Sample: Scholarly Academic Source
Sample: Substantial News
Sample: Popular Source
Sample: Trade/Professional Source
Zemel, Carol. "Sorrowing Women, Rescuing
Men: Van Gogh's Images of Women and
Family." Art History, vol. 10, no. 3, Sept. 1987,
p. 351. Art & Architecture Source.
Cashdan, Marina. "Tim Burton: Hailing
Filmdom's Oddest Artist." ["Interview"].
Modern Painters, vol. 21, no. 8, Nov. 2009, pp.
48-57. Art & Architecture Source.
Wallace, Amy and Tim Burton. "Tim Burton /."
Los Angeles Magazine, vol. 56, no. 5, May
2011, pp. 38-40. OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W.
Wilson).
Stasukevich, lain. "Reclaiming Art." American
Cinematographer, vol. 96, no. 1, Jan. 2015, pp.
30-36. Art & Architecture Source.
[Author Credentials] Carol Zemel is an art
historian with a PhD from Columbia University.
She has authored many books and articles in art
journals. She was a Professor in the Department
of Visual Art & Art History at New York University.
[Audience/Type of Information] Art History is a
peer-reviewed journal. The audience for it is art
historians and probably undergraduate majors in
art history. The article is an in-depth discussion (24
pages) on the topic. It contains only black and
white illustrations. Otherwise, the text is mostly
text-based with lots of footnotes and a
bibliography.
[Bias / Point of View] The author has a feminist
focus, and she uses historical information to
demonstrate that VG's paintings of women
reflected society views on female sexuality and
prostitution. She argues that he viewed prostitutes
as fallen women who could be saved through a
proper domestic life. The author questions the
19th century male assumption of what all women
inherently wanted.
[Currency of the Source] This article was
published in 1987, which was after the feminist
theory had been well developed so that
perspective is included. There were a couple of
other articles about Van Gogh and women that I
can also use as a comparison.
[Coverage/Scope/Content] The author
thoroughly covers this content, although the
subject is quite narrow in scope.
[Relevance to Paper] This article discusses the
images of women and family in the paintings
Vincent van Gogh. I was interested in Van Gogh's
views about women and there was a substantial
number of examples and theories of Van Gogh's
view about women that I can use in my paper.
[Author Credentials] Marina Cashdan attended
Columbia University. She is writer and editor
whose work regularly appears in the New York
Times, Huffington Post, Style Magazine, Frieze,
Art in America, among other arts magazines. She
was formerly the executive editor at Modern
Painters. She is currently the editorial director of
Artsy
[Audience/Type of Information] Modern Painters
is very glossy arts magazine, filled with photos and
advertising. The audience for this is definitely
artists, but also the general educated public with
an interest in the arts. Tim Burton has mass
appeal, so this could also be classified at General
Interest/Substantial News.
[Purpose / Bias / Point of View] I think the point
of view is promotional. Essentially, the publication
promotes activities of the art world, especially New
York. This article promoted Tim Burton who was
having an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
She is basically arguing that Burton is an artist as
well as a filmmaker.
[Currency of the Source] This article was
published in 2009, but that is not too old to be
relevant.
[Coverage/Scope/Content] It's a fairly lengthy
article that covers Burton's painting practice
thoroughly.
[Relevance to Paper] This article is perfect for
my paper because she interviewed Burton and
includes quotes to show how he perceives himself.
There are also many images of his work, most of
which are not seen in the books I've found.
[Author Credentials] Amy Wallace is an award-
winning journalist whose work has appeared many
well-known popular magazines including GQ, The
New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Esquire, and Elle. She
spent four years as a Senior Writer at Los Angeles
Magazine and is now Editor-at-Large.
[Audience/Type of Information] Los Angeles
Magazine is a large-circulation popular magazine.
Tim Burton has mass appeal, so this could be
classified at General Interest/Substantial News.
[Purpose / Bias / Point of View] I think the point
of view is promotional. Essentially, the publication
promotes people or activities associated with Los
Angeles. In this case, Burton was having an
exhibition at LACMA.
[Currency of the Source] This article is very
recent.
[Coverage/Scope/Content] This is a short but
Burton does discusses various aspects of his
relationship to Los Angeles including his childhood
in Burbank, his time in CalArts' Disney animation
program, and the exhibition of his work at LACMA.
[Relevance to Paper] This article is very short,
but Burton does discuss his involvement with Los
Angeles, his education at CalArts and his
exhibition at LACMA. It gave me some basic facts,
but not much more.
[Author Credentials] Stasukevich is a staff writer
for American Cinematographer. I could find no
other information on him anywhere except in
IMDB, it says he is a camera person and he has
one TV credit.
[Audience/Type of Information] American
Cinematographer is a trade magazine published in
Hollywood. I can tell because it is filled with ads for
cameras and movies. The information in the
articles is fairly technical providing information on
camera settings, lighting, and lenses.
[Purpose / Bias / Point of View] The article
interviews Bruno Delbonnel, cinematographer for
Burton, asking him questions about his vision for
the movie Big Eyes. The purpose is to share
Delbonnel's approach to visual effects and
photography with other filmmakers.
[Currency of the Source] This article is very
recent.
[Coverage/Scope/Content] There are lots of
pictures and lots of questions. When asked about
the aesthetics of the film, Delbonnel comments on
his goal of achieving a hyperrealistic or surreal
effect and goes on to discuss his preferred
diffusion levels. Other topics covered include
lighting techniques, his collaboration with Burton,
and digital cinematography.
[Relevance to Paper] Because I am a digital
major, I found this information very relevant to me.
It gave me information about why and how Burton
and his cinematographer collaborate to make an
interesting movie. Collaboration is one of the
points I plan to discuss in my paper.
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