Module 2 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 […]
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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 Make Art? To Build Time Capsules for HeritageLinks 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 are these traditions […]
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 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 are these traditions or artforms a reflection of the culture? What, if any, cultural traditions or artworks from your background or heritage […]
Explain how the new naturalism found in his style helped his viewers to understand his work.
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 arts, […]
Discuss the role Indigenous interpreters in the administration of justice-Why are interpreters necessary functionaries in the administration of justice for many Indigenous Australians?
Research Essay Purpose: To develop an original research piece addressing a key issue in Indigenous Justice Value: 50% Word count: 2000 words (+ references). You have +/- 10% leeway with the word count. Word count includes all text in your essay (i.e. in-text references, headings, etc), but excludes the bibliography. Instructions: Answer one of the […]
What kind of truth does each work try to achieve-What methods is each artist using to create this kind of truth-How do these methods differ from each other?
The Truth of Art 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 […]
Explore the meaning of Freud’s notion of the death drive-Does it help explain anything about photographic and/or art practices?
Photography Essay Question: Explore the meaning of Freud’s notion of the death drive. Does it help explain anything about photographic and/or art practices? Reading TEXT 1 Aries Ph., (1976), Western Attitudes toward Death, London: Marion Boyars, (conclusion only) See: https://monoskop.org/images/0/0e/Ari%C3%A9s_Philippe_Western_Attitudes_Toward_Death_1976.pdf TEXT 2 Noys B., (2005), The Culture of Death, London: Berg (Introduction only) TEXT 3 […]
Discuss how the function of literature compares with the function of myth as described in chapter 3
The Functions of Literature and Myth 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 chapter’s […]
What people or movements do you think are central to driving the European and American art world in this period?
Final Paper Assignment: Mapping Modernisms Now that you’ve studied and reflected on Alfred Barr, Ad Reinhardt, and Hank Willis Thomas’s diagrams, it’s time to make your own! Make a diagram that describes the history that we have covered this semester from the 1860s to the 1960s. You may use any medium you like, digital or […]
Can you identify a link with an artist that has influenced your artist and/or artwork?
Timeline Project. 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 […]
