ArtH 3281 Women & Art
Fall
2016
Annotated Bibliography Project
Due: Thurs. Dec. 15, 10:30 a.m., at the latest; hardcopy to HFA 5 or
Humanities Office
[I’m happy to look at a draft anytime
before that date]
Worth:
15% of course grade (in combination with your presentation)
Topic:
the artist you will be doing a class presentation on
Required:
5 primary, or scholarly secondary sources dealing with your artist
should be read (or at least skimmed) and then a concise summary/evaluation
written in the form of an “annotation.”
One objective of this project is for you to have an increased awareness
of the different kinds of art-writing and their varying interpretations; to that end, your bibliography must have an
example from at least 3 different categories below (again, a total of 5 sources
should be annotated). If you are having difficulty finding a variety of
sources, please let me know in advance of the due date.
Source Categories:
1) An
artist's autobiography/memoirs/letter(s)/interview
A couple useful items on reserve are:
- Nemser, Cindy. Art talk: conversations with 15 women
artists (NY: Icon
Editions, 1995). N 8354.N45 1995
- Slatkin,
Wendy. The Voices of
Women Artists (Prentice Hall, 1993).
NX164.W65 S5 1993 [scope: 17th century through 20th century]
2) A
biography [or biographical essay]
3) A
monograph [scholarly book about an individual artist’s life and works]
4) An
exhibition catalogue (either for a solo show, or multi-artist).
5) An
exhibition review (these only exist for modern/contemporary artists).
6)
Journal article (scholarly strongly preferred).
7) A
scholarly essay (published, whether in a book or on the web)
8)
Website (1 max.)
9) Documentary
Video (1 max.)
Format of Annotated Bibliography:
List sources in order by author's last name.
Give the complete bibliographic entry, as indicated below. *Please use either
MLA or Chicago or Turabian style guides, and include
the following information:
1) For
books: author/editor; title; publisher & year; total # of
pages/illustrations.
2) For
articles: author; “title of article”; title of journal; vol. no., year, &
pages.
[For
other formats, see one of the above style guides for how to/what info to
include].
Below
this info, include an evaluative annotation, between 75-125 words in length (for
each annotation). The purpose of an annotation is to give another reader a
brief overview of the publication, and to help them decide whether or not to consult
the work; for this assignment, it is also to challenge your writing skills! The
annotation must be written in your own words (very brief quotations are o.k.,
but use only when crucial). Any plagiarism will result in an automatic “F.”
*You can turn in a draft of one or more of
your annotations in advance if you would like feedback.
Include the following in the
annotation:
a. Very
brief background on the author, if available (see example below)
b. Scope
and main purpose(s) of the source.
c. Any
bias that you note.
d. Presumed audience and level of
reading difficulty. Who does this seem to be directed to, e.g. children, scholars, general
audience?
e.
Quality of illustrations (if applicable).
f.
Summary comment, e.g. "A must read!"
BE CONCISE, but use complete
sentences. Avoid unnecessary
repetition/wordiness, and don’t use “I.”
SAMPLE CRITICAL ANNOTATION:
London,
Herbert. "Five Myths of the Television Age."
Television Quarterly 10(1) Spring 1982:81-89.
Herbert London, a Dean at
[adapted from
http://myrin.ursinus.edu/help/resrch_guides/annotate.htm [