Dear students,
Your course paper synopsis is due in class on Nov 11 in a week.
You need to submit a 3-5 page outline of your course paper. Your synopsis should be single-spaced, Times Roman 12 ppt, normal 1" margins.
Your synopsis should tell about the subject of your paper
1) symbolism and Renaissance;
2) science and Renaissance;
3) perspective and Renaissance;
4) iconography and Renaissance;
5) gender and Renaissance;
6) naturalism and Renaissance;
7) patronage and Renaissance ;
8) religious ideas, piety, monasticism and Renaissance;
9) city culture and Renaissance).
It should also present one research question you pose and how you will answer this question (your main idea for the paper). It should also have a list of annonated research bibliographies (books and articles from J-Stor), no older than 20 years from now. Your research bibliographies cannot include wikipedia and other encyclopedia articles. Your bibliographies list should include at least 6 titles, two of which are scholarly article pertaining to your topic. All publications should come from art history area studies. Finally, it should have a list of 2-3 art works you will be discussing in the paper (with photos of them). The art works can come from the course materials--your textbook and lectures, or the museum visit.