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Museum Visit Assignment Writing Example Excerpts

Explore student essays from the Museum Response Paper assignment in the Art History Survey course. Gain insights on synthesizing artwork analysis with the museum environment in a short paper, including introductory paragraphs, thesis statements, formal analysis, comparisons to class ideas, and museum analysis. Discover how students describe gallery spaces and objects in their assignments, offering examples of conclusions to tie everything together. 8

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Museum Visit Assignment Writing Example Excerpts

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  1. Museum Visit Assignment Writing Example Excerpts The following excerpts are taken from student essays submitted as part of the Museum Response Paper assignment for the Art History Survey. None are perfect (there is no one “perfect” way to write an art history paper) but they give an understanding of how to synthesize analysis of an artwork and the museum environment into the context of a short paper.

  2. Introductory paragraph and thesis statement

  3. Introductory paragraph and thesis statement

  4. Introductory paragraph and thesis statement

  5. Thesis examples

  6. Thesis examples

  7. Great formal analysis example – observations articulated using claim or observation + evidence/deeper analysis

  8. Enriching the essay by comparing the museum object to ideas/works known from class discussion.

  9. Formal analysis example

  10. Formal analysis example

  11. Describing the gallery space/situation of the chosen object…..

  12. Museum analysis

  13. Conclusion

  14. Conclusion

  15. Conclusion

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