ASSIGNMENT
Using at least 4 works of art, please fully address all facets of the following question(s). Please identify each work you select by artist, title, and date.
For the essay question, you will be required to: 1) read the question in its entirety 2) think about what is being asked of you and formulate a plan or brief outline (perhaps on a piece of scratch paper) of what you intend to “say” in order to address the question and perhaps most importantly 3) provide a clear, cogent, and well-thought out response that answers ALL facets of the question. A consistent theme throughout the history of Modern Art is “breaking from tradition or established artistic convention.” Indeed, in painting, sculpture, and architecture, artists/architects, it could be argued, simultaneously internalized and built upon or consciously rejected that which had come before. To address the needs and/or concerns of a new, Modern age, artists and architects adopted a different and diverse (and in some cases, not entirely “new”) language to producing works of art and architecture.
Client notes: Choose works or themes of your choice from the text book listed above.
Essay Question Below:
What works are most representative of this new/different/diverse, although wholly Modern, language? How can they be defined as Modern? What past traditions, conventions, or perceived restrictions, if any, were artists/architects breaking from? In your opinion, was this “break” conscious or deliberate or perhaps unconscious?
Be sure to choose works that fully support your argument. Describe each selected work in detail–do not simply list them! Again, there are several components to this question. Be sure to answer each of them York.
