Compare and Contrast Research Paper Proposal Why are you drawn to write about these works of art? What will your essay say about their significance? Both sculptures symbolize important figures of there time, both sharing a somewhat similar connection to gods as well and being accompanied by elements of there story/life sculped along side them, I would like to briefly go over the importance and significance of the two sculptures during there time Title: Christ in Majesty Artist: Bernardus Gelduinus Period Style: Relief Sculpture Title: Augustus of Prima Porta Artist: Period Style: Bronze Statue (marble copy) Stylistic Characteristics: Stylistic Characteristics: Large stone relief Contrapposto stance (middle of speech) Unnatural (unrealistic proportions) Great detail Great amount of detail (has multiple figures and other geometric detail) Flowing cloth and body armor Featured cupid (divine connection) Cultural Context: Cultural Context: Religious sculpture decorating church/spiritual space Augustus title (kind of spiritual leader) Didn’t have to stick to particular style as long as general public understood the message Pose suggesting that Jesus is a remote and impersonal figure to educate society that a higher authority was watching them Body armor that tells story (features sky god on chest implying he acted with a divine nature) Deified after death (establishing cult for people to pay tribute) Compare and Contrast Research Paper Proposal Thematic Connection: What significant connection(s) between the two works of art can you make? Both stem from deep spiritual connections and both have/had strong influence over people of the time Both feature a stance that had a deeper significance and meaning for those who followed/worshiped them Both feature other secondary elements that tell their story and further imply there impact on the culture Even though they are from different period-styles, how do they illustrate a particular artistic or cultural theme? They are from different times but are influenced by one another because of there connection the Greek art/sculptures Both figures served a major spiritual and cultural significance in there respective times Outside Research Sources for This Essay: Practice using MLA or Chicago format here

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Compare and Contrast Research Paper Proposal Why are you drawn to write about these works of art? What will your essay say about their significance? Both sculptures symbolize important figures of there time, both sharing a somewhat similar connection to gods as well and being accompanied by elements of there story/life sculped along side them, I would like to briefly go over the importance and significance of the two sculptures during there time Title: Christ in Majesty Artist: Bernardus Gelduinus Period Style: Relief Sculpture Title: Augustus of Prima Porta Artist: Period Style: Bronze Statue (marble copy) Stylistic Characteristics: Stylistic Characteristics: Large stone relief Contrapposto stance (middle of speech) Unnatural (unrealistic proportions) Great detail Great amount of detail (has multiple figures and other geometric detail) Flowing cloth and body armor Featured cupid (divine connection) Cultural Context: Cultural Context: Religious sculpture decorating church/spiritual space Augustus title (kind of spiritual leader) Didn’t have to stick to particular style as long as general public understood the message Pose suggesting that Jesus is a remote and impersonal figure to educate society that a higher authority was watching them Body armor that tells story (features sky god on chest implying he acted with a divine nature) Deified after death (establishing cult for people to pay tribute) Compare and Contrast Research Paper Proposal Thematic Connection: What significant connection(s) between the two works of art can you make? Both stem from deep spiritual connections and both have/had strong influence over people of the time Both feature a stance that had a deeper significance and meaning for those who followed/worshiped them Both feature other secondary elements that tell their story and further imply there impact on the culture Even though they are from different period-styles, how do they illustrate a particular artistic or cultural theme? They are from different times but are influenced by one another because of there connection the Greek art/sculptures Both figures served a major spiritual and cultural significance in there respective times Outside Research Sources for This Essay: Practice using MLA or Chicago format here. 1. Nichols, Stephen G. “Signs of Royal Beauty Bright: Word and Image in the Legend of Charlemagne.” Olifant, vol. 4, no. 1, 1976, pp. 21–47. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/45297724. Accessed 24 July 2021. 2. Holland, Louise Adams. “Aeneas-Augustus of Prima Porta.” Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 78, 1947, pp. 276– 284. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/283499. Accessed 24 July 2021. 3. Reeder, Jane Clark. “The Statue of Augustus from Prima Porta, the Underground Complex, and the Omen of the Gallina Alba.” The American Journal of Philology, vol. 118, no. 1, 1997, pp. 89–118. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1562101. Accessed 24 July 2021. TOPIC: Compare and contrast the historical art pieces, Augustus of Prima Porta and Bernardus Gelduinus, Christ in Majesty while following the prompt below Instructions ASSIGNMENT: Write a 1250-1500 word essay comparing and contrasting two works of art from two different styles covered in this course. One of your selected works of art must be from before the Midterm and one must be from after the Midterm. You must cover the following points in your comparison: Introduction and Thesis ? Introduce the artwork titles, period styles, and artists' names. ? Briefly state what you believe is significant about these artworks. ? In other words: Tell your reader what works of art you will be discussing and why you think they are important. Stylistic Analysis ? Correctly identify artwork titles, period styles, and artists' names. ? Compare the artworks by discussing key stylistic characteristics associated with artists and period styles. ? Apply art history vocabulary correctly and uses it to support your stylistic analysis. ? In other words: What make these works stylistically significant? Cultural Analysis ? Compare the artworks by discussing key cultural issues associated with artists and periods. ? Discuss how the cultural context of each period influenced the artistic development of the period style (make connections between cultural context and style). ? In other words: What makes these works culturally significant? Conclusion and Thematic Connection ? Analyze the ways art can affect or reflect cultural, political, and social issues. ? Draw conclusions about the artist or society which produced the artwork from the comparison. ? In other words: What thematic connection can you make