Writing Assignment #4: Context
Writing Assignment #4 will possibly turn out to be the most important part of your research paper. You should have all the necessary material already at your finger Cps, because you have already identified your sources (See Writing Assignment #
1). Using the sources you have gathered (you should have at least five by this point, and none of them should be Wikipedia:
a), write two pages which explains and explores the context of the work you have selected.
When Art Historians say “context”, what we mean is this: What were the circumstances of the creation of the work you are discussing?
That’s pretty broad, and will depend entirely on what work you are writing about You, as the scholar, should try to include what it most important about the context of the work.
It could be any/all/some of the following:
The artist’s life and training
Patronage of the work
Political Circumstances when the the work was made
Religious circumstances when the the work was made
Philosophical movements of the time
Other major forms of cultural expression from the same period
Contemporary scientific and geographic knowledge
Original setting of the work
Original use of the work
You should write at least 1000 words, maybe more.
