Write a research essay on Frederick Horsman Varley's painting 'Immigrants' using the question 3 prompt. I'll include the required imagery once the essay is finalized.
VISC 1002: Global Visual and Material Culture 1800 to the Present Dr. Betsy Moss – Winter 2020 Research Essay (20%) Due at the start of class on Wednesday, March 11, 11:50 am The objective of this assignment is to construct and complete a research paper on a specific work of art or design of your choosing that relates to the overarching theme of SOCIAL CHANGE. You are to select an object of art or design in response to one of the three questions below, each of which highlights a particular facet of how objects have related to narrative throughout history. You are to analyze your object by researching its art-historical context. The finished paper will provide a rich, well-researched, and thoughtful discussion of your object. Question 1 How does the artist challenge artistic traditions in order to express their concern with social change through art? Why were these artistic choices important at the time when the work was made? OR, how does the artist resist the social change by either expressing specific concepts through their art? Question 2 How does the artist’s choice of media support their message of social change? Why are these choices important? What is their message of social change? Question 3 Is the idea of social change in your selected object intended for a specific audience? For example, was it made for private viewing, public display, or mass communication? Why is this significant and how can we read this intention in the art/design object itself? METHOD 1) Choose an object in relation to one of the above questions. Choose an object in the Royal Ontario Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Textile Museum of Canada, the Bata Shoe Museum, or the Aga Khan Museum in relation to one of the above questions. Your chosen work of must fit the chronological scope of this course (that is, you must select an object from any art-historical period or cultural context from the year 1800 CE to the present). The object can be part of the museum’s permanent collection or part of a temporary exhibition, but the object MUST BE ON DISPLAY—you must study the work of art in person and not simply online. The object cannot be a reproduction or model. Keep your admission ticket to submit with your paper. * (see note at the end of the document about admission to these institutions.) 2) Research the historical and/or critical context of your chosen work of art. You must use a minimum of three academic sources (i.e. peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles, books, or exhibition catalogues). You may consult your textbook, but for the purpose of this essay, it will not count as one of your academic sources. Academic research databases subscribed to by OCAD University such as JSTOR, and others listed on the Dorothy H. Hoover library website, may be used freely to find scholarly articles, such as the Grove Dictionary of Art available through Oxford Art Online. No other websites are allowed. Wikipedia is not an appropriate academic source. If you find information that is helpful but located in a potentially untrustworthy source it is your task to track down a better source. Regardless, you must honestly report or cite any source from which you have borrowed information or ideas, including Wikipedia. Furthermore, you may only consult the museum website to verify the artist’s name, title, medium, dimensions, date and/or place of production of your object, and to find an image of the object to include with your paper. It will not count as one of your three academic sources. 3) Write an essay that responds to this question. You are asked to situate your chosen work within its art-historical context. Information about the object’s specific historical context (its immediate social/cultural/political/religious context, etc.) may also be helpful. However, please remember that your work of art or artifact is the focus of your essay. It is highly possible that you will not find scholarship addressing the exact piece you have selected—that’s fine. The piece you have chosen is likely representative of/related to a category of objects, or part of an artist’s body of work, on which you can find scholarship. FORMAT 1) Your essay must be 5 to 6 pages (about 1250–1500 words) in length. It should be double-spaced, with 1” margins, using a 12-pt font in Times New Roman on 8 ½ x 11” pages. Images DO NOT count toward your overall page count and should be included only at the end of your essay. It should be page numbered. Please include your TA’s name as well as your name and student number. Papers that do not adhere to the above format will not be accepted. *You must staple your admission ticket to your paper. 2) Include a clear and assertive thesis statement in the introductory paragraph of your essay. Your thesis statement should establish a clear position or argument and refer explicitly to your selected object while reflecting the question you selected. 3) You must appropriately reference your research sources. Include a bibliography or works cited AND appropriate citations of your secondary sources using either the Chicago Manual of Style (i.e. footnotes) or MLA (in-text parenthetical references). Plagiarism is the act of taking someone else’s ideas, opinions, writings etc. and representing them as your own. You plagiarize whenever you borrow another scholar’s ideas without paraphrasing or quoting directly from a source and without giving credit through proper citation or acknowledgment. For more information, please see: http://www.ocadu.ca/students/academic-integrity.htm and https://www.ocadu.ca/Assets/content/registrarial/1014-academic-misconduct-policy.pdf 4) Include a reproduction or rendering for your object, along with complete information (artist, title, date, medium etc.). Please ask for permission before taking a photograph of any object on display. Students are also free to print an image of the object from the museum website, to submit a postcard of it from the museum gift shop, or to photocopy it from a museum guide or catalogue. The image of your work of art or artifact must be placed on its own page, with a caption, after the body of your essay and before your bibliography (if using the Chicago Manual of Style) or works cited (if using MLA). The largest part of your mark will be calculated according to the content of your essay, but the organization of your discussion and the style of your writing will also be considered. Good luck! * ADMISSION TO THE INSTITUTIONS While it is YOUR responsibility to check the hours of operation and admission policies of the institution that you plan to visit, here are some useful tips: Aga Khan Museum Free general admission to the public Wednesdays after 4:00pm Closed Mondays Art Gallery of Ontario Free for OCAD U students with OCAD U Student ID card Free general admission to the public Wednesdays after 6:00pm Closed Mondays Bata Shoe Museum Thursday evenings from 5–8pm are Pay What You Can (suggested donation of $5) Gardiner Museum Free on Tuesdays with OCAD U Student ID card Royal Ontario Museum Free on Tuesdays with OCAD U Student ID card Textile Museum of Canada Free for OCAD U students with OCAD U Student ID card CHECKLIST · I selected an art/design object that is on display in a museum in Toronto · I studied my object in person and have attached an admission ticket or “selfie” photograph with my essay · My bibliography includes at least 3 peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles, academic/scholarly books, or exhibition catalogues · I did not include Wikipedia on my bibliography because it is not a trustworthy source · I developed a research paper about my object (not the artist or the artist’s culture/period) that presents an argument based on the theme of power and that answers one of the three questions provided · My paper is 5–6 pp long in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with 1” margins · I included my TA’s name as well as my name and student number · I included an image of my selected object with my essay; I also included information about the artist, title, date, medium, etc. · My essay includes a clear and direct introduction with a thesis statement · My essay ends with at least one paragraph that restates the paper’s main idea and significant findings or conclusions · I use a footnote or endnote with every direct quotation and paraphrase or summary of the books/articles in my research 1