Curatorial Project with the subject: Primitivism and Appropriation; Briefly explain How Diego Rivera and Pablo Picasso explored Indigenous Cultures in their approaches to Modern Art.
Analysis Paper Assignment Instructions Overview 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. Instructions Choose 1 of the artworks listed below (they are also listed in the Analysis […]
The Truth of Art Instructions Aaron Douglas’s style “is the result of a deep-rooted belief that in trying to imitate the actual world, art-as-likeness was really falsifying the way we see that world.” Although all art is a form of imitation—whether of the actual or the imaginary world—Douglas’s belief highlights the way artists have used […]
Connecting to Chief Seattle For the assignment, we will think about the environmental issues covered in the readings and combine these to Chief Seattle’s quote regarding the concept that “all things are connected”. First, you will create a piece of art or a useful object from recycled materials. You must use more than one recycled […]
Requirements Write an essay about an artist Nam June Paik and discuss it in the context of Video Art, and New Media Art in general. The essay must include a specific work of Video Art, as well as an interpretation of your selection based on your understanding of the work and the qualities of the video review in the […]
The Functions of Literature and Myth Instructions Discuss how the function of literature compares with the function of myth as described in chapter 3. To focus your answer, consider the hero myth alongside any combination of Homer’s Iliad, the novels of Ernest Hemingway discussed in this chapter, and one or more war poems from the […]
Instructions Look at Andy Warhol’s 1962 silkscreen of Marilyn Monroe (Figure 5.42) in chapter 5 and apply chapter 1’s bulleted instructions on critical thinking to write an evaluation of this work. In your concluding paragraph, consider how this silkscreen asks for a response different from the one a work such as Michelangelo’s David (Figure 2.1) […]
Art and Identity National and personal identities do not magically happen; they are built on and influenced by immediate and past events, environments, traditions, and cultural legacies. Artists capture and document not only the physical conditions of a society but also the emotional and mental conditions. They construct a sense of who we were and […]
You are the curator of a small online exhibition! This paper will consist of a virtual exhibition. Create an exhibition of 5 to 7 works that illustrate that theme. Choose at least one work from each of the lessons leading up to the final. The works can be anything found on Visual Note-Taking Guides or […]
Cinema & Reality – Discussion 400 words are for the post, and 30 minutes are to check the movies mentioned in the instructions Is there a such thing as “telling the truth” in cinema? Early in the semester, we focused on a collection of films from really different socio-cultural and -historical and -political contexts and […]
