“Emanuel Leutze, The Storming of the Teocalli by Cortez and His Troops (1848)”
For the sources, I already chose some as well from previous assignments, it will be great if you can use the sources I chose, but if the sources I used are too hard to apply to this essay, please feel free to add more additional sources. The sources I chose will be at the end of these instructions. Thank you so much for saving my life.
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Prompt:
American Studies as a multidisciplinary field is based on the notion that culture plays an important role in history; analysis of cultural productions can therefore help one better understand the people, events, and processes that have shaped the United States over time. Examining historical American culture from multiple perspectives can also help develop skills vital to critically analyzing contemporary cultural forces.
In this assignment, your task is to synthesize your knowledge of content from lectures and reading assignments in Norton and on Canvas.
Objectives
Upon completion of this assignment, students will be able to:
Explain the significance of visual culture in relation to events in US history during the early republic
Analyze and interpret visual art (paintings or sculpture) in written argumentation
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Step 2. Examine the Artwork
Examine the painting, while thinking about the following:
Self-Reflexivity
How does this work make you feel? What thoughts feelings, emotions, memories, and/or associations does it evoke? (Now as much as possible, set aside your personal experience of the art in order to as accurately as possible understand the historical and cultural significance of the work).
Historical, Social Context
Why was this work made? Consider the time and place of its production.
Analysis
How does this art work? What are the elements of design and composition and how are they put together? How does it make you think and feel what it does?
Interpretation & Criticism
What does this work mean? Is its meaning for you the same as its general meaning in American culture? How might your experience of this work differ from what the artist(s) intended and what the audiences would have experienced in its historical context?
The Native American Perspective:
Using your knowledge from lectures and course readings, construct an argument about how Native American viewers might have responded to the painting in question. When developing your thesis, think carefully about major ongoing themes of the course. You are strongly encouraged to pay particular attention to the concept of power and resistance. As it relates to the scene depicted in the painting, consider:
How and by whom is power exercised, either directly or indirectly?
Who (if anyone) appears to be resisting, and in what manner?
Could critical responses from Native American viewers be considered acts of resistance? If so, how?
Step 3. Write Your Analysis
Write an essay that describes, interprets, and explains the artwork from a Native American perspective. Your paper must have a clear thesis and be well-argued, using details from the painting as evidence. When you cite secondary scholarly sources, you must cite them thoroughly and correctly. Organize your paper with an introduction, argument (evidence and rationale), and conclusion. Papers should be 5-6 pages in length including the list of Works Cited and using normal fonts and margins. Proofread for spelling and grammar before you turn it in. Consult your Seminar instructor for specific information concerning submission, evaluation, and grading.
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This is my submission for the thesis statement, please modify it or do a better version of it, thank you!
The painting I chose demonstrates the conflict between the Aztecs and the Spanish colonists. Therefore, the sources I am using for this paper will focus on the historical period when Europeans started their colonization of South America. (pls mention I will use Apocaleto as reference
Borrero, L. A. (2015). The process of human colonization of southern South America: Migration, peopling and The archaeology of place. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 38, 4651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2014.09.006
Gibson, M., Gibson, M., Davey, B., & Safinia, F. (2006). Apocalypto.
Levine, R. S. (2017). First Encounters: Early European Accounts of
Native America. In The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume A (pp. 8082). essay, W.W. Norton & Company.
Levine, R. S. (2017). HERNN CORTS. In The Norton Anthology of American literature (pp. 8287). essay, W.W. Norton & Company.
Schreffler, M. (2009). their corts and our corts: Spanish colonialism and Aztec representation. The Art Bulletin, 91(4), 407425. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043079.2009.10786145