Curation of Thematically Connected Images: An Investigation of the Historical and Cultural Significa

Course Outcomes

In this final project, you will select and curate at least six thematically connected images that support an identified thesis about a significant cultural issue. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate your command of visual analysis and historical research, while at the same time expressing your own passions, worldview, or personal interests. The product of your investigation and analyses will be documented in an exhibit prospectus. The project is divided into two milestones, which will be submitted at different points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure a quality final submission. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three and Five. The final project will be submitted in Module Seven.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

1. Analyze the debated history of photography as a distinctly modern art form driven by technological developments

2. Classify photographic images according to period based on their expression of stylistic influences

3. Assess the role of the individual and society in personally and communally constructing cultural significance for photographic images

4. Analyze the subject matter of photographic images to determine thematic elements using appropriate terminology individual Image Commentaries: Underneath each of your selected images, include a detailed commentary.

A. Identify the factual information available for the image, including title, date, photographer, dimensions, location, and medium, using appropriately formatted citations.

B. Situate the image within its historical context by explaining all the important and debated cultural and technological realities that are relevant to understanding or appreciating the image, using specific details.

C. Describe the subject matter in detail and identify all reasonably discernible formal elements that are present.

D. Assess the image for its broader thematic elements or figurative meanings, based on your analysis of the subject matter and form.

E. Interpret the image in terms of its cultural significance in a way that supports your overall thesis.

F. Apply appropriate terminology for each of your individual image analyses.