Refer to the assigned reading from the textbook and required videos as examples of how to interpret works of art. Also, reflect on your reading assignments for Week 1.
Review the Questions Art Historians Use section in the Introduction of the textbook. Select two of the five questions. Explain what art historians are trying to gain by asking each question and how they might go about finding an answer.
Next, select a work of art of your choice from Gardners Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective, one of the assigned virtual reality video tours, or a website listed on the Art101 Museum and Images Websites
document located in your classroom. Apply the two questions you have selected to the work of art. Explain the process you used to find the answers to the questions and what you ultimately found those answers to be.
Cite your sources as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. guides on Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. For works of art, follow the basic modified APA style reference entry format in the APA Style Reference Entries for Artwork document.
