Situate the artist in her or his historical context and argue how their art developed in response to the issue you chose (for example: gender roles, immigration, race relations, etc.).
Your paper must include
❏ An original title
❏ Introductory paragraph
• ❏ Lure the reader in with the opening sentence
• ❏ Give broad overview or context
• ❏ Lead in to your thesis statement
• ❏ Finish the introduction with your thesis
❏ Body
• ❏ 3 to 4 main points to support your thesis
• ❏ Uses examples from your research to support your thesis (biographical information on
the artist, other writers’ points of view, etc.)
• ❏ Includes your own analysis of at least 2 artworks
• ❏ Integrates quotations from books, articles, and web resources to elucidate points
• ❏ Appropriately cites sources in MLA format
❏ Illustrations
❏ Include a min. of 1 and a max. of 3 pictures of artwork that you reference with proper
citation (see citation help-sheet)
❏ Conclusion
❏ Summarizes your arguments
❏ Offers broad implications of your thesis
❏ Optional: touches on lingering questions or follow-up research to be done
❏ Works cited page
❏ Last page of your paper
❏ All sources cited in MLA format ❏ In alphabetical order
Format
❏ 12 pt. font, double spaced
Sample Solution