Research Report
 [This assignment will eventually be moved to Canvas]

 It will be wise to read over the assignment below before you go through all the steps on the main assignment page, but be sure to complete Steps 2 and 3 before you actually try to completethe work below.

Imagine that you were preparing to write a short (4-5 page paper) answering this question:

What might have caused an older, established, late nineteenth-century, Parisian artist, such as Jean-Léon Gérôme to reject new trends in French culture? In your answer, focus on one painting that he would be likely to recommend for acceptance in the annual Paris Salon and one that he would reject and explain what in his nation's history, the ideas about art that he soaked up as a youth, and his professional position that would predispose him to make these judgments.


You will not actually be writing this paper, but you will go through some of the preparatory steps that are required to produce a piece of work that is of high enough quality for college courses and for many professional and personal challanges that you will face later in life.

Investing time now in carefully responding to the prompts below will get you ready for the kind of work that you will be doing in our course, and at the same time you will be beginning to familiarize yourself with the world that we will be immersing ourselves in during the month of August.

Fill in the boxes below. When you are done, read over what you have written. When you are satisfied with what you have done, hit submit, and I will automatically receive the assignment.

 

Part 1: To complete this section, you should use the resources on this page.
 

1) In the box below sketch out in two to three sentences what a conservative artist or critic in late 19th century Paris, like Gérôme, valued in a work of art.

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2) In the box below provide a sentence from one of the sources that you think would be particularly useful in convincing your reader that the claim that you have made in Box 1 is a reasonable one.

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3) In the box below briefly describe how you might use the information in this quotation to support the claim that you have made in 1) above in the paper that you are going to write.

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4) In the box below provide a sentence from another of the sources that you think would be particularly useful in answering the question and clearly indicate which source you are using.

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5) In the box below briefly describe how you would use the information in this quotation to support the claim that you have made in 1) above in the paper that you are going to write.

 

Part 2: To complete this section, you should use the resources on this page.

6) In the box below sketch out in two to three sentences how the ways that artists were trained and supported in the 19th century might have inclined people like Gérôme to reject Impressionism and other new directions in art.  (This can provide part of the thesis of the paper that you will be writing.)

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7) In the box below provide a sentence from one of the sources that you think would be particularly useful in convincing your reader that the claim that you made in Box 5 is a reasonable one.

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8) In the box below briefly describe how you might use the information in this quotation to support the claim that you have made in Box 5 in the paper that you are going to write.

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9) In the box below provide a sentence from one of the sources that you think would be particularly useful in convincing your reader that the claim that you made in Box 5 is a reasonable one.

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10) In the box below briefly describe how you would use the information in this quotation to support the claim that you have made in Box 5 above in the paper that you are going to write.

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Part 3: To complete this section, you should use the resources on this page.

11) In the box below sketch out in two to three sentence the story that conservatives in late 19th century Parisw told themselves about  French history since 1789

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12) In the box below indicate how this view of history might made conversatives more apt to reject Impressionism and other new directions in art.  (This can provide part of the thesis of the paper that you will be writing.)

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In the box below provide one detail from the lecture that you think would be particularly useful in convincing your reader that the claim that you made in Box 10 is a reasonable one.

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13) In the box below briefly describe how you would use the information in this quotation to support the claim that you have made in Box 10 in the paper that you are going to write.

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Part 4: Final Steps towards Writing the Paper

14) From the course website, pick one 19th century painting that you think Gérôme would have approved of and briefly explain what he would have liked about that work.

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15) From the course website, pick one 19th century painting that you think Gérôme would have disapproved of and briefly explain what he would have liked about that work.

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16) In the box below present a thesis of three or four sentences that might serve as your provisional thesis, if you were actually writing the paper. Be sure to present a clear interpretation that answers the question and draws upon what you have learned in completing the work above.

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When you have filled in all the boxes, submit the assignment through Canvas and you will have completed your first college assignment.

Congratulations