Reflection Assignment Reflect on anything that may have “opened your eyes,” so to speak, and made you better informed about the visual world. Were there any ideas or monuments presented in class that surprised you? Did something challenge you? Requirement: 1. Select two objects (or groups of objects) or ideas that we discussed in this […]
In what ways do the skyscrapers symbolize both New York City and the United States in the first decades of the twentieth century?
Essay Question Options: Choose one (1) of the following essays to answer. 1. What is the so-called “Machine Age”? How was it associated with alienation? Describe some works by Demuth and Stella that illustrate the qualities of the machine age. Comment on how this alienation permeates the other arts as it does early twentieth century […]
Examine the anti-bourgeoisie works of the Dadaists and the images of physical and psychological well-being by Monet, Bonnard and Matisse.
TASK Choose one (1) of the following essays to answer. Each essay must consist of at least 700 words (this equals two double-spaced pages in Times New Roman font 12), must be in complete sentences and where necessary, appropriate information must be properly documented in MLA style. Essay Question Options: 1. Examine the anti-bourgeoisie works […]
Summarize the reception that Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring met at its public premiere. How can we be certain that this attitude has changed?
ASSIGNMENT Choose one (1) of the following essays to answer. Essay Question Options: 1. The search for new ways of looking at the world, combined with an urge to break down accepted conventions and preconceptions is characteristic of the period around the turn of the century. Consider the various art movements that developed from 1900 […]
What is a “canon” and how does it relate to representation in art? Describe the canon of Egyptian art using at least one example.
TASK Choose one example of art or architecture from two of the early civilizations covered in this module to compare and contrast (e.g. Sumer, Akad, Egypt). Be sure to address the following points/questions in your comparison. Identify each work (title, culture of origin, date, medium) and describe the most notable formal and iconographic elements in […]
Write an essay addressing about your perspective of art and how it effects you and your culture.
What is your perspective of art and how does it effect your culture. This essay must have a minimum of 5 paragraphs, 4 sentences per paragraph, MLA format. Write an essay addressing about your perspective of art and how it effects you and your culture. Art can be reflected in most anything, paintings, sculpture, architecture, […]
What, if any, cultural traditions or artworks from your background or heritage do you believe should be preserved and why?
Video Kayla Briët Watch the video Kayla Briët: Why do you Make Art? To Build Time Capsules for the Heritage Links to an external site., and answer the following questions: Kayla Briët speaks about a variety of cultural traditions not necessarily associated with fine arts. Why then is it important to preserve these traditions? How […]
Write a research paper explaining how Diego Rivera and Pablo Picasso explored Indigenous Cultures in their approaches to Modern Art.
Curatorial Project with the subject: Primitivism and Appropriation Write a research paper explaining how Diego Rivera and Pablo Picasso explored Indigenous Cultures in their approaches to Modern Art.
Write a 2 page research-based paper in current MLA format that focuses on analyzing a work of art.
Analysis Paper Assignment Write a 2 page research-based paper in current MLA format that focuses on analyzing a work of art. The paper must include at least 3 references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. Choose 1 of the artworks listed below (they are also listed in the Analysis Paper Assignment Resources […]
Discuss the narrative tradition that Giotto helped to develop as a didactic tool for the congregation of a Church.
TASK Write a 1750+ word essay on ONE of the following two topics. While the first paper was on style, this paper is on the function of art for the viewer, and how art was used to teach people religious stories. 1)The newly-formed mendicant orders of the 1200s had a major impact on the visual […]