between the two works of art that helps you better understand them or the culture they represent? Research ? Incorporate three or more sources (outside of lecture notes and textbook) to support your analysis. ? Properly cite your sources using MLA/Chicago format. ? Include a list of Works Cited. Written Mechanics ? Use grammar, spelling, and punctuation correctly throughout your paper. ? Proofread. ? In other words: There should be no mechanical errors! SOURCES: Three in addition to the module text ? Scholarly professional website (for example, a museum, research institute, or university) ? Nonfiction book published within the last 50 years ? An art history textbook such as Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Jansen's, or Schneider-Adams ? Professional art historical publication (magazine or journal, can be online) such as The Art Bulletin ? Databases such as the Oxford Dictionary of Art Online (accessible through the AAU Library website) ? Credible professional websites, such as those of museums, galleries, and universities; for example: ? The Getty Center ? The Metropolitan Museum of Art In other words: Don't use Wikipedia! FORMAT: Your research paper must: ? Be 1250-1500 words in length, excluding illustrations, headings, and paragraph breaks. ? Include at the end of the essay fully labeled images of the works that you studied. ? Be spell-checked, grammar-checked, and proofread for errors not caught by your computer. ? Include a heading containing your full name, ID number, class title and section, date, and instructor's name. ? Be typed and double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font. ? Be submitted as a Microsoft Word-compatible document (DOC or RTF, not DOCX). ? Cite references used according to MLA/Chicago style and include a Works Cited page at the end of your essay. You are encouraged to use A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker for help with MLA/Chicago style, revision, punctuation, and sentence style, and A Short Guide to Writing About Art by Sylvan Barnett for specific help with comparing and contrasting artwork. Purpose To demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the course content and your ability to: ? Apply art historical terminology to evaluate how an artwork exemplifies its period style and culture. ? Identify and analyze an artwork's stylistic and cultural characteristics to evaluate how it exemplifies its period style and culture. ? Identify and compare the similarities and differences between various artists and period styles and recognize how they influence each other. ? Analyze the ways art can affect or reflect cultural, political, and humanistic issues and recognize how cultural context influences artistic development. The Augustus of Prima Porta statue is one such portrait of Augustus. He is youthful and poised in the contrapposto stance. He dons a Roman cuirass (body armor) decorated with a scene of the return of the Roman standard from the Parthians, symbolizing his victory over this group of barbarians and the pax romana, the peace he brought to the empire. He stands as an orator with an arm outstretched as if giving a speech on the battlefield. An image of Cellus, the sky god, forms the center of his breastplate, communicating that the emperor acted with divine authority. The little cupid by his side, no doubt an attribute of his mother Venus, further connects Augustus to the goddess of love and beauty, who also established the lineage of ancient Rome as his ancestor. Divine lineage and divine rule became a foundation and justification of an emperor's might and decision-making power. They were deified (made a god) when they died, establishing a ruler cult for the empire to which her people paid tribute. The statue of Augustus (a marble copy of a bronze original found at his wife Livia's villa in Prima Porta, outside of Rome) presents a youthful head of state and reputed son of a god. Inspired by classical Greek models like Polycleitos's Doryphoros, the Augustus sculpture, now a portrait rather than a type, is idealized. It was also used as a powerful propagandistic tool to teach Romans that Augustus, as both a god's son and a military leader, was the restorer of Roman peace. Jesus sits on a throne in heaven, looking off into the distance, giving the sign of blessing with his right hand—the thumb and two fingers. In the other is the Bible, with the words Pax vobis ("peace be unto you") written on its pages. Surrounding him is a mandorla, an almond-shaped aura symbolic of sacred energy. In the four corners are squeezed the winged symbols of the Book of the Gospels: an angel for Matthew, a lion for Mark, an ox for Luke, and an eagle for John. Also included in the composition is the name of the artist: Bernardus Gelduinus. This work, Christ in Majesty, is one of the earliest dated works of the era and a good example of Romanesque sculpture for several reasons. First, it is a sculptural relief of a religious subject decorating a public church, in this case the Basilica of Saint Sernin, Toulouse (discussed earlier). In the Romanesque era, large churches catered to the needs of a general population rather than just monastic clergy. This work is an example of the church's efforts to decorate and glorify this public, sacred space. Second, Christ in Majesty again marks the revival of large stone carvings that had almost disappeared from Europe and, as we know, stone relief sculpture is one of the hallmarks of Romanesque art. Further, the style is typical for the time because it is unnaturalistic and employs a great amount of detail: Christ is cartoon-like, with unrealistic proportions including oversized hands. The figures in the corner are impish and fanciful. Byzantine and Islamic influence, rather than naturalism, is seen in several places: the detailed patterns describing the folds of the clothes, the little arches on his throne, and the geometric detail of the mandorla. Some art historians think Gelduinus may have had experience making elaborate Bible covers. Romanesque sculpture is often so enchanting because artists did not adhere to one prescribed visual style; they were free to experiment and improvise, as long as the mostly illiterate public could understand the subject matter. Romanesque sculptural relief exhibits a variety of moods and expressive details among works from different artists and regions. Finally, Gelduinus' Christ in Majesty typifies art of that era because of its treatment of the subject matter: Christ is stiff and formal, suggesting a remote and impersonal authority figure. The function of this work was not only to decorate a public sacred space, but also to educate the faithful that a higher authority was watching them. In an era of growing population, social change, and no police force to keep the peace, a work like this could help to instill social order and good behavior. This message would be delivered more emphatically by other works of that time, such as Gislebertus' Last Judgment.