Pre-Writing Exercise FeedbackArt 108 Ancient to MedievalProfessor Melissa Hall

LabelsExample #1:

Title ___________________________________________Date __________________________________________Medium/Material ______________________________Location/Museum _____________________________

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Label info can be

found on slide lists or slide library

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Title Head of an Akkadian RulerDate c. 2250-2200 BCEMedium/Material BronzeLocation/Museum Iraq Museum, Baghdad

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Bibliography Is this proper bibliographic format?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY79AuGZDNI Melissa Hall, Online Textbook

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Textbook

Smarthistory videos

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Don’t use outside

resources unless you can verify

their validity

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Is this a valid resource?

Does it provide any information

that is new?

Using QuotationsQuotations should not be facts/informationFacts and information should be

paraphrased/summarized (with a citation for your source)

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Using QuotationsQuotations should be well-articulated

opinions/interpretations that support your thesis/argument

It’s like bringing in an “expert opinion” to back up your argument

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RULE OF THUMBDon’t quote meDon’t quote my quotesFollow my “breadcrumbs” to the original

source

RULE OF THUMB

Sources I quote

Sources I recommend

Using QuotationsFor example, in my chapter on the Stele of

Naramsin, I argue that Naramsin’s muscular physique is an important component of his aura of divinity

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Thesis

Using QuotationsTo support that argument, I quote an expert

who has argued a similar point:

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“What, the modem viewer may ask, is Naram-Sin of Agade doing on his Victory Stela, displaying for us not only his victory in battle but his well-rounded buttocks, his muscled calves, his elegantly arched back, his luxuriant beard? More Baryshnikov than Stallone, he is nonetheless, within our cultural lexicon of value, well proportioned, lithe, fit, and simply “divine”!”Irene Winter, “Sex, rhetoric and the public monument: the alluring body of Naram-Sin of Agade.”

Using QuotationsWhen discussing the Head of an Akkadian

Ruler, I argue that the destruction of the work in ancient times was similar to Sympathetic Magic

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Thesis

Using QuotationsTo back up my argument, I quote an expert

who says the same thing:

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“In the ancient Near East, the concept of “representation” involved a complex relationship between the image and the entity it represented. The image of a person was more than a symbol standing for that person. Rather, it embodied some of the real presence of the individual and could, therefore, act as substitute for him or her.”Art Through Time:  A Global View (Annenberg)

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