CapstoneEssentialQuestionsandKeyDataFinaldraft

Pleaseusetheboxesprovidedtoinsertyourresponses:

Name:

OliviaZ

Project#:

Yourprojectsessentialquestion:

Howdoesform,evidentthroughthestyleand/ortechniqueofaworkofart,affectthe
audiencesperceptionofthecontentofaworkoffineart?

Yourprojectsprimaryresearchquestion:

Doaudiencesresponsestoworksofartchangewhenthecontentisthesamebut
whentheworksvaryinstyle?

Yourprojectssecondaryresearchquestions:

Dodifferentpeoplegenerallyhavethesamereactiontoaparticularworkofart?
Inahistoricalartmovement,arethestylesofthecontributingartistsgenerallysimilar?
Howdoesanartmovementreflectthehistoricaltimeperiod?
Howisthestyleexhibitedinartmovementaffectedbythetimeperiod?
Doesaworkofartconveythesamemessagetodayasitdidwhenitwaspainted?Do
peoplereacttoitinthesamewayaspeopledidbackthen?

Aconcisedescriptionofyourproject:

Forthisproject,focusingonpainting,Iwillstudyarangeofhistoricalartmovements,
andidentifythecharacteristicsofthestyleexhibitedbytheartiststhroughouteach

movement.Iwilldoresearchonline,makemyownobservationsofartworksupclose,
andpossiblytalktoartexpertsatuniversitiesormuseums.

ThenIwillcreateacollectionofpaintingsofthesamecontentusingthegeneralforms
Ihaveidentifiedasrepresentativeofeachmovement.Thecontentimagewillincludea
humanfigure,anarchitecturalelement,andaformofnaturesothatIcanseehowthe
stylesaffecteachtypeofcontent.

Oncethecollectioniscomplete,Iwillshowtheimagesofmycollectiontomanypeople
andrecordtheirreactiontothework:theemotionsitevokes,themessagetheybelieve
itconveys,whattheythinkitsaysabouttheartistorthetimeperioditisbasedon.
ThenIwillcompareallthereactionstothedifferentstylesandalsocomparethemto
thehistoricalsignificanceoftheartmovementstofindanycorrelation.

Asafinalproduct,Iwillcreateaphotobookcontainingimagesoftheprocessof
creatingthecollection,quotesfrommyinterviews,myresearchabouttheart
movements,andmyanalysisofmyfindings.

Whydoesyourprojectmatter?Howdoesitmakeasignificantcontributiontoour
bodyofknowledge?(13sentences)

Humanshavebeencreatingartsincebeforewedevelopedagricultureitisclearly
importanttous,anaspectofourculturethatdefinesourinterests,aspirations,fears,
emotions,etc.Theresultsofmyprojectwillshowhowartisaffectedbytheeventsand
ideasofthetimeperiod,andinturnhowartaffectsusandhowitconveysemotionsor
messagesacrosstimeperiods.

Olivia,

Theessentialandprimaryresearchquestionsarelookinggood.Clearlythereneedto
bequiteafewmoresecondaryresearchquestions,manyofwhichwillbecome
apparentasyougetintotheprojectitself.

Thestrategyforwhatyouwanttodoalsolooksgoodandyourreasonfordoingthis
(whyyourprojectmatters)seemssound.Wewonderwhetheryoushouldalso
considerhowtechniques/stylesconjurethevaluesofaperiodvs.servepurelyas
formalstrategiesanddevices(andwhythatmattersatall).Justathought.

Onwardtothefirstdraftoftheresearchproposal.

Ms.FandMr.M