Compare one object from Los Angeles County Museum “Melon-form Ewer with Lotus the link for the object: (http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=184591;type=101) and write a short research paper imagining that you had to write a detailed entry for a catalogue.
Paper should include:
1) basic data, such as name of the artist (if known), title of the object, data (if known) and period, medium (material the object is made of)
2) a detailed description (that should be the centerpiece of your essay.Refer to your readings for terminology)
4) Find a second “Ewer in the Form of a Melon with Chrysanthemum Sprays” (http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=36199;type=101) object in your readings or on a museum website an dcompare it to the first (Including an illustration of the second in the form of a print-out or a copy)
5) Comment on the iconography (images and their meaning) or decoration, technique, and style of the object and compare it to the similar one you have found
6) Comment on relevant historical, cultural, and other contexts, for instance, stylistic developments, technological achievements, function, socio-historical circumstances and foreign relations
7) Include a bibliography of articles, books, and websites relevant for your research. Use articles from the course material giving the complete reference (author, title, place and date of publication or title of periodical and date)
IN ADDITION:
-insert page number
-use the McCune/Reischauer system of transliteration for writing Korean names and terms (Korean diacritics can be found in Microsoft Word under “Insert”-“Symbol”)
