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Essay Instructions: Example essay: Critical Response on Paul Cezanne's Mont Sainte Victoire. MLA Format-example format on http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/mla.html
1 1/2 page critical response. 1 Work Cited Page.

Resource: Martin, David F., and Lee A. Jacobus. The Humanities Through the Arts. 7th ed. New York: Lisa Moore, 2008. 26-27

First paragraph: Intro: artist, painting, title, and the date. This paper will explore the landscape painting from my participation in viewing "Mont St. Victiroie."
Describe the foreground of the painting: Could also add that it looks to be an impressionist painting focusing on linear lines, geometric triangular shapes, light, shadows, and single strokes to create an image. (Further research in defining an impressionist paintings can be found on page 88.)

Example first paragraph: "Paul Ceyanne's oil painting; "Mont St. Victoire" was designed in 1886-1887.
"This paper will explore his landscape painting from my participation in viewing "Mont St. Victoire."
The reader is introduced to the foreground critical response: "First, I will discuss the foreground of the painting."
Example: Linear lines framing the canvas are captured as trees with dark and light shades of green forshadow in an enlightening gold. The linear lines of the tree on the left side of the canvas entice the eyes to follow upward to the hazy white-blue sky. From the sky, single, dark black lines capture with light and dark shades of green seemingly "branch off" to the center of the oil painting, guiding the eyes downward. As the lines narrow to the focal point of the painting, simular to the right side of the canvas, single strikingly dark green arc-like strokes sway the viewer to frame the painting in mind.
Explain in the first paragraph geometric shapes-defining what a triangle and linear line is and how they apply to leading the eye up the trees and to the focal point of the drawing being the mountain.
Note: The foreground has a golden triangle at the base of the tree. The apex of the triangle leads the eye to the dark green triangular bush in the foreground leading the eyes upward to the right tree branching out and over to the center of the painting where the mountain in the background is.
The paragraph should only be one paragraph explaining the foreground. The paragraph is to be functional for the reader to be able to participate in the visual experience of the art work starting at the ground with the geometric shapes, trees leading up to the sky, and branches leading down to the focal point of the drawing being the mountain.

The second paragraph should state something like this so the reader is introduced to the next area of focus on the painting. "Now I will discuss the middleground." The middle ground consists of a triangular shape also of the road way leading back to the focal point and the Roman Aquaduct that looks like a bridge that forms the triangular shape to lead the eye back to the mountain. Also something of interest to discuss would be the light, shadows, and color and how they are significant to adding form (thoughts and feelings) and content (meaning of the art)

The third paragraph should state something like this. "I will now discuss the background." In the background is the focal point of the drawing being the mountain.

The fourth paragraph: Sum up an analysis. Artist name and title in the conclusion. Critique: Good or bad piece of work.

Note: The picture to the right side of the page has no color, trees, and the community does not look "nesseled" or protected by the mountain. The colors look to give the painting life and focus to the meaning of the work of art.
Notice how the linear trees guide the eye upward and the branches lead the eye downward to the mountain. The geometric golden shade at the base of the left tree leads the eye to the bush by the right tree. The point of the triangles leads the eye again back up the tree. The branches then guide the eye to the mountain in the background. Note that we participate in making the arc like green strokes as leaves. Impresssionalism had much to do with vibrant colors, light, and single strokes. The black lines of the branches are all single strokes also. We piece the lines together to form the branch, the tree, etc....

Basic information about the painting:
Artist: Paul Cayanne
Style: Realism (real place)
Title: Mont. St. Victoire
Medium: Oil
Iconography: Landscape
Date: 1886 - 1887
Colors: Important - guide us
Lines: Linear
Chiarascuro: Light / Shadows

Foreground: Trees-movement.
Green, gold, springtime, cheerful
Gold triangle under left tree guiding us to the green triangular bush on right side by the right tree guiding us to the mountains. The point of the triangle leads the eye.

Middle ground: Roman aquaduct and road (triangular) lead eye to mountain.

Background: Mountain










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Essay Instructions: i need a compare and contrast paper of paul cezanne's "jalais hill, Pontoise 1867 and Camille Pissarro's "Jailais Hill, Pontoise 1879-81. including at least 2 quotations and discusses the similarities and differences in the two works.

Essay Instructions: Reasearch the artist, the time period to which they belong, the movement i.e. Romantic, Cubist, etc. and the subject matter of the work. Relate how the work reflects the artist vision of his contemporary period and perhaps how it reflects our own.

The artist and the work of art for this report should be:
Paul Cezanne (Artist)
Still Life with Apples, ca 1893-94
Oil on Canvas
The J. Paul Getty Museum

Essay Instructions: THE FOLLOWING WORKS ARE IN THE 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN PAINTINGS GALLERIES ON THE 2ND FLOOR AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK. VINCENT VAN GOGH, LA BERCEUSE(WOMAN ROCKING A CRADLE)1996.435 AND PAUL CEZANNE, MADAME CEZANNE IN A RED DRESS 62.45. THE FOLLOWING WORKS MUST BE A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. PLEASE CHECK THE ACQUISITION # TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE CORRECT WORK. DESCRIBE AND ANALYZE BOTH WORKS, COMPARING THEM THOROUGHLY. TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT EFFECT, MESSAGE, AND/OR EMOTION EACH ARTIST WISHED TO CONVEY. WHAT HELP IN ACHIEVING THIS PURPOSE DID HE RECEIVE FROM SUCH FACTORS AS SIZE OF THE WORK, NATURE OF THE MATERIAL USED, AND HIS PAINTING TECHNIQUE? BE SURE TO CONSIDER THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK''S EFFECT MADE BY SUCH FACTORS AS COMPOSITIONAL ORGANIZATION, COLOR, LIGHT AND DARK, EFFECT OR SPACE OR DISTANCE, SHAPE, LINE, TEXTURE, ETC... THE PAPER IS TO BE TYPEWRITTEN, DOUBLE SPACED, WITH MARGINS OF APPROXIMATELY AN INCH. 6 PAGES SHOULD EQUAL ABOUT 1600 WORDS. THIS PAPER SHOULD BE BASED ON YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS, NOT ON RESEARCH. IF YOU WISH TO INCLUDE ANY RESEARCH MATERIAL OR INFORMATION FROM THE MUSEUM''S LABEL OR AUDIO GUIDE(ENTIRELY OPTIONAL), BE SURE TO NAME THEM IN FOOTNOTES. FOR PUBLICATIONS THIS INCLUDES THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR, NAME OF THE PUBLICATION, PLACE AND DATE OF PUBLICATION AND PAGE(S) USED. PLEASE INCLUDE A TITLE PAGE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCE, WORK CITED. IF YOU WISH YOU CAN START OFF THE PAPER WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ARTISTS AND THE TIME PERIOD WHICH THE PIECE WAS DONE AND THE STATE OF MIND THE ARTIST WAS IN, THEN INTRODUCE THE WORK. AFTER TALKING ABOUT BOTH ARTISTS AND PIECES OF ART WORK THEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST THEM. IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY PLEASE SITE THE METROPOLITIAN MUSEUM OF ART, FIFTH AVENUE AND 82ND STREET, N.Y.C. WEBSITE: WWW.METMUSEUM.ORG AND REFERENCE WHERE YOU GOT INFO. OF THE ARTISTS "THE COPYING OR IMITATING OF OTHERS'' WORK IS PLAGIARISM." FOR FURTHER INFO. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABROOKELYN@AOL.COM THANK YOU