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Research Paper #2/2 DUE WEEK #14


From our text: ART: A Brief History by Stokstad and Cothren
Students will complete a 1,000 word essay around the image above found in Chapter #7 on page 177

Details of this image ONLY to be used:
A selected page from the Chludov Psalter (sometimes spelled Khludov)
( NOTE: your paper needs only to speak of this page, not the WHOLE book)
Mid 9th CE
Tempera on vellum
7 3/4" x 6"
Currently in the Collection of State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia

What does this page visually describes:
The Christian Crucifixion and Iconoclasts

 Research on the Internet - besides all the information from our text, there is a great deal of information on this particular page on the web. 

Helpful Links > Iconoclastic Controversies: Kahn Academy essay 
The Rijks Museum Amsterdam


DUE: WK #14 TUE APR 28 @ 6 PM
DRAFTS to me no later than APR 18th @ 6 PM
An excellent paper meriting an A will exhibit the below researched attributes and will thorough describe them in an organized way, clearly and accurately:


  1. It is 1,000 word essay, minimum 
  2. The essay should fully describe the cultural context of this 9th century work (what is going on during this period of the Byzantine Empire of the Early Christian world? )
  3. What purpose was this book written? By whom? And, for whom?
  4. The essay should fully describe what this particular page is describing visually
  5. The essay should fully describe the materials used in this work, how the artists got them, how were they applied to the substrate?
  6. The essay should thoroughly describe the overall composition of the page. For example, the relationship between text and image, the illusion of space, the visual movement the work exhibits
  7. The essay should speak about SEQUENTIAL ART and how it is happening in this work
  8. The essay should thoroughly describe the symbolism evident in the work of art
  9. The essay should fully describe what the Byzantine Iconoclastic controversies are and why are the iconoclasts evident on this particular page?
  10. The essay should bring in excellent descriptive support of how the formal elements are operating in this particular work of art. INCLUDING: Line, Space, Color, Repetition
  11. As well as any other vital information discovered in student's research regarding the cultural context surrounding the work of art or the work of art itself. 
  12. The essay should be double spaced and embed the image of the work of art within the essay 
  13. The essay will include a work cited page (please don’t forget to include our class text!)

Standards of Grading
ESSAY # 2 / 2    
Essay contains performance accomplishment:
A Quality = Surpasses Standards. A stellar performance

B Quality = Meets standards appropriately, a good performance 

C Quality = Approaches and meets some standards adequately, an average performance

D Quality = May meet some standards, however, not near enough to meet them adequately

F Quality = Does not meet the standards


Grade assessment distribution
Goes towards content description of how the formal elements of the above work of art are operating in the work of art being discussed.

The author (YOU!) should be able to provide historical and cultural context and how / why the work was created. 

Grade distribution worth 20% 
1. Historical and cultural context the work was produced in.  See above criteria #1 through 9 above

Grade distribution worth 20% 
2. The artistic form
- How was it created?
- What materials were used?
- What was the process the arts used in creating it?

Grade distribution worth 20% 
3. What is the symbolic / concept significance of the form?
Explain thoroughly
How would the form be used?

Grade distribution worth 6 points each x 5 = 30%  
4. Thoroughly discuss the principles and elements of design including: 
i. OVERALL COMPOSITIONAL BALANCE 
ii. LINE 
iii. SPACE
iv. COLOR
v. REPETITION and PATTERN

10% of overall grade towards the essay's mechanics of writing. The essay's structure is well organized, transitions are smooth, grammar is excellent, and includes the addition of image with proper labeling. Essay is coherent and illustrates excellent technical control of the author.







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