Speaking of Modern Art, here are just a couple of reminders and some links:
1. Be very clear in your descriptions of your art pieces. Remember, the better you can explain what can be seen, the better you will be able to explain what you believe the piece shows/tells the viewer.
2. In collecting notes on your artist, try not to be too detailed -- you do not need to know every single piece of art created by that person, or what s/he did in every year of life. You do need to know the major and most important details so that you get "to know" the person and what motivated him/her in creating art.
3. Stick to handwritten notes. There will be less change of paraphrasing.
4. Any notes you take that are word-for-word or paraphrased should clearly show that they are not your original ideas.
5. Be sure to record bibliographic information for EACH SOURCE YOU REFERENCE and make sure you know which notes go with which source in case you need to include in-text citations.
6. Some resources that will help you get started: (Oh, don't pay for access to any information! All of the information you need for this project is available somewhere for free.)
- http://citationmachine.net/
- http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
- http://www.moma.org/
- http://www.artchive.com/
- http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/20th/
