{"id":27159,"date":"2023-08-08T08:14:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/instead-you-will-write-a-six-paragraph-individual-essay-on-a-non-western-object-you-must-include-at-least-4-footnotes-you-should-cite-anything-that-you-did-not-know-before-reading-about-it\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T08:14:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:14:53","slug":"instead-you-will-write-a-six-paragraph-individual-essay-on-a-non-western-object-you-must-include-at-least-4-footnotes-you-should-cite-anything-that-you-did-not-know-before-reading-about-it","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/instead-you-will-write-a-six-paragraph-individual-essay-on-a-non-western-object-you-must-include-at-least-4-footnotes-you-should-cite-anything-that-you-did-not-know-before-reading-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Instead you will write a six-paragraph, individual essay on a non-western object. You must include at least 4 footnotes (you should cite anything that you did not know before reading about it.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

P 1 \u2013 introduction <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

a) introduce the culture you have chosen and the object that represents it.<\/span><\/p>\n

b) Limit the culture to a single theme (rulership, spirituality [which may include ritual, funerary rights, gods, etc.]). The object you select should exemplify this theme.<\/span><\/p>\n

c) Include a thesis sentence (Example: This essay will examine the Tatanua\u2019s (New Ireland, Papua New Guinea) use of masks in the practice of ancestor veneration. I will explain the culture, describe the mask, and explore the meaning and use of the mask.)<\/span><\/p>\n

d) Tie your image to the text by adding (Figure 1) at the end of the sentence and before the period when you first mention the object.<\/span><\/p>\n

e) At the end of the essay, include a large image with a full caption underneath it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Example:<\/span><\/p>\n

(image of Tatanua mask)<\/span><\/p>\n

Figure 1<\/span><\/p>\n

Anonymous, <\/span>Helmet Mask (Tatanua)<\/i>, before 1900. Mixed Media, 17 x 8 1\/8 in. North Carolina Museum of Art.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Artist name (anonymous if unknown), <\/span>title of work<\/i>, date. Medium, size. Museum name.)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Paragraph 2 \u2013 Overview of culture (footnotes in this paragraph)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

                        a) social\/political organization<\/span><\/p>\n

                        b) spiritual beliefs<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Paragraph 3 \u2013 Description of your object (no footnotes \u2013 tell me what you see)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

                        a) start with what it is (bronze, stone, or wood sculpture, print, hanging scroll, etc)<\/span><\/p>\n

                        b) how it looks overall (seated male figure, standing figure, etc)<\/span><\/p>\n

c) specific aspects (clothing, body decoration [jewelry, clothing, scarification, colors used (if color is present)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Paragraphs 4 and 5 \u2013 How your object functions within the culture, what it meant, what the people believed they gained by making or using the object, how people treated the object <\/span><\/strong>(displayed in a shrine\/temple\/community house, etc. (footnotes needed<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n

You may use a second object from a similar culture as a comparison or contrast. If you do, you may include its image as Figure 2<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Consider<\/span><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>Cultural Context<\/strong>: How does the artwork fit into the culture\u2019s history?<\/span><\/p>\n

a. From what culture does it come? What year or era?<\/span><\/p>\n

b. To what movement(s), religion(s), political cause(s) or other ideas does it relate?<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Does it reflect the values, events, and technologies of its time? How?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>Theme<\/strong>: What does the artwork mean?<\/span><\/p>\n

a. Do we have any information from the artist or culture that explains it?<\/span><\/p>\n

b. How does it represent the interests of its culture?<\/span><\/p>\n

c) Does it include specific iconography that imparts meaning?<\/span><\/p>\n

            1) Can you find other works of art that support the interpretation of the iconography?<\/span><\/p>\n

            2) Do certain colors have cultural meaning?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>Form:<\/strong> <\/span>Does the material used for the object have meaning?<\/span><\/p>\n

a. What processes are involved?<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Did this material present difficulties (transportation of heavy stone \/ curing or firing clay \/ etc.)?<\/span><\/p>\n

            1) Do any difficulties in production tell us something about the culture?<\/span><\/p>\n

c. Did the choice of material reflect the power\/influence\/importance of the patron\/the deity\/object depicted?<\/span><\/p>\n

Paragraph 6 \u2013 Conclusion<\/strong> <\/span>Summarize what you wrote.<\/span>
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