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PART 1: QUESTION & ANSWER
Choose one visual artist that was BORN after January 1, 1900, from your book and answer the six questions below.
CRITERIA:
- INELIGIBLE artists include filmmakers (including animators), performance artists, actors, graphic designers, craft artists, and architects. Artist works should be in visual media such as painting, sculpture, mixed media, installation, drawing...
- Ineligible websites: Wikipedia.org, artsy.net, artcyclopedia.com... (or any other "general" art site or any site that is a "sale site")
- Artists that work as a team count as a single artist.
- For each artist: Number, copy, and answer each of the SIX questions and then answer each question individually (rewrite the question and then answer the question).
QUESTIONS:
QUESTION 1: Artist name, year of birth, country of birth and PAGE artist is found in your textbook.
QUESTION 2: The complete website where you found information about the artist. This website must be an "informational" site that is specific to your artist.
QUESTION 3: What is his/her primary media?
QUESTION 4: List TWO locations where the artist's work is currently displayed or was recently displayed. Be specific.
QUESTION 5: Define symbolism and iconography and describe the difference between them.
QUESTION 6: Discuss two different structures built for religious use. Explain how the form is related to purposes and how the form is used by that religious group. Be specific about how it meets particular rituals or other needs of the group.
QUESTION 7: Describe why and how art and artists have been considered to have exceptional power in some cultures.
QUESTION 8: Describe how rulers have used images of themselves to enhance their authority. Cite examples.
QUESTION 9: Explain why images of defeated rulers, dead rulers, or monuments of an occupied culture might be defaced or destroyed.
QUESTION 10: Describe the use of tribal masks for rituals in different cultures.
QUESTION 11: Select two ethically controversial works of art from different periods in history. Explain how each work was received at the time it was made and how changes in societal values have impacted acceptance of the works today.
QUESTION 12: Why is it important that news photographs not be altered?