Western Tradition
Roberto Vargas
rvargas1@swarthmore.edu
Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2) [section] (1912). The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
The Assignment
Two general books
Four scholarly articles from traditional art historical sources from each of the following periods: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Critically evaluate the scholarly literature
Analysis of the general methodological trends used, and the kinds of interpretations produced, by this scholarship
Today
2~ The Resources
1~ The Approach
Approach
Specific Issue
Issue in the field
Outside
Parallel
Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)
Cubism, futurism, motion
Duchamp, Marcel
Section d’Or(ii)
Methods
How to be part of the conversation
1 - Database
Resources
2 - Oxford Bibliography
Assignment
3 - Oxford Art Online
4 - Tripod
"Scholarly Articles"
"Two books"
"Evaluate the scholarly literature"
"Evaluate the scholarly literature"
Oxford Bibliography
Oxford Art Online
TRIPOD
Proquest /
Taylor and Francis
"The search terms I have chosen encode a tacit hypothesis..."
- Ted Underwood, "Theorizing Research Practices We Forgot to Theorize 20 Years Ago"
Review
cubism
Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)
section d'or
futurism
Nude Descending a Staircase
golden section
Marchel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)
OR
OR
OR
AND
AND
(cubism or futurism) AND ("section d'or" OR "golden section" OR "groupe de puteaux" OR "salon de la section d'or")
Roberto Vargas rvargas1@swarthmore.edu 610-957-6107
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Exhibit (Evidence)
Background
Materials used to establish facts. When used as background, you take them as fact and do not question them. If you do, they will become part of your argument. Implies membership in a community based on shared references
The materials to be analyzed, examined or interpreted
Argument (Authority, Antagonist)
Sources you engage with or respond to directly by countering, extending or refining the claims made. You engage in conversation. They-Say....
Method (Model)
Sources from which you borrow an approach, key concept, idea, or method, or sources after which you model your own approach to inquiry, writing, or argument.
Beware of the PDF/TAB graveyard
(where papers go to die)
Organize
BACKGROUND
EXHIBIT
ARGUMENT
METHOD
Boolean Logic
AND
OR
NOT
Synonym OR Synonym
Synonym OR Synonym
Synonym OR Synonym
AND
AND
Example
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