Examine a specific artwork influenced by a literary work and how the artist captured the subject or story.

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Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 7, 8

Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook – for historical/political influences)

Address one of the following:

Option 1: Examine the movement and specific work in relation to historical and political influences of the movement.

Option 2: Examine a specific artwork influenced by a literary work and how the artist captured the subject or story.

Asher B. Durand’s Thanatopsis (influenced by William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”)

John William Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott (influenced by Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott”)

Sir John Everett Millais’s Ophelia (influenced by Shakespeare’s Ophelia from Hamlet)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne or The Rape of Prosperina (influenced by ancient myths)

Ancient Greek vase painting (influenced by various ancient myths)

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