Choose one of the artists and write an analysis on the ways in which their works critique or address the notion of appropriation. 1) Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907 2) Paul Gauguin, Deux Tahitiennes, 1899, oil on canvas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 3) Andy Warhol, Thirty Are Better Than One, 1963, […]
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October 13th, 2021 
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to explore both the conscious and unconscious ways that works of art connect to and affect our everyday perspectives on the world around us and how the world around us affects our perspective on artworks. Assignment: You will select one artwork from the Art 21 website: http://www.art21.org/ (Links […]
Art and Music
October 13th, 2021 Submit a brief response to the reading and narrated PPT from this week, Art and the Environment that responds to the following: Identify one artist and one artwork by this artist from this weeks material on art and the environment and explain what Big Idea and theme might be associated with this artist’s […]
Art History Response Paper
October 13th, 2021 Each week you will submit via Canvas a written response papers to the weeks readings. The length of these will vary depending upon the number and nature of that weeks readings. These response papers should include, for each assigned reading: a) a summary of the authors argument; b) what you learned from the readings; c) […]
What is the music of the Civil Rights Movement? Why/how would it be considered the music of the movement/the music that moved the movement?
October 12th, 2021 The essay should be a personal opinion; however, you must use the textbook to support your opinion. You may also use other sources if you’d like, but that is not necessary. The answers provided should be your own words and ideas supported by these sources.
Early Renaissance Italian Art: Master of the Osservanza
October 12th, 2021 Analyze the devotional triptych by the Master of the Osservanza, Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints John the Baptist and Bartholomew, executed in circa 1440. The so-called Master of the Osservanza was one of the most talented Sienese artists of the second quarter of the Quattrocento. In the twentieth century he was identified as the […]
Any topic (writer’s choice)
October 10th, 2021 Read DOING FILM HISTORY, by David Bordwell:http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/doing.php (Links to an external site.) This essay is an important tool for navigating papers and discussions for this course. Choose FIVE of the following questions to answer in Canvas. Using Bordwell’s arbitrary designation of any film older than 20 years being “old”, what “old films” have you seen […]
Writing Assignment: Descriptive Analysis Paper (short format video)
October 9th, 2021 Writing Assignment: Descriptive Analysis Paper (short format video)Choose a short format video-based performance, film, commercial, music video, live performance, etc. (somewhere in the 3-7 min range). Use Description and Analysis to locate physicality, movement themes, gender codes, character/role, narrative, etc. as it relates to themes of Masculinities broadly. Consider the context or time period from […]
Any topic (writer’s choice)
October 9th, 2021 Read DOING FILM HISTORY, by David Bordwell:http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/doing.php (Links to an external site.) This essay is an important tool for navigating papers and discussions for this course. Choose FIVE of the following questions to answer in Canvas. Using Bordwell’s arbitrary designation of any film older than 20 years being “old”, what “old films” have you seen […]
WAR
October 8th, 2021 using the internet and the articles provided as resources, research the major issues relating to wars around the world, and how they affect civilian populations. Answer: What are the social justice issues associated with war?How should these issues be addressed?What is ‘justifiable warfare’?How did the film you watched this week address the issue? Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GyzesoiT6I […]
