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Assignment Questions
In this comparison/contrast essay, choose one to the following topic areas to explore or combine them.
The prompts under each question are intended to guide your response. Be selective, and choose those that are most interesting to you.
Compare and contrast at least three examples. You may combine different mediums.
How are these works indicative of the social, cultural, and technical issues of the times?

Art: Choose at least 2 different Art selections from the examples in Ch 38-40
At least two of your examples should be from different chapters in your book.
Discuss specific examples from the Modern Period that best illustrate your points.
Include names and list the figure numbers (fig. 21.5) from your text.
Discuss important stylistic characteristics when relevant; like size, type of material used.
Discuss what the work seems to indicate or express about specific cultural concerns & about the values of the time?
What might the symbolic significance of these work suggest about the social/cultural beliefs and religious values of these people?
You may wish to refer to the selections on the art guide to illustrate some of your points.
You may wish to review some of videos on art in the module section.

Literature: Look at 2 or 3 selections from the Readings in Ch. 38-40 involving literary, and philosophical figures .
What does do these figures reveal about some of its major themes and concerns?
What do you see as main similarities and differences between Existentialism, Modernism, and Post Modernism? Use specific examples.
Cite specific lines from the selections to discuss, explain, or support your assessment of what the literature is doing and what it reveals to you as a reader.
What do the themes tell you about the specific values and beliefs of the time? See