SYMBOLS and ART CRITICISM COAT OF ARMS The
SYMBOLS and ART CRITICISM COAT OF ARMS
The COA Individual Paper �maximum of 4 pages �use at least 3 scholarly references �If you use any of the same references from the fall term’s paper, these references do NOT count as part of the 3 NEW scholarly references required this term �You MUST submit your fall paper (with the graded rubric) along with your new COA paper (1 mark) 12/28/2021 L. Dybenko 2
Use a Formal Essay Format �Introductory paragraph �Body: Supporting points/examples/sources �Conclusion
How to generate a theme? (Leigh) �Try answering some of these questions: ü What has surprised you most about nursing since entering the program 4 months ago? ü What do you think are the important values, virtues, ethics in nursing? ü What are the important abilities in nursing? ü When your friends or family ask you about nursing, what is one word or sentence that conveys what you know about nursing at this point in your careers 12/28/2021 L. Dybenko 4
Body of the paper �The reasons/rationales provided in your introductory paragraph are addressed and expanded in the body of your paper �Use scholarly references to support your idea/rationale/argument 12/28/2021 L. Dybenko 5
COAT OF ARMS �important abilities, values, virtues, ethics in nursing are presented through a visual medium �combine all the images/symbols from the members and create a coat of arms �For example, place the most important in the middle and the others around it
SYMBOLS: THE INTERNET �There are many websites that can help with symbolic images and their meaning(s), like http: //www. umich. edu/~umfandsf/symbolism project/symbolism. html/ � Even a religious site has a nice collection of occult symbols, like http: //www. crossroad. to/Books/symbols 1. html �Just google “Dictionary of symbols”.
BOOKS �Cirlot, J. E. (2002) A Dictionary of Symbols. 2 nd Edition. New York: Dover Publications �For a great list of books, go to http: //www. gettextbooks. com/search/? isbn= A%20 Dictionary%20 of%20 Symbols
ANALYSIS OF COA �Be critical of your own work �Look at it as if you are an art critic
Art Criticism: Feldman’s Four Steps 1. Description 2. Analysis 3. Interpretation 4. Judgment
1. Describe the Visual Facts (Redacted) 1. List the literal objects and their organization in the work B. 2. Note what first comes to mind when you look at the work and explain why C. 3. Comment on the overall effect of the work A.
Analyze the Work (Redacted) 1. What symbols were used in the work? B. 2. How are symbols organized within the work? C. 3. What overall effect do the symbols create? A.
Interpret (Redacted) � 1. What is the artist saying in the work? � 2. How is it relevant to you and your profession? � 3. Are there things in the work that represent other things/symbols? � 4. Why was the work presented in the way it is structured/organized?
Judge (Redacted) � 1. Why is this work important? � 2. Is the work beneficial to others? Does the work communicate an idea/feeling that would be of value to others? � 3. What effect would the work have for others? � 4. Be aware that your own tastes and prejudices may enter into your criticism
SOURCES � Feldman, Edmund Burke (1973). Varieties of Visual Experience. New York: Prentice-Hall � http: //instructional 1. calstatela. edu/laa/aesthetics_2 B. html � http: //www. jmam. org/Wier%20 Education/New%20 p df%20 files/Four. Stepsin. Art. Criticismwebready. pdf � Munsterberg, Marjorie (2008 -9). Writing About Art. Formal Analysis. Retrieved from http: //www. writingaboutart. org/pages/formalanalysis. html
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