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AR301 Modern Art in the U.S.
Discussions Week 1-8
Week 1
Introduction
Question A
Tell us about yourself so we can get to know you and so you can get to know others within the class. In your post, include what you believe to be your current knowledge level of this course topic and what you hope to learn before the course is over.
Question B
There is an age old debate about whether art imitates life or whether life imitates art. Based on what youve read this week, where do you weigh in on the debate? Is art simply a reflection of the world as the artist sees it, or can art actually work to shape the world in which we live? Explain your answer in detail.
The initial post should be a minimum of 150 words. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.
Week 2 Discussion
The Impact of the Armory Show
How did the American public react to the 1913 Armory Show in New York? Was it a complete failure or did it change American Art forever?
The initial post should be a minimum of 150 words. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.
Week 3 Discussion
Edward Hopper Art Analysis
After watching this weeks video lecture on Nighthawks, find a different painting by Edward Hopper.
Include the image or link in your post, and in your own words analyze what you believe to be the meaning of the work.
Do you find there to be similar themes in between your selection and Nighthawks? Why or Why Not?
The initial post should be a minimum of 150 words. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.
Week 4 Discussion
Compare and Contrast: Pollock vs. Rothko
Compare and Contrast Jackson Pollocks White Light, 1954 with Mark Rothkos Number 15, 1957.
- White Light
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79481 - Number 15
http://www.orartswatch.org/wpcontent/ uploads/2012/02/Rothko_untitled_1957.jpg
Spend time looking carefully at each work. Write down a list of words that describe each work include nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
- What do you think initially, and then what details do you begin to see?
- What is similar about these works?
- What is different?
- They were both American Abstract Expressionists why are they linked together in this art movement?
- Do you believe that their intended message is similar?
The initial post should be a minimum of 150 words. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.
Week 5 Discussion
Warhols Twenty-Five Colored Marilyns
Review Andy Warhols Twenty-Five Colored Marilyns, 1962. You may view this image in our text or by clicking the link below.
In this work, Warhol repeated a mechanically reproduced image of the movie star.
What do you believe is the logic behind Warhols repetition of the image? How does his theme relate to the mass media outlets used to distribute the image of Marilyn Monroe? Justify your response.
The initial post should be a minimum of 150 words. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.
Week 6 Discussion
Your Gallery Selections
Imagine you are being asked to create an online gallery with two works of art from the art movements we studied this week. The art examples do not have to be in our textbook, but the art you select must be from the art movements studied in Chapter 8 or Chapter 9. Identify the art works (title, artist, date, medium) and explain why you selected each work. Discuss the content of the art work and what issue the artists was trying to suggest.
If possible, include the image or the link for other students to easily view.
The initial post should be a minimum of 150 words. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.
Week 7 Discussion
National and Cultural Identity
In what way do contemporary artists consider issues of national and cultural identity? What are their strategies for calling traditional divisions into question through their art? Use at least two art examples to support your post.
The initial post should be a minimum of 150 words. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.
Week 8 Discussion
2 discussions
Discussion 1: Reflection
Looking back over the 20th century in America art, what art movement most interested you and why? Explain the connections you see between your selected style and art of the present day, or explain why they are too varied to be connected. Finally, consider that art of the past has been labeled by style, theme or message.
Based on our readings the past two weeks, what would name the art movement of the 1990s and 2000s. Explain your answer.
The initial post should be a minimum of 150 words. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.
Discussion 2: Will be added later on ..
