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M1 Discovering Context: The Principles of Design and Historical Narratives of Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawerence’s New Jersey

Jacob Lawrence. New Jersey from the United States Series.
Oil. 1946. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Artist’s Perception: The Principles of Design and Historical Narratives of Jacob Lawrence

Who was Jacob Lawrence? Jacob Lawrence was an important American painter whose painting, Going Home, is discussed in Chapter 3 of Artforms. He is also known for at least two important series of works, the Migration Series and the Harriet Tubman Series. In this Artist Perception assignment, we will discover the academic contexts that reveal the meanings behind of Lawrence’s subjects, style, and narrative themes.

Step1: Research

To begin this assignment, you will conduct a search on the art of Jacob Lawrence on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website (see link below). Review all of Lawrence’s works that you can find. Read his biographical material as well. When you are done with your research, choose one painting or drawing you would like to focus on for this assignment. All Artist Perception assignments in this course require that you include at least one relevant, properly captioned and cited image file in your document.

Step 2: Writing

A. First, summarize Jacob Lawrence’s works, style, and inspirations in one informative sentence. Base this information on the biographical and collection’s database research you’ve done.

B. Next, in at least one fully-developed paragraph of approximately 200 words, identify one major painting, drawing, or print by Jacob Lawrence and discuss the work’s visual characteristics using the DICP method explained in your Writing Skills Review portion of Module 1. (DICP stands for Description, Iconography, Context, and Point of View.) Incoroporate Module 1’s key vocabulary and terminology especially regarding how Lawrence used the elements of art and principles of design in his art.

C. In at least one more fully-developed paragraph of at least 200 words, explain how Jacob Lawrence’s works tell personal stories about the era in which he lived. Base your summary on information you have found from the reocmmended sites as well as those you’ve found on your own. How did the political and social climate of the time in which he worked affect his subjects and the manner in which he designed, composed, and painted them?

D. Conclude by explaining what you first thought of Lawrence’s art and how your opinion was altered by what your research and newly discovered historical, cultural, and compositional contexts revealed.

Recommended Artist Perception’s Research Sources:

The Smithsonian American Museum of Art http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/
PBS Arts & Culture: Art Focus, “Jacob Lawrence” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/arts/lawrence.html
The Library of Congress Prints and Photos Collection or similar timeline information source
Basic Information for all AP Submissions:

Create a “Works Cited” section that lists your various sources in MLA Style format at the end of your minimum 2-paragraph AP. Be sure you have properly cited any direct quotes you use in support of your own writing. For help with MLA Style citations, visit the suggested links in the ART 110 Research Guide or in our course home page’s Links area.

Step 3: Submit

Before you submit your assignment, review the instructions once again to make sure you have answered the required questions and provide relevant support. As always, the title of your saved file must include the module number and your last name (M1_LastName). Your work should be saved and submitted as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file.
Recommended Artist Perception’s Research Sources:

0 The Smithsonian American Museum of Art http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/

0 PBS Arts & Culture: Art Focus, “Jacob Lawrence” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/arts/lawrence.html

o The Library of Congress Prints and Photos Collection or similar timeline information source
Basic Information for all AP Submissions:
Create a “Works Cited” section that lists your various sources in MLA Style format at the end of your minimum 2-paragraph AP. Be sure you have properly
cited any direct quotes you use in support of your own writing. For help with MLA Style citations, visit the suggested links in the ART 110 Research Guide
or in our course home page’s Links area.
Step 3: Submit
Before you submit your assignment, review the instructions once again to make sure you have answered the required questions and provide relevant
support. As always, the title of your saved file must include the module number and your last name (M1_LastName). Your work should be saved and
submitted as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file.

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