Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on American art before and after World War II. Include an examination of the artwork of three artists total. Select two artists who worked during the Great Depression and one Abstract Expressionist artist.

Resources: Review your Week 3 readings and videos.

For your Week 3 Assignment, complete the assignment below.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on American art before and after World War II.

Include an examination of the artwork of three artists total. Select two artists who worked during the Great Depression and one Abstract Expressionist artist.

Include discussion of the following in your paper:

• At least one example of art from each artist with a description of the subject and style of the work.
• An examination of the purpose of artwork created during the Great Depression. Were your examples used as tools for social reform? What other types of messaging was present in works from the 1930s?
• A description of how Abstract Expressionism emerged in post-World War II America and how it differed from the art work of the 1930s.
• A description of the style of your Abstract Expressionist artist and why he or she was interested in this style of abstraction; was there a “meaning” to their work?

Format your paper according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

 

Materials

·         Framing America, Ch. 7

·         Framing America, Ch. 8

·         Week 3 Electronic Reserve Readings

·         Documenting the Face of America: Roy Stryker and the FSA/OWI Photographers Video Reflection

·         Jackson Pollock Video Reflection

·         Grant Wood—American Gothic

·         Charles Sheeler Video Reflection

·         Diego Rivera—Revolutionary With A Paintbox Video Reflection

 

Week 4

Resources: Review your Week 4 readings and videos.

Choose one of the following themes for a presentation on your Week 4 content:

• Changing Times: Proto-Pop and The Beats (must include either Robert Rauschenberg or Jasper Johns)
• Andy Warhol and Pop Art (focus on Warhol OR Warhol and other Pop artists)
• Protest Art (You may choose to focus on Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, or both)

Create a 10- to 12-sllde presentation (including a title and reference slide) on your selected theme that includes the following:

• 100- to 250-word speaker notes for each of your content slides that summarize the main points listed on the slide (you will have a minimum of 8 to 10 content slides which excludes the title and reference slides).
• A description and analysis of four to six artworks related to your selected theme (include an image of each artwork).
• A description of the subject of each artwork; what was the subject depicted by the artist?
• An examination of how this type of art developed; why did artists choose these subjects? To what social or cultural events were artists responding?
• A description of the materials, media, or techniques used by the artists; why did the artist use these materials or techniques? What is the overall effect of the artwork?

You must use Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® .

Format your references according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

 

Materials

·         Framing America, Ch. 8

·         Week 4 Electronic Reserve Readings

·         The Principle of Selection Video Reflection

·         Andy Warhol, Part 1 Video Reflection

·         James Rosenquist: Reimagining the Billboard

·         Andy Warhol: Prison of Consumerism

·         Protest Art