Keywords: graduation thesis; Works of art; Artists and art students are puzzled about how to write their graduation thesis. The four-year study of art courses includes a large number of art practice courses and some art history courses, but some colleges and universities do not offer graduation thesis writing courses or pay attention to them.
Four years of professional study has not substantially improved thesis writing, so it is not surprising that most students don't know how to write and what to write.
First, determine the topic from your own interests. First of all, it's normal not to know what to write and what the topic is. Don't worry, everything is difficult before it is easy.
The first step is to narrow down your original knowledge and find your own interests.
As long as the topic of the thesis is related to the art field, it is related to art or linked to aesthetic education.
We know many artists and artistic works or techniques, and there is always one you are interested in.
For example, talk about the meaning of a work to me; On the value of works; On the creative thinking of artists: on the composition of works; On the influence of a certain era on artists; Wait a minute.
Be sure to be interested in your topic, have something to say, have the desire to express your thoughts, and have your own unique opinions.
Secondly, the topic should be precise and not too big to be appropriate.
This is a common problem, and the wrong examples are: talking about logo design; Talk about the color of home.
I feel that you don't want to write a paper of several thousand words, but a monograph or textbook of several hundred thousand words.
For a paper of several thousand words, the topic of the paper must be implemented before there is anything to talk about.
For example, the influence of the concept of "fairy" on the growth of landscape painting in Wei and Jin dynasties; Self-discipline in the development of flower-and-bird painting in Song and Yuan Dynasties; Psychological analysis of visual form design and aesthetics.
These topics are clear and thorough.
It also includes three modes of thesis title: 1), 2), 3) and 3).
In the process of using these three modes, the attributes before the theme should be clearly written, such as times, styles, categories and so on.
Attributive refers to a very broad concept, which is limited by preconditions and stripped layer by layer to reveal the specific problem to be expounded, not wearing clothes, but taking off clothes, and always doing subtraction until it comes out.
Second, find the outline from the point and surface. We all know Matisse's Naked Woman.
Take this as an example to find elements related to Matisse and naked women.
1) Moro Studio in Paris 2) 1890— 1954 3) Modern art 4) Fauvism 5) Classical nudity 6) Influence of African sculpture 7) Decorative colors and forms 9) Clipping art.
These are all related factors.
Collect relevant information.
Read relevant materials and books and take notes, underline useful paragraphs, remember the source and page number, and write your thoughts.
Write down your thoughts in time and don't let them drift away from your mind. Whether these records can be used in the future or not, they will certainly be useful, but if you don't know what they will be used, you don't have to bother to write them down.
Author: weinan normal University Moscow Art Institute Fine Arts Department Vince Huida paper duplicate checking system.
Third, writing methods: description, explanation, debate 1) Description is to describe the state of an artist or artistic work in meticulous and vivid language.
Reproduce the natural scenery and scenes in the picture, describe the appearance characteristics and psychological world of the characters, and make the picture content concrete.
Using colorful, spatial and recorded language to express objects gives people an immersive feeling.
Reproduce things vividly with words.
For example, this description: Impressionist Renoir's work "Box", in which the heroine wears a gorgeous necklace, her hair is decorated with flowers, and she wears a gorgeous vertical dress, which exudes infinite charm.
Looking forward to enjoying the opera gracefully in the box, she was in high spirits. On the contrary, the hero is not interested in opera, although he has set the date place in the theater according to the woman's wishes.
When women are immersed in enjoying the opera, men look at others absently.
The picture unfolds step by step with the words, describing the costumes of the hero and heroine to the opera house where they took place in the big aspect, depicting the details of the heroine's costumes in the small aspect and depicting their different psychology from the side. The voice-over inside and outside gives people a concrete feeling.
2) explanation: it is a way of composition to evaluate, explain or think.
Its center is reasoning.
Reasoning is the process of drawing conclusions from facts.
Find the relevant attributes from a series of facts and elements, and pay attention to the relationship between facts, then draw a conclusion and express this reasoning process in words.
Like Sherlock Holmes, look for clues related to it, find out the truth step by step, and draw conclusions.
I heard a story told by Mr Montaigne: One day in winter, it was very cold. A rich man was wearing fur, gloves and a hat. He felt quite cold.
I saw a poor man who was almost naked.
Just ask: aren't you cold? The poor man asked, isn't it cold to show your face outside?
The rich man said: the face is not cold.
The poor man then replied, then I have a face all over.
From this story, I hope everyone can understand the meaning of inference.
Of course, inference must be based on facts, and the process of inference should be convincing and need evidence.
Author: weinan normal University Moscow Art Institute Fine Arts Department Vince Huida paper duplicate checking system.
3) Debate: We assume that the other party has different views (not unreasonable, not ignorant). In order to refute this hypothetical point of view, you can establish several arguments of your own to support your own point of view and refute the other side's different points of view.
We should analyze it carefully, explain our views on things or problems with certain reasons, expose each other's contradictions, and finally get an understanding that agrees with our views.
For example, the positive view that "white lies do not hinder honesty" has established four arguments to support this view: ① white lies are out of kindness, and their purpose and starting point are to safeguard the interests of others; (2) White lies are a way of life and a manifestation of caring for others; Although white lies are a kind of lies, they must not be said to hinder honesty, but should be analyzed in detail.
A world without lies is like a dust-free earth.
Conclusion We agree that white lies do not hinder honesty, but this does not mean that we advocate honesty. The key is the degree.
Fourthly, students' writing level is limited by several writing methods. Here I guide several simple and commonly used ways of thinking, which are easy to use and easy to complete the requirements for words.
1) Write a comparative paper: ① Comparison between different works on the same subject (such as the similarities and differences between David of Michelangelo and David of Donatello); (2) Comparison of an artist's works in different periods (the difference between Picasso's rose period and blue period); (3) Comparison between works or artists with the same style and identity (the conflict between Van Gogh and Gauguin).
2) Write a thesis on situational analysis: Formal analysis mainly discusses the theme, formal elements, design principles and media of artistic works. ..
Theme refers to the analysis of the objects or ideas expressed in a work.
Formal elements refer to the analysis of lines, colors, light and shade, texture, modeling, space, time, sound and smell in works.
For example, the lines of Angle; The light and shade of Rembrandt; Van Gogh's brush strokes; Picasso's space; The color of Matisse, etc.
The form of composition, such as unity and change; Repetition; Proportion; Rhythm and so on.
For example, the unity and change in andy warhol's work 10 1 jar.
Repetition in Fang Lijun's "Bald Series"; The rhythm in Kandinsky's Rose Stress: The proportion in mondriaan's composition and so on.
Regarding the writing of graduation thesis of art college students, some common writing methods and ideas are put forward here, which I believe will be helpful to college students who are writing their thesis for the first time.