Topic Three: Rhinoceros, Part Two

Topic Three Research Assignment #2, DUE Monday, October 1 at 10 PM:

Today in class, you were given a reading, Photographing the Past During the Present (Chapter 6), A People's Art History of the United States; Nicolas Lampert, 2013.

The form for this reading is found here, and is due Monday, October 1 at 10 PM.

Topic Three Assignment (Creature/Other) #1, DUE Tuesday, October 2, at 10 AM:

The last page of the Clarke reading (The First Lisbon, or Durer, Rhinoceros) contains the texts from which you will depict what was described.

Creature/Other-- using source texts from a) scientific observation (biology) [Creature] and b) colonial 'exploration' [Other] as source material to visually depict what is described.  Students are limited to using their imagination, and are discouraged from researching the text online.  The idea is to understand the role of early artists and illustrators as important interpreter/creators of visual culture, as well as scientific and anthropological 'fact'.  Choose one of each for the two types of text options.  Work may be created in any medium; 2D work should be no smaller than 8.5" x 11".