Art Paper: Monet

Style # Chicago
Length: 6 pages
Similar Sample : attached (Chapel Hill)

Use:
The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, 1874 Oil on. canvas, 24 x 39 14 inches
On View at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 818 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436965

Paper Writing Guidelines
Formatting
The body of a paper should be double spaced, but everything else (headings, bibliography, image captions, footnotes, and quotes over four lines in length) should be single-spaced.
In the interest of consistency and fairness, please use a standard font and font size. Times New Roman is preferred, with 12 point type for the body of the text and 10 point type for footnotes.
When double-spacing, you do not need to add an extra space between paragraphs. Just indent the first line of each paragraph.
Include page numbers.
Include figures (numbered images with captions) at the end of the text. Provide the figure number in parentheses the first time the work it depicts is referenced in the text.
When giving the title of a work for the first time, including the date it was made.
When mentioning a person for the first time, give his or her full name. After this, the surname is sufficient. Titles of exhibitions and works of art should be italicized.
Content
A thesis should constitute a strong argument, and the essay should revolve around and support that argument. Do not include purely subjective statements. Writing in the third person at all times can help you avoid this.
Generally speaking, it is best to avoid referring to an artists intent. Definitely do not try to assert what he or she wanted or thought unless you are referring to a direct quote by that artist, someone who knew him/her well, or an expert in the field. Even in these cases, however, it is important to remember that artists, like all people, change their minds over time. Therefore, what they thought or wanted at one point in their lives may not reflect their motivations at another moment.
Think critically! Even experts disagree about interpretations, so if you read something that does not make sense to you, you should say so and explain why. Never simply repeat someone elses opinion, especially if you do not understand or agree with it. Remember: you are responsible for the content of your paper, even if that content is based on another source.
Do not bring up a work of art without discussing it. Simply listing objects as examples of an idea is not enough to support an argument. You must thoroughly describe and analyze the works you mention if the reader to accept the idea you are putting forward. In fact, it often happens that looking closely at a work will alter your interpretation of it, and this too will lead you to write better papers.
Avoid generalizations.
Consider the meaning of terms you are using, and make sure this is clear when you use them.
Writing
Your language, like your ideas, needs to be precise, clear, and accurate. Do not use contractions. (Isnt, didnt, cant, dont.)
Avoid filler words such as extraneous qualifiers (ex: really, very), purely subjective qualifiers (ex: wonderful, beautiful, fantastic), and superlatives (ex: the best, the worst).
Do not use idiomatic/colloquial or informal language in an academic paper.
Make sure you are using punctuation correctly. Here are some common issues:
*Dashes typically come in pairs. If you have a sentence with only one dash, there is a very good chance that you need to either use a different form of punctuation or break the sentence up into two statements. Also, dashes are the length of two hyphens. Be sure you are using each appropriately.
*Unless they come at the beginning or end of a sentence, subordinate clauses should be offset on both sides with commas. If you are not sure if something is a subordinate clause, ask yourself whether removing the phrase would leave you with a fragment or a complete sentence. If you are left with a complete sentence after removing the phrase, then you are dealing with a subordinate clause.
*There are two primary uses of semi-colons: 1) they can combine two simple related sentences into one and 2) they can separate items in a list when one or more of the items is complex enough to require the use of commas to offset a subordinate clause. In all cases, they should be used sparingly.
*Periods and commas go inside quotation marks. Ex: I thought you left, she said. *Single quotation marks (…) are only used for a quote inside another quote.
Citations
All facts, opinions, and statements that do not originate from your own observations or original research must be cited, preferably with footnotes and a Works Cited page. Not using citations constitutes plagiarism and results in automatic failure.
In addition to being ethical, using citations will force you to check your facts and help you avoid making inaccurate statements.
Citations are not required for common knowledge. In trying to assess whether or not something constitutes common knowledge, ask yourself if you and 90% of your peers would know the fact prior to entering college. The appropriate use of common knowledge in a college paper is actually quite rare, so if you can look up a source, you probably should.
Again, each reference in a Bibliography or Works Cited page should be single-spaced. Add extra space between citations to separate them.
The main difference between a Bibliography and a Works Cited page is that a Bibliography can include references that generally informed your work, but that you did not have the occasion to specifically cite, while a Works Cited section provides the full bibliographic information only for sources referenced in the body of your text (ergo the title, Works Cited).
The Chicago Manual of Style has a handy, updated guide online that provides explanations of how and what to cite in footnotes and your Works Cited page. Here is the link to their Quick Guide for the Notes and Bibliography documentation system: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. Please use it.
Footnotes are easy to use once your know-how. In Word: Put your cursor directly at the end of the sentence that needs a footnote. Then click on the References tab. From there, find and click on Insert Footnote. Word will automatically insert a number after the sentence and another at the bottom of the page where you can type in your citation.

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