Assess students' ability to compose an advanced five-poem ekphrastic sequence responding to five selected Renaissance paintings, demonstrating close visual analysis, intertextual engagement, and the translation of formal and iconographic elements into poetic form while applying postcolonial and eco-critical theory. Require selection from an instructor-provided or approved corpus of Renaissance works; each poem should interrogate colonial histories, material ecologies, and human/nonhuman relations evident in the paintings. Include a 500–750 word artist’s statement explaining intertextual strategies, theoretical frameworks, research sources, and craft choices; evaluate interpretive rigor, theoretical integration, poetic craft, and reflective justification.