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Choose five scholarly works (in English or other languages) that help you understand chosen artwork better. Write an annotation for each entry (5 scholarly works each 100 to 150 words). Summarize the article/book and briefly mention how it will be useful for you. Note, all chapters/articles from one single book/anthology/exhibition catalog are counted as ONE entry.

What is NOT a “scholarly work”: Wikipedia article, post in Social media, like Tweeter or WeChat (or others), documentary, Youtube video, podcast.

Where to start?

1) Find published references related to your object on a museum website. my Object is : Standing figure of a bodhisattva

| https://asia.si.edu/object/F1952.15/ Bodhisattva(NorthernWeiperiod) | China | F1952.15 | Gallery17

2) Browse ) jstor (Links to an external site.), Google Scholar (Links to an external site.), Google Books (Links to an external site.), or other academic databases.

Before you submit

1) In the headline, don’t forget to identify your object by Name, Museum/Temple, Accession number (if applicable).

2) The assignments should be typed in the Times New Roman font, 12pt, double-spaced, 1 inch margins. Citation and bibliography should conform to Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (for the instructions, see: CMOS Introduction // Purdue Writing Lab (Links to an external site.)). Note that the style of reference for books and journal articles is different.

Example of an annotated bibliography (attached)