Writing about art: In term one, you are to write a short (1000-1500 word) essay on a visual artist who demonstrates excellence (see links for names). The objective of this paper is for you to gain a critical understanding of the art work, creative process, or impact of particular figures from art history while also strengthening your ability to write clearly and logically. Thus, when you write your paper, tell your audience of the artist's aesthetic achievements or process, her biography is not too important. Each paper is to: have a thesis statement and a body that ONLY aims to support the statement be typed, 2X spaces include a title page clear from poor spelling and grammar have numbered pages included properly labeled images include footnotes and a bibliography (APA or MLA) use printed resources (books and journals) more than web sites for references. Web sites are not often credible resources Example of a well written paper is here! -note, this example is one of a well written paper though the selection of references could be better.	Labeling an art work: Figure 1: Tom Thomson (1877-1917). Northern River, 1914-15. Oil on canvas, 115.1 x 102 cm.    Example of referring to art work in a sentence: As exemplified in in Northern River (Figure 1), Thomson offers us a voyeuristic view of the wilderness.   Italicize or underline titles of art works.
in a bibliography, an article would be listed as: HANSSEN, BEATRICE, Christo's Wrapped Reichstag: Globalized Art in a National Context.. Vol. 73, The Germanic Review, 09-22-1998, pp 351(1).