Assignment Question
My object: Quatrefoil table, 1900, Italy; Indian rosewood, German silver, copper, mother-of-pearl, and replacement glass I went a lyrical route my first paper, which will be the opening of this paper, the second paper. You can use your first one as a primary source of sorts and reflect on how your ideas about the object changed once you gained access to its full description. Does the object fit the narrative you proposed? For those who had a working hypothesis on what their objects were, did you fail? And then, from this point on, you also go on a quest for answers Go research. This paper will be a final research/think piece. What are the materials of the object? Where were they likely sourced? What about the fabric, the style, the colors used? Can you find images, drawings, paintings of similar objects? Can you put your piece in context? Who likely used it, for what? Find the missing pieces. Do all the googling you possibly can. Make use of other primary sources, but also secondary sources (books, articles, academic papers) that help you understand the time, region, society. For this paper, you’re thinking through everything else to illuminate your object. What did it take for it to come into existence? You can use whatever referencing method you’re most familiar with, as long you’re doing it consistently, stick to one method! You should also have a works cited at the end of the papers, and every image you use should be attached as well. If you have never referenced/cited before, you can use the Chicago Style, which always uses footnotes for in-text citations, so your paper will look very clean.
