How does your object relate to other works of art? Is it copying another style or type of object? Are there other objects or styles that were inspired by it? Are there other artworks that can tell us something about yours?

Object -Inlaid Box for the Portuguese Market
Students will write a 1000-word (not counting the contents of the footnotes) paper on the meaning and significance of their object both in the past and to the field of art history.

What has been written about your object? What are the arguments? Who are the scholars who have addressed it? Who do you agree with? Disagree with? Why?

What purpose did your object serve?

What may its original viewers have seen/thought about it?

How does your object relate to other works of art? Is it copying another style or type of object? Are there other objects or styles that were inspired by it? Are there other artworks that can tell us something about yours?

Students are required to cite their sources using proper Chicago Manual of Style Notes citation format:

https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

The Meaning paper is due before class meets on 11/23.