This document outlines the grading criteria and requirements for an Art History term paper. It is worth a total of 50 points and consists of several components: a museum packet (10 points), two PowerPoint presentations (10 points each), an artist paper or second PowerPoint (10 points), and a bound notebook (10 points) containing notes and assignments organized in sections on various historical art periods. Additional minor assignments include notes for PowerPoint 1 (2.5 points) and a modern art notes sheet (5 points). The bound notebook must be assembled using a Japanese stab binding and include notes, papers, and quizzes in the specified order covering prehistoric to modern art. For the paper or PowerPoint assignment, students must write a
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Art History
Term 4 Grading
10 points Museum Packet
10 points Powerpoint Presentation #1
10 points Artist Paper (due thurs. 22nd)
or Powerpoint Presentation #2 (due wed. 21st)
10 points Bound Notebook (check off thurs. 22nd)
2.5 points powerpoint #1 notes
5 points modern art notes sheet with notes on every artist
2.5 points decorated cover for Notebook
Bound Notebook
Your notebook must be bound with the Japanese Stab binding, which we will go
over in class, the final week.
You must include all of the following sections for full credit. Your notes, papers
and quizzes must be organized- with the proper packet, in the correct order. Let me know
if I can photocopy anything for you, to complete your notebook. This is the order I
would like your notebook to be in.
Prehistory packet
Mesopotamia Packet
Egypt Packet
Cycladic, Mycenaean, and Minoan packet
Ancient Greece Packet
Etruscan Packet
Roman Packet
Byzantine Packet
Gothic and Romanesque Packet
Renaissance and Mannerism Packet
Impressionism, Post Impressionism, and Modern art
Paper or Powerpoint
Paper – Write a one page paper, on any artist on the term 4 notes sheet. Use a
references page, with citations for all of your sources. You will need to use more than
our textbook for this paper.
Powerpoint – Organize a Powerpoint presentation with at least 11 slides. Make
sure that the first slide is a self portrait, if the artist has done any. Include some
biographical information, and hand in a notes page, so I can present this presentation next
year.