Writing Homework Help

For the Essay

Your essay will address the following:

• A stylistic description of your chosen movement and brief discussion of why you selected this movement
• A brief biography of any referenced designer(s)
• A description of each item included in your mood board, using relevant terminology/ vocabulary words and analysis of their stylistic characteristics. Why do these examples best represent the period and movement?
• An analysis of the greater socioeconomic and political circumstances that influenced the growth and development of the movement. How did these factors inform the style of the movement? This refers to Cultural Context, or you can think of this as what was going on when the art/architecture/design items were created? This is all the context that helps us understand why the art/architecture/design items appear the way they do.So this refers to what was going on: geographically / historically / culturally/ religiously / economically or social circumstancesYou don’t have to explain every aspect which I have here, but what best connects to your period style.For example:
• When and where was it made? (geographical location. Are you discussing art from an empire or a specific country? Or city?

What historical (social, political, religious) events were taking place at the time of it’s creation? How are the events reflected in this piece?

What was the nature of their religion and spiritual beliefs?

Where was the original piece located? How did it function in relation to society? Who was able to see or use it?

• What was the economy like? Is this reflected in the art or medium used?

Your essay will be:

• a minimum of four paragraphs
• written using the “introduction, body/argument, conclusion, and bibliography” format
• submitted to TurnItIn.com before posting in class; your essay must have an originality report of less than 15% similarity (this excludes bibliography/works cited and direct quotes, cited correctly)
• pasted directly into your post and uploaded as an attachment

For the Bibliography

Your research bibliography will be:

• formatted in the MLA citation style
• a minimum of 5 credible sources
• reflect sources used for both the design board and essay
• For the Design Board. Your design board will consist of the following:
  • 20 images that best represent your chosen movement; the images will be arranged with five images in a row and four images in a column
  • The images will consist of architectural and design elements, furniture items, decorative objects, textiles, etc., that represent your chosen movement
  • Your images may be from a multitude of sources (local/national paper, magazines, snapshots, found objects, photographs, etc.), but need to be scanned or photographed and embedded as digital images in your submitted file