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Institution: Central Texas College

Course: Fine Arts Appreciation

Title: Writing Assignment

Instructions: Overview

This assignment requires you to identify, describe, and analyze some work of visual art significant

to your location or some place you have lived previously. The format of the assignment must be

typed and double-spaced, must correspond with the list of questions below, and be submitted

through the link below. The length is determined by thoroughly responding to each question. The

final word count is not likely to be fewer than 500 words.

Topic

Pick any interesting work of art in the region where you currently live, or some place you have

lived in the past. “Region” can be a state, the South, a country, an area where they speak a

common language or share a common culture, etc. In other words, it’s fairly broadly defined.

The work you choose should be available for the public to see. It can be a work in a museum or

gallery, a significant work of architecture, or a public monument. This excludes movies and video,

unless video is incorporated into a publicly viewed art installation.

The project must be in your own words. The first part is the only one that invites you to look up

information. Everything else should reflect your own thought process.

"Art" is understood as coming from human imagination and craft. In other words, do not choose

natural objects that have no application of human skill.

Questions

Your paper should clearly distinguish your answers. It is fine to simply number your

responses, and add nothing that does not belong in that section.

1. What work have you chosen and where is it? How old is it? Who is responsible for it? Provide

relevant details about the medium/materials. Say exactly what sources were used for this

information.

2. Provide a detailed description of the work. Assume your reader has not seen it, and you are

trying to recreate it in their minds as accurately as possible.

3. Explain why you were drawn to this work.

4. Provide an analysis of the work. This should include a thesis statement and illustration or

evidence to support that statement. This should be your longest answer.

An analysis can be many things. Sometimes it is looking for some meaning in the work (what is

someone trying to say?), but it might also be a process of looking at how parts make up a whole. It

might be a matter of looking at the larger context, how the work reflects the culture or historical

period it belongs to (or contradicts those). It can also be viewed within the context of an artist’s

other works.

If you find it easiest to compare the work to something appropriate, that is often a useful technique

for building an analysis.

Criteria

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These will be graded on the following:

1. Organization - the paper should be logically arranged according to the questions provided, with

each section well-structured.

2. Development - each section should have sufficient and relevant detail and thought.

3. Clarity - I look at all elements of writing, so the paper should show attention to details like

sentence structure, editing, formatting, punctuation, word choice, and tone.

4. Subject Matter - the subject of your paper is up to you within the boundaries described, but its

significance and depth will help produce a fully developed paper.

No credit will be given to plagiarized work. See plagiarism statement.

Assignment

San Jacinto Monument is a magnificent column located on the Houston ship channel in

Harris County Texas, United States, near the city Houston. The monument is eighty years old

constructed for a period of three years that is from 1936 to 1939. It is the world's tallest

monument with a height of 567.31 foot –high. San Jacinto monument occupies part of the

historic San Jacinto battleground. The statue commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the

victory of the Texan army over the Mexican army (Briaud, 2007). It is a shining symbol of

independence and plays a major role in preserving the history of the struggle to independence. I

have used scholarly Google books and articles as sources for this work.

On your way to Houston City, you will come across this monument. On top of the

monument is a huge star whose weight is 220 tons and 34 foot high. The star is made of

concrete, steel, and stone and is referred to as the Lone Star. Stone is the major building material

used in the construction of the column. The statue houses San Jacinto Museum of History located

in the base of the column and plays an important role in preserving the history of the battle of

San Jacinto and Texas culture heritage.

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Institution: Central Texas College Course: Fine Arts Appreciation Title: Writing Assignment Instructions: Overview This assignment requires you to identify, describe, and analyze some work of visual art significant to your location or some place you have lived previously. The format of the assignment must be typed and double-spaced, must correspond with the list of questions below, and be submitted through the link below. The length is determined by thoroughly responding to each question. The final word count is not likely to be fewer than 500 words. Topic Pick any interesting work of art in the region where you currently live, or some place you have lived in the past. “Region” can be a state, the South, a country, an area where they speak a common language or share a common culture, etc. In other words, it’s fairly broadly defined. The work you choose should be available for the public to see. It can be a work in a museum or gallery, a significant work of architecture, or a public monument. This excludes movies and video, unless video is incorporated into a publicly viewed art installation. The project must be in your own words. The first part is the only one that invites yo ...
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