Artist research presentation

I strongly suggest you begin your research sooner rather than later. At the end of the semester, students always seem to be surprised that all of their classes have finals due. Do yourself a favor and get as much out of the way beforehand as possible.

Illustrator Research Presentation
Overview: Research each of the listed artists. Collect five of their images in your sketchbook or on your blog, and write a paragraph on who they were, when they worked, and what sort of work they did. This must be written by you—do not simply print out information from the Internet. I will check.

(Names with strikethrough have already been selected, the others are still up for grabs)

Will H. Bradley
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Dean Cornwell
Edmund Dulac
James Montgomery Flagg
Ludwig Holwein
Tamara de Lempicka
Joseph Leyendecker
Maxfield Parrish
Howard Pyle
Arthur Rackham
Frederick Remington
Norman Rockwell
Egon Schiele
Jessie Wilcox-Smith
NC Wyeth

Image Research Due: 2/21.

Research Paper: Choose the artist who interests you most. Research this artist for your presentation. At least five sources must be cited in your bibliography. Use at least two non-internet sources. Write a 2000 word paper about the artist: who they were, who their influences were, what their art training was like, when they worked, what sort of work they did, and what sort of techniques they used.

The final paper must be emailed to me at mduckworth@mca.edu.

Presentation: Prepare a 10-minute slide or Powerpoint presentation based on your paper. It should include at least twenty images of your artist’s work, and at least five of an artist who influenced your artist. You may wish to also include images that set the time and place that your artist worked in.

Do not include fancy backgrounds or transitions. I’m looking for a simple, clean slideshow of the artists’ work. Choose a black or white background, and make the images fill up as much of the screen as possible. Keep onscreen text to a minimum.

Presentation and paper due: 4/20.