UNIT 3 - Personal Study

"The personal study should take the form of a written and illustrated dissertation."

The focus of the study should be specific and personal - related to your practical work for Unit 3. It should examine in-depth the art work of particular artists/designers to whom your work relates.

DateDue
Title
·  This should tell the reader succinctly what the study is about.
·  A two-part title can work well.
eg: Bang and Blast! - Machine imagery in the work of 3 British modernist painters.
Tamed wild beasts! - The use of colour in selected English painters of the C20th century.
·  Titles that pose problems or questions can be good too
eg: The relationship between drawing and sculpture in the work of Henry Moore, Anthony Caro and Pablo Picasso?
Introduction
·  Explain the personal connection and your interest in the subject and artists you will be writing about. Include references and images to explain.
·  Explain your intentions - what you hope to learn from the study.
o  Mention where you are finding the information you need (ie where you have seen the art work). A mixture of primary (galleries etc) and secondary (Books, internet) sources is ideal / Start by writing 400-500 words of analysis of a single artwork by an artist that relates and has influenced your own practical work.
·  Put the artwork in context. -who influenced the artist? What art movement are they a part of (if at all)?
·  Explain your personal connection to the work. ie how it relates to your own studies.
·  Make a close FORMAL analysis of structure, composition, methods and materials with a focus
·  on VISUAL QUALITIES and artistic IDEAS behind its making.
·  Use diagrams and visual to make your points clearer if appropriate. Present with image of the artwork.
Research and analysis
·  Investigate a few examples (5 or 6?) of
o  particular pieces of art by an artist you have investigated for your practical work or
o  the specific work by 2 or 3 related artists.
·  Make a close analysis and evaluation of those pieces.
·  Relate your evaluation of the pieces to the focus of the personal study.
Use criteria that relate to your title/subject.
·  Consider the context of the work and find out how it connects to other art movements and/or major artists of the period.
·  Use diagrams and visuals to make your written points clearer.
Structure of essay
·  Divide the essay into sections in which you analyze each of the artists work in turn.
o  Develop an argument
o  Answer the question that is at the heart of your title.
·  At the end of each section explain what the analysis has helped you find out.
·  Link to the next section.
Conclusion
·  Summarise the conclusions you have come to from the research and analysis
·  Make a personal judgment which shows that it is your own viewpoint.
·  Relate your conclusions to your developing practical work
Bibliography: Keep a record as you go along of websites, galleries you visit and books you read.
Presentation: Make sure the presentation of the illustrated dissertation is immaculate. Word-process all the text. Lay the whole book out before sticking anything down. Consult your teacher before proceeding.
Notes:

UNIT 3 - Personal Study

"The personal study should take the form of a written and illustrated dissertation."

The focus of the study should be specific and personal - related to your practical work for Unit 4. It should examine in-depth the art work of particular artists/designers to whom your work relates.

As a homework start with this piece of writing:

Start by writing 400-500 words of analysis of a single artwork by an artist that relates and has influenced your own practical work.

·  Put the artwork in context. -who influenced the artist? What art movement are they a part of (if at all)?

·  Explain your personal connection to the work. ie how it relates to your own studies.

·  Make a close FORMAL analysis of structure, composition, methods and materials with a focus

·  on VISUAL QUALITIES and artistic IDEAS behind its making.

Use diagrams and visual to make your points clearer if appropriate. Present with image of the artwork.

Title

·  This should tell the reader succinctly what the study is about.

·  A two-part title can work well.

eg: Bang and Blast! - Machine imagery in the work of 3 British modernist painters. Tamed wild beasts! - The use of colour in selected English painters of the C20th century.

·  Titles that pose problems or questions can good too

eg: The relationship between drawing and sculpture in the work of Henry Moore, Anthony Caro and Paul Neagu?

Introduction

·  Explain the personal connection and your interest in the subject and artists you will be writing about Include references and images to explain.

·  Explain your intentions - what you hope to learn from the study.

·  Explain where you will find the information you need (ie where you will view the art work). A mixture of primary (galleries etc) and secondary (Books, internet) sources is ideal

Research and analysis

·  Investigate a few examples (5 or 6?) of

o  particular pieces of art by an artist you have investigated for your practical work or

o  the specific work by 2 or 3 related artists.

·  Make a close analysis and evaluation of those pieces.

·  Relate your evaluation of the pieces to the focus of the personal study. Use criteria that relate to your title/subject.

·  Consider the context of the work and find out how it connects to other art movements and/or major artists of the period.

·  Use diagrams and visuals to make your written points clearer.

Structure of essay

·  Divide the essay into sections in which you analyze each of the artists work in turn.

o  Develop an argument

o  Answer the question that is at the heart of your title.

·  At the end of each section explain what the analysis has helped you find out.

·  Link to the next section.

Conclusion

·  Summarise the conclusions you have come to from the research and analysis

·  Make a personal judgment which shows that it is your own viewpoint.

·  Relate your conclusions to your developing practical work

Bibliography:

Presentation: Make sure the presentation of the illustrated dissertation is immaculate. Word-process all the text. Lay the whole book out before sticking anything down. Consult your teacher before proceeding.