ARTIST BIOPOEMS

Biography in Context Database 
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1. Click on the link for Biography in Context 
   (from home you will need a password)
2. Search for your individual in the search bar of the database  (If more than one entry comes up, make sure you click on the correct person)
3. When you are on the page for your artist, you'll see different sources to click on

• Biographies (most helpful), click the number next to Biographies to view them all.
• News or Magazines could be helpful. 

Tips:

• Choose Sign in with Google when you first open Biography in Context
• You can send articles you like directly to your Drive to highlight/take notes from there​

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Citing from Biography in Context (database) 

​This database cites your articles for you! Follow these steps to get your citation from the database into Noodletools:

Possible Websites for Artwork
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Note: These are not the only websites you can use, but they are definitely authoritative. Do not choose random websites with your artist's paintings. If you cannot verify the source is authoritative (think: a gallery or museum where the painting is), do not use it!

​​Frida Kahlo:

• Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
• MoMA: Kahlo
• National Museum of Women in the Arts: Kahlo

Georges Seurat: 

• Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"
• National Gallery of Art: Seurat
• The National Gallery: Seurat 
• Museum of Modern Art: Seurat 

Andy Warhol:

• Marilyn Monroe Series
• The Andy Warhol Museum
• The Tate Galleries: Warhol
• Whitney Museum: Warhol

Georgia O'Keeffe: 

• From the Faraway, Nearby
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: O'Keeffe
• The Tate Galleries: O'Keeffe ​​

​​​​Takashi Murakami:

• ​Celestial Flowers​
• ​Guggenheim: Murakami
• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: Murakami​

​Leonardo da Vinci:

• Mona Lisa
• ​The National Gallery: da Vinci
• National Gallery of Art: da Vinci

Edvard Munch:

• The Scream
• ​National Gallery and Munch Museum
• ​Museum of Modern Art: Munch

Aaron Douglas:

• Aspiration
• ​Spencer Museum of Art: Douglas
• National Gallery of Art: Douglas

Chuck Close:

• Fanny/Fingerpaintings
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Close
• National Gallery of Art: Close

For Mrs. Yost's Classes Only!

• Salvador Dali: The Persistence of Memory
• ​Pablo Picasso: Three Musicians
• Georgia O'Keeffe: Oriental Poppies

Citing a Work of Visual Art Viewed Online
(AKA: art you see on website):
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1. Make sure you are logged into Noodletools and have created the project you want to put citations in (note: you MUST choose the Junior citation level for this, NOT Starter)
2. Choose +Create a New Citation. Then pick Website > Work of Visual Art
3. Fill in the template, using the website you are citing as reference. See the tutorial video on the right for step-by-step instructions on how to do this.
4. Make sure to click Save when you are done to finalize and create the citation.
5. Repeat these steps for every piece of artwork you are using in your Biopoem.

Exporting Your Citations and Adding to Your Slides
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1. Ensure you have cited ALL sources you plan on citing and that they are cited properly.
2. Choose Print/Export and then Print/Export to Google Docs 
3. When your works cited opens, copy the words on your exported works cited (including the title "Works Cited") and paste the works cited into your last slide in your presentation. DO NOT adjust anything. The formatting is correct.