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• Drawing the Eye
This assignments provide a deeper understanding of the content through reflecting and responding to the video. Write one or two paragraphs responding to the assignment question. MLA format
Based on the video, when the artist describes his process, he states that he is "drawing the eye without drawing the eye," what do you think he meant by this idea? Why do you think this process, going from basic or general towards the specific or detailed, is a good way to draw?
• Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21, 1978
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According to the video, how has the artist, Cindy Sherman, explored the theme of identity in her work? Why is photography a good medium to explore these ideas?
• Gaudí, Church of the Sagrada Família, 1882
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According to the commenters in the video, Gaudi's Church of the Sagrada Familia is an inventive synthesis of very eclectic elements and structures. Can you describe at least three of these elements and structures?
• Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, 1483-85
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According to the presenters in the video, what are two ways Botticelli's The Birth of Venus is different than other paintings from the Renaissance period?
• Olmec Mask
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According to the video, what is one way the Aztecs dealt with artifacts older than their culture that is similar to how we deal with ours? What is one way that it is different?
• Duchamp's Shovel: Art as Concept
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From watching the video discussion on Marcel Duchamp's In Advance of the Broken Arm, how do you think this art challenges our idea of what art can be? Also, the narrator says he thinks Duchamp failed. What was Duchamp trying to do that he apparently was not able to do?