t terms graphy In the summer of 1977 Jeff Wall visited
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t terms graphy In the summer of 1977 Jeff Wall visited Madrid s Museo del Prado for the first time and became enchanted with its collection of Old Master paintings Later his head still full of the magnificent compositions of Diego Vel zquez and Titian Wall saw an illuminated advertisement at a bus kiosk This sudden contrast between art and commercial signage sparked the idea for what would become his artistic trademark backlit often large scale photographic transparencies that combine the richness of oil painting with the fluorescent display of advertising This pairing synthesizes the two impulses that have animated Wall s work both as an artist and an art historian to recuperate the past the great art of the museums and at the same time to participate with a critical effect in the most up to date spectacularity Born in Vancouver in 1946 Wall began drawing and painting at an early age In the mid 1960s he studied art history at the University of British Columbia while continuing to make art inspired by the emerging Conceptual art movement and its anti capitalist creed to decouple art from aesthetic and market value This culminated in Landscape Manual 1969 70 a black and white booklet composed of snapshots and texts documenting a car ride Wall took through Vancouver s gritty suburbs Despite this breakthrough work Wall found himself dissatisfied with the Concentual Artist Photographer Jeff Wall Title Date Medium Size Outburst 1989 Silver dye bleach process color print Cibachrome 1818 x 241 8 in 46 x 61 3 cm Word Length 650 700 Total Overview For this bundle your formal analysis must be a sort essay length response of 5 paragraphs in len will need to use exactly 3 elements to analyze the photograph in detail in order to make your arg about the photograph Use the Guide to Writing a Formal Analysis and the sample for addition support Keep in mind that the sample is structured differently from the specific format I outline So make sure you follow the specification outlined below and not the sample Specifications for Constructing the Short Essay Paragraph 1 Introduction Your introduction should include Mid Term Exam ART 3648 History of Photography a Basic details The name of the photographer artist title provenance date and medium b Context A very brief description of the work including what you think the subject is c A road map This is like a movie trailer it gives the reader a preview of your essay d Thesis statement This is a one or two sentence statement where you make your argumen main claim Paragraphs 2 3 and 4 Separate Body Paragraphs Use three different formal elements one per paragraph to analyze the photograph Together these paragraphs constitute the reasons and evidence that supports your overall argument about the mea the image Begin each paragraph with a topic sentence that addresses the significance of the eleme have chosen The topic sentence should make clear to your reader how the following analysis supp your overall thesis statement Address how and why the key elements used by the photographer ar create meaning Make sure you not only describe the work but use description to support your arg Thus you are using description for the ultimate purpose of interpreting and or evaluating the photo In this process you should be moving between description and analysis unlike the one paragraph f analysis Bundle 2 where you do all your description first and then move to to the analysis