Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Study task 6 - ESSAY STRUCTURE

To what extent do the unsophisticated arts pave the landscape of cultural heritage?


Introduction 250-300 words
Essential information about content 
-Definitions of heritage/ definitions of ‘unsophisticated art’

Outline topic investigating
-Importance of heritage in art/ culture knowledge and education

Why is this area of study important?
-Importance of celebrating unsophisticated arts and traditional art practices to uphold national heritage and socio-cultural awareness

Overarching research question
-Intent for essay to promote the value and legacy of heritage and tradition in the contemporary cultural landscape

Context and Themes 850 words
Background research
-Industry and revolution of practical visual media
-Inclusivity of museum collections
-Barbara Jones’ ‘unsophisticated arts’

Independent critical understanding of contexts relevant to topic
-Fragmented cultural awareness encouraged by exclusive collections
-Taste and aura/ class and status

Opinions and texts to construct your argument
-Social relationships with art/ People’s art
-Heritage as national identity
-Noel carrington’s value of the local and utilitarian craftsman

Theoretical sources
-Rodney Harrison; Heritage
-John Berger; Viewing cultures
-Priscilla Boniface; Heritage and tourism

Contextual information
-Function of heritage within and without public realm

Triangulation
-Heritage as pivotal to socio-cultural awareness and national identity
-Heritage is therefore worthy of a place in cultural arenas; museums
-Museum collections should be representative of the heritage and community that surrounds and informs them
-The unsophisticated arts were produced for utilitarian functions, not aesthetic purposes
-Should these practices not be appreciated in their native contexts

Case studies of practice 850 words
Apply research to examples of art practice/ object/ phenomena
-Barge painting/ fairground decoration
-Contemporary illustrated objects/ publications
-Tom Frost/ Alice Patullo/ Emily Sutton

How can individual works be exemplary of wider cultural tendencies?
-Environmental contexts promote organic observations; native context speaks truth about wider landscape in which that practice sits

Visual analysis
-Unapologetic character
-Pride
-Celebration
-Tradition

Explain relevance of works cited
-Contemporary channels of heritage and tradition
-Traditional media
-Promotion of nostalgia in audience

Application of theoretical research and context to back up interpretations
-Place of tradition and nostalgia based illustration practices in gallery and museum spaces
-Transience of heritage from outsider to insider through contemporary appropriation

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