Section 12.2: Module 1 What Is Art? Written Assignment

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Class,

Choose one of topics below to write an essay of a minimum of 350 words.

A. Do research on your topic, use the internet, and find a minimum of three sources that discuss your topic.

If you simply copy/paste the title of the work in Google, you should find many sites for research.

Art and Truth, Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait Along the Borderline between Mexico and the United States.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory2-91/chapter/frida-kahlo-and-diego-rivera/

Art and Glory, Delacroix_”Liberty Leading the People”. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/masteryart1-91/chapter/oer-1-20/

Art and Beauty, Raphael’s_”Madonna of the Goldfinch”. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory2-91/chapter/madonna-of-the-goldfinch/

Art and The Environment_”The Gates”, Christo and Jean Claude http://christojeanneclaude.net/projects/the-gates

Art and Truth_Rene Magritte, “The Treachery of Images” https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory2-91/chapter/magritte-the-treachery-of-images/

Art and Immortality_Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Sphinx https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory1-91/chapter/pyramid-of-khafre-and-the-great-sphinx/

Art and Religion _Michelangelo’s Saint Peter’s “Pieta” https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory2-91/chapter/pieta/

Art and Fantasy_Dali’s “Persistence of Memory” https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory2-91/chapter/dali-the-persistence-of-memory/

Art and Social Consciousness, Pablo Picasso’s , “Guernica” https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory2-91/chapter/picasso-guernica/

Art and Popular Culture, Warhol’s , “Four Marilyns” https://courses.lumenlearning.com/masteryart1-91/chapter/reading-warhols-gold-marilyn-monroe/

Art and the Earth, Robert Smithson, “Spiral Jetty” https://courses.lumenlearning.com/arthistory2-91/chapter/robert-smithson/

Essays should either be submitted as an attached WORD File, or A Rich Text format, no WPS format.

Be sure to include footnotes_and a bibliography for all essays. Website for footnotes:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/04/

What Is Art? Written Assignment. Authored by: J. Bruce Schwabach. Provided by: Herkimer College. Located at: https://herkimer.open.suny.edu/webapps/blackboard/execute/modulepage/view?course_id=_1410_1&cmp_tab_id=_1465_1&editMode=true&mode=cpview. Project: Art Appreciation Achieving the Dream Course. License: CC BY: Attribution