Wednesday 28 May 2014

ART Essay Question

ART Essay Questions



Essay Questions for Test 3
Three of these questions will be on the examination and will be worth 3 points each. Other test questions may be devised from these questions, so it would be to your advantage to have completed, beforehand, critical thinking answers to these comprehensive and analytical questions about these works of art.
Your essay answer should be at least three or more sentences. Answers should be paraphrased in your own words, not plagiarized from the text. If you plagiarize the author’s words, your answer will be critically penalized.
Read the information about each image for an understanding of its significance in relationship to the question posed. You may also express your own opinion as in a comparison or contrast to the textbook information, as long as you have comprehended and addressed the information from the text.
Chapter 11 Social Protest / Affirmation
1. How do these images help to change the knowledge and understanding of oppressive action against people in history? Also, where and how are people being oppressed currently today in the world?
John Heartfield Lewis Hine

Kara Walker

Chapter 12 The Body
Goering the Executioner

Leo, 48 inches High, 8 Years Old, Picks Up Bobbins at 15¢ a Day
“They Waz Nice White Folks While They Lasted” (Says One Gal to Another)
(11.6) (11.12) (11.19)
2. How does Mori’s works of art address the meaning of the question – What is “self”? Do you agree or disagree with her meaning about messages and identity in popular culture? Also, what might your reflection be about your self-identity?
Mariko Mori Star Doll (12.13) Mariko Mori Birth of a Star
Chapter 13 Race, Gender and Class
3. Why did Luna present himself as an artifact? Also, why might Luna want viewers to question history and museums? James Luna The Artifact Piece (13.6)

Chapter 14 Nature, Knowledge and Technology
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4. Discuss how Paik’s works of art relate to our everyday life? Also, what might his message be to you, as a viewer, about this medium - the television.
Nam June Paik Megatron (14.36)
Chapter 15 Entertainment
5. Describe the differences in method/technique between traditional animation, claymation and computer animation.
Walt Disney Nick Park Hayao Miyazaki
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Wrong Trousers

Spirited Away (15.32)


 THIS IS THE LINKE FOR THE Essay Images & Image IDs http://visualartnotes.com/attachments/File/Southwestern/SWC-Test_3-Images.pdf

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