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1. Recount the event that inspired the painting Guernica. Discuss the style and imagery that Picasso used to respond to that event?
2. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe coined the axiom, “less is more.” Explain the meaning of this saying and, using examples, describe how the Bauhaus made use of this as a principle?
3. Describe the development and influence of Cubism. Include a comment regarding the working relationship of Picasso and Braque?
4. Contrast the painting of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. What is the emotional impact on the viewer and how does it differ between the two painters? What was the difference in the artists’ approaches?
5. Describe Marcel Duchamp’s use of kitsch and its inclusion in Pop Art. How did this confuse and upset ideas of “high” and “low” art?
6. Discuss the International Style of Architecture and its expression in the Seagram Building in New York. Include its use of materials and ideas of aesthetics.
7. Choose a work of art created since 1945 and discuss its merit as a superbly crafted object, an intellectually challenging encounter, and an aesthetically rewarding visual experience.
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Muslim community received the basic teachings of islam
: The Muslim community received the basic teachings of Islam through the prophet Muhammad. To what extent did the religious doctrines and social practices of Islam reflect the personal experiences of Muhammad? Be sure to consider Muhammad's knowledge o..
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Confucian and legaliist traditions
: The Han dynasty rulers took on ideas from both Confucian and Legaliist traditions when they organized their state. How were these rulers able to combine such different schools of thought?
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During the classical era in persia
: During the classical era in Persia, those favoring popular religions of salvation found a chance to attract new followers both in their homelands and beyond.
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Buddhist knowledge and wisdom
: After his many trips to India in search of Buddhist knowledge and wisdom, the monk Xuanzang and followers contributed to religious and cultural change in China. To what extent can you attribute the spread of Buddhism to the efforts of individuals lik..
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Recount the event that inspired the painting guernica
: Recount the event that inspired the painting Guernica. Discuss the style and imagery that Picasso used to respond to that event? Ludwig Mies van der Rohe coined the axiom, “less is more.” Explain the meaning of this saying and, using examples, descri..
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Roman roads spread germs and disease-christianity
: The Roman roads spread germs and disease but also Christianity! In the first century C.E., Christianity could claim only small numbers of believers from the lower classes. By the fourth century, Christianity had attracted even emperors to its communi..
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Discuss how polykleitos work epitomized figural art
: What do we know about the canon of Polykleitos? Using either the Diadoumenos or the Doryphoros, discuss how Polykleitos’ work epitomized figural art in the High Classical period.
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About the canon of polykleitos
: What do we know about the canon of Polykleitos? Using either the Diadoumenos or the Doryphoros, discuss how Polykleitos’ work epitomized figural art in the High Classical period.
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Discuss the periklean building program
: Discuss the Periklean building program that took place on the acropolis in Athens. How would a visitor have experienced the Acropolis and its various buildings at the end of the 5th background of the site in your discussion) century?
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