Use the Getty Museum
Los Angeles, California
Choose two objects for comparison. However, this comparison will not simply be a comparison of two disconnected images with no relation to one another. Your goal is to choose a subject/theme that the two works have in common and look at the different ways each artist has negotiated that theme. You are free to choose whatever theme you like, but it should be something meaningful and strong enough to craft a compelling paper. For this paper, you must choose a work of art from two distinct cultures (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Western Europe, United States, Asia, Africa, South America) and time periods (separated by at least a century). Begin by identifying the two works and your chosen theme. Then continue to describe each work in the way you described the work in your first paper, but be sure to attend to the ways each subject/theme is portrayed differently. You may find two works that are done especially similar to one another and that will also be acceptable. The idea here is to craft a strong, well-written comparative essay with a subject/theme as its conceptual anchor and the object as its evidence.
Tell me the artist, title, date, medium of the objects you choose, and what museum you visited.
