Jean Honoré Fragonard The Swing 1767 oil Panting Art history Paper
Word count: 950
Write a visual analysis on ONE of the objects listed below*
- Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I,1514, engraving, 24 x 18.5 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- Jan Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait,1434, tempera and oil on oak panel, 82.2 x 60 cm (National Gallery, London)
- Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1620-21, oil on canvas, 162.5 x 199 cm (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
- Peter Paul Rubens, Arrival (or Disembarkation) of Marie de Medici at Marseilles, 1621-25, oil on canvas, 394 x 295 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Bathsheba at Her Bath, 1654, oil on canvas, 56 x 56″ / 142 x 142 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
- Johannes Vermeer, The Glass of Wine, c. 1661, oil on canvas, 67.7 x 79.6 cm (Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1767, oil on canvas (Wallace Collection, London)
- Bernard II van Risenburgh, Writing table (Table à écrire), c. 1755, oak veneered with tulipwood, kingwood, amaranth, mahogany, ebony, mother-of-pearl, stained horn; gilt-bronze mounts and modern velvet, 78.1 x 96.5 x 57.5 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Portrait of a Black Woman (formerly known as Portrait of a Negress), 1800, oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm (Musée du Louvre)
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La Grande Odalisque, 1814, oil on canvas, 91 x 162 cm (Louvre, Paris)
Format:
- Your Name
- Typed, 12pt. font, double-spaced, 1-in. margins
- An image and image citation: Artist’s Last name, First Name, title of the artwork, date, medium, size, name of museum or location, city, URL.
- 3 pages of text, which include:
- Formal Analysis
- Historical Analysis
- Contextual Analysis
- MLA or Chicago Citations for more information see OWL Purdue
- Bibliography- minimum requirement is 2 sources
Example:
See “Visual Analysis Example.pdf” in Assignment on Moodle
Grading:
See Rubric on reverse side or “Grading Rubric” on Moodle or Shared Google Drive.
- Note: You should edit your paper carefully for correct spelling and grammar.