These are the instructions that appear on the assignment. For this assignment,

These are the instructions that appear on the assignment.
For this assignment, you are to choose a local museum (I have chosen the Los Angeles County Museum of Art) to visit on your own time. While you are there, you will need to choose one artwork dated between the years 1400 and 2021 that you are interested in and answer these questions in proper essay form (introduction, body, and conclusion). You must choose artwork that is European or American in origin. ( I have chosen The Cotton Pickers) Your papers should be between 750 and 1000 words (about 3-4 pages) written in 12-point double-spaced type.
What attracted you to this particular artwork? Remember to state the name of the artist, title, and date. Please italicize art titles.
Give a contextual analysis by answering the following questions:
What period and culture is it from?
Why was the artwork originally made?
Is there an obvious message (i.e. political, social, religious, personal, etc.)?
You may include brief biographical information about the artist if it adds to the contextual analysis, but this is not a biographical paper.
Analyze it compositionally:
How is the composition structured and arranged?
What terms can be used to describe the style or appearance of the artwork (i.e. abstract, naturalistic, idealized, etc.)?
Please note the medium and technique used in the artwork as well. This is where the check-in assignment will be helpful since there are terms you can use from there
You will be expected to use concepts, vocabulary, and ideas used in your readings and class lectures.
You may use the information provided by the museum (i.e. brochures, wall labels, etc.), your textbook, the library, and the Internet, but be sure to synthesize the information before you write about it in your paper. I am more interested in your own analysis and how you interpret your sources than reading other people’s ideas in direct quotations.
Remember to cite any paraphrased ideas and direct quotes that aren’t yours in the body of the paper either with in-text citations or footnotes. MLA formatting is fine if you know how to use it.
NO WIKIPEDIA OR ANY OTHER ENCYCLOPEDIC SOURCE MAY BE USED!
Please include a works-cited page IF you have outside sources (an additional page – do not count it in your 750-word requirement). It is not required that you do any research, though.
Papers will not be accepted late.
The 750-minimum word paper (you can write more than this)
A works-cited page
Here’s a link to the artwork
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-cotton-pickers/dQG9ts-MRzj9iQ?hl=en&avm=3