Laocoön and his sons & Pietá
Two visual works of art Between ancient Greece and Rome to the Renaissance.
The two chosen works: Laocoön and his sons &Pietá
This paper is not based on research!!! –Minimal outside research to identify your chosen works
**This paper is an analysis based on your perceptions of the works, along with the historical context.
Guidelines
-Discuss the two works
=history
=philosophy
=cultural influences
IMPORTANT==This is not a “regurgitation” of the information already available on the internet
Demonstrate your view and analyze the works regarding how the two works of art illustrate something significant about the different time period, cultures, styles, or people they represent.
Process
Select the two works of art that you will analyze. They should be from two different time periods or styles, but they should also have some common elements (such as subject matter, symbolism, or structure). If possible, provide multiple images of your chosen pieces (from websites and online sources), with different angles or views.
“Read” your works of art and describe them in your own words. Refer to Understanding Formal Analysis for information on describing the works.
Look closely and critically at your works of art, breaking them down into their “parts”—line, shape, color, and composition.
Consider what the works have in common and how they are different, both visually and in terms of their meaning.
Ask yourself the following kinds of questions: What does each work represent from its time period? What visual elements show that this work is from that time period? What does it symbolize?
Outline your ideas and draft your paper.
Introduction
Introduce your two works of art. Provide the general information (date, title artist, and medium) and include images or hyperlinks to these works directly under this information.
Present your thesis. What are you going to “show” in terms of how they are similar and different, in their visual, historical, and cultural contexts?
Visual description: Describe and “show” your reader the details you want to focus on. Include historical/cultural points illustrated by each work’s visual elements.
Compare and contrast: Discuss the similarities between your two works and the points of difference.
Conclusion: Restate what you have shown about these works in terms of their similarities and differences.
Analysis Paper Format Requirements
Your analysis should be approximately 3 pages (not including cover page or resources) double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, APA or MLA style citations, and it must contain images on the cover page or hyperlinks to those images. Failure to adhere to these requirements of submission will result in the paper not being graded.
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The Laocoön and his sons sculpture is an ancient marble sculpture situated in the Vatican Museum, Rome. This monumental sculpture has its foundation from three sculptors in the Rhodes Island namely Polydorus, Athenodoros and Agesander. At 1.84 m in height, this life size sculpture believed to have been carved between 42 and 20 B.C. portrays…………………………………
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