ARHT1001: Style and Substance
The Department of Art History
The University of Sydney
2022
Weighting: 20%
Due: Before midnight on the day you receive the assessment
Marking Criteria: Quality of ideas; Quality of visual analysis, Quality of comparative analysis , Sophistication of argument, Clarity of writing
Protocol, please read carefully:
1. Please find your work/questions for the Comparative Analysis assessment below.
2. Only respond to the works/questions you have been set by your tutor, given below.
3. Please structure your response as a continuous essay. Word count 1000 words. Penalties may be applied for work above/below the
count.
4. Return your response by 11.59pm (Syd time). Late work is subject to a penalty of 5% per day. Please submit your work through the
CANVAS dropbox. Allow time for technical issues. If the dropbox fails, email your tutor the assignment so you’re not penalised. You will
need to upload through dropbox later. Work can not be marked unless it is submitted through the dropbox. Upload your assessment
through Canvas by clicking “Assignments” on the left-hand menu. A video guide to uploading assessments is available under “Modules”
and “Knowing the Basics” if you need help uploading your assignment.
5. Remember you must rely on lecture and tut discussions/materials. Anything taken from the internet will be too general. If you chose to
work with materials beyond our unit (which is unnecessary, and not recommended) you should cite them:
https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
6. Know all relevant material/ideas on your work/context. If you only listen to 1 section of 1 lecture, your response will likely be weak.
7. We suggest drafting your response earlier in the day, then leaving it for a few hours.
8. The whole of the response must be written in your own words.
9. Please email Mark if you have questions (mark.devitis@sydney.edu.au) As tutors won’t be checking email as regularly.
10. GOOD LUCK!
Comparative Analysis
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk
/studentservices/documents/d
escription-vs-analysis---
learnhigher.pdf
Just a reminder on the
difference between analysis
and description as covered in
our Week 1 class.
Visual art does more than show us a subject, it generates an
affective experience for its viewer. Why?
Undertake a close comparative analysis of these two works to
present an understanding of the way visual art addresses and
engages its spectators. What do we learn looking at these two
works as a pair?
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Les Plaisirs du bal (Pleasures of the Dance), c. 1717, oil on canvas, Dulwich Picture Gallery, UK
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Happy Hazards of the
Swing, ca. 1767, Oil on canvas, 81 cm × 64.2 cm,
Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom