Styles of Artworks Prompt
Please answer the two (2) questions below in full sentences and essay form (approximately 5 long paragraphs each). Please use citations for any direct quotes or paraphrasing that you use from the eTextbook in your answers (in other words, give chapter and section numbers if possible).
The Textbook History of Modern Art H.H.Arnason. Elizabeth C. Mansfield.
Question # 1: Style
Over the past 12 weeks, we studied numerous styles of artwork throughout history. Please choose three different styles that were important between the years of 1945 and 2019, and choose three different artworks that are, in your opinion, the best examples of each style. You must define each of the three styles, give a full identification for each artwork (artist, title, date, country, and style); you must discuss everything you know about that artwork (subject matter, history of the object, location, meaning, historical context); and you must give VISUAL EVIDENCE for why you think the work you chose is the best example of each style.
Question # 2: The Found Object in Art
During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, many artists made artworks from found objects or items that were not originally intended to be used to make art. Please choose three different artworks by three different artists and explain how those artworks utilized materials that were not originally intended for art. You must give a full identification for each artwork (artist, title, date, country, and style); you must discuss everything you know about that artwork (subject matter, history of the object, location, meaning, historical context); and you must discuss how the found objects used in the artwork give meaning to the artworks.
In Preparation:
Jean Baptiste Poquelin (Molière)
Frontispiece and title page, the first volume of Moliere's works translated into English, printed by John Watts, 1739
Molière's play is a satire. It's probably a good idea to look up that term in the list of literary terms located in the Literary Analysis folder. As you read the play, try to decide which group of people Molière is satirizing.
The play is also a comedy of manners, a genre that satirizes the ideals and manners of the upper social class. The characters maintain a metaphorical mask that places them in their social class, but their actions on stage reveal the truth about themselves. As you read, notice the metaphorical masks the play's characters project to the world.
The "table scene" in Tartuffe is famous. (You will recognize it when you get to it!) As with any play written to be performed, not read, you should try to imagine the actors' actions as they speak their parts. In this scene, in particular, remember that the play is a comedy; try to imagine what the actors could be doing during the scene that would make the audience laugh. A lot of the comedy in this comedy of manners is based on making fun of the manners of the time while they are expressed through the lines spoken by the actors. If you're not laughing at all as you read this play, you are taking it much too seriously!
