PRACTICE OF RESEARCH & RESEARCHING POST IMPRESSIONISM

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RESEARCH ACTIVITY

There are two parts to this assignment. You may carry out your research in pairs and complete it in your own time. Only submit your own work.

1. Using the resource list provided, you are to find out how to conduct academic research and write a bibliography using the Harvard system. 
2. Use these resources to find out key information about Post-Impressionism and the Post-Impressionist artists.

Part 1: PRACTICE OF RESEARCH

Read the online articles:

Ithica College library, Primary and Secondary Sources, http://www.ithacalibrary.com/sp/subjects/primary viewed 27 May 2014

Massey University “Identifying academic sources”, 2010, New Zealand,

http://owll.massey.ac.nz/academic-writing/identifying-academic-sources.php viewed 25 May 2014

Monash University, “what are academic resources?”, 2011, http://guides.lib.monash.edu/content.php?pid=43345&sid=1541393 viewed 25 may 2014

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1. What is an academic resource?

Do they use Primary or Secondary resources, or both?

 

2. Are the following resources an example of an academic resource? Why / why not?

Websites The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-2014, The Helibrunn  Timeline of Art History, New York, viewed 25 May 2014, www.metmuseum.org Your answer: Wikipedia, viewed 25 May 2014, www.wikipedia.com Your answer: Books Hopwood, G, 1971 Handbook of Art: A history of painting, sculpture and architecture from the earliest times to the present day, The Specialty Press, Victoria. Your answer: Other Internet Sources Zucker, S, Harrris, B, 2012 , Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Apples, oil on canvas, 1895-98 (MoMA), Video, Kahn Academy: SmartHistory, viewed 26 May 2014, http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/Cezannes-Still-Life-with-Apples.html Your answer:

 

3. What is the difference between a reference list and a bibliography?


4. Find four resources for Post impressionism. Including:

a (credible) website,
an academic / peer reviewed journal article from the TAFE RI eresources,
a book from the TAFE RI Library collection, and
a (credible) youtube clip.

5. Prepare a reference list of these four resources using the Harvard system in the space below (eg: Book = Author surname, initial, date, title, publisher, location.)

 

Part 2: POST IMPRESSIONISM

Using these three resources as a start point, answer the following questions:

6. What is post impressionism?

 

7. When did it occur?

 

 

8. Name four key artists, their nationality, birth & death dates.

       Artist                      Nationality                 Birth & Death dates1.
2.
3.
4.

 

9. How were these artists influenced by French Impressionism?

 

10. Research and analyse one painting by a post impressionist artist and comment on the painting style, painting method, choice of subject and what the artist was striving to achieve in their exploration into their works.


11. Use a quote from one of your resources to justify your claims & cite it correctly (use the Harvard guide from TAFE)

 

Resource List: Practice of Research

Websites

Ithica College library, Writing and Citing, http://ithacalibrary.com/research/ , viewed 27 May 2014

Ithica College library, Primary and Secondary Sources, http://www.ithacalibrary.com/sp/subjects/primary viewed 27 May 2014

Massey University “Identifying academic sources”, 2010, New Zealand,

http://owll.massey.ac.nz/academic-writing/identifying-academic-sources.php viewed 25 May 2014

Monash University, 2009, Learning Support for Off-Campus users, Improve your academic outcomes, http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/OffCampus/Improve/ viewed 27 May 2014

Monash University, “what are academic resources?”, 2011, http://guides.lib.monash.edu/content.php?pid=43345&sid=1541393 viewed 25 may 2014

Resource List: Bibliography & Referencing

Documents

TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, 2014, Guide to preparing a bibliography(Harvard), https://share.tafensw.edu.au/share/items/631ce0e2-5a03-60df-26cf-b255a3b3c959/3/viewcontent viewed 26 May 2014.

TAFE NSW Riverina Institute, 2014, QuickLinks for study skills, http://www.rit.tafensw.edu.au/library/quicklinkstopic/30#777 viewed 26 May 2014

Websites

University of Queensland, 2011, References/Bibliography Harvard Style, University of Queensland, Australia, 25 May 2014, https://www.library.uq.edu.au/_/help/referencing-style-guides

Resource List: Art Research Online

Websites

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-2014, The Helibrunn  Timeline of Art History, New York, viewed 25 May 2014, www.metmuseum.org

The Museum of Modern Art, 2014, The Collection, New York, viewed 25 May 2014,

www.moma.com

Zucker, S, Harrris, B, 2012, Kahn Academy: SmartHistory, viewed 26 May 2014, http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org

TAFE Riverina Institute Resources

*TAFERI Library eresources http://www.rit.tafensw.edu.au/library/eresources

TAFERI library Lib guides http://riverinainstitute.libguides.com

TAFE RI Library Quick Links http://www.rit.tafensw.edu.au/library/quicklinks/

TAFE RI Library Catalogue http://www.rit.tafensw.edu.au/library/

TAFE NSW StudyLinks https://www.tafensw.edu.au/library/studylinks/study/information.htm

*use this resource to locate a journal article.