say here, work at putting your lists into a narrative description of the work. Define the terms and statements in your list to improve the description of your work.

Step 5 Use facts and research to support your ideas

This may not require research. If you do research, make sure your research fits Craap standards to determine whether you are using high quality academic scholarly references. Provide citation (link 1) in Chicago or Turabian (link 2) when applying research information to your statement. You need a works cited list at the end of your journal entry. Citations 20%

Citations follow Chicago or Turabian Format (10%)
Sources follow CRAAP standards (10%)
Current: information found is the most recent
Relevance:
Relevance of the information – does the information fit the context you intend to use it in?
Appropriate level of comprehension – is it too elementary/low level
Authority:
Is the author is qualified to write on the topic; who is the author?
Is it from an unknown or not properly authoritative writer?
Accuracy:
trustworthiness of sources – avoid wikis, personal websites, and ad based websites fishing for click to fuel their ad revenues.. (consider academic journals such as JSTOR)
The report must be reviewed or referred.
It must be verifiable from another source or common knowledge.
The content in the source should be free of spelling, grammar, or typographical errors
Purpose:
Is the information right for your research
Is the purpose of the item for informing, propaganda, religious, personal opinion, biased for an agenda, teaching, selling, entertaining, research or even self-gaining purposes.
if it is for education, to inform, to teach, a product of research, or scholarly findings its probably ok – as long as the other standards hold true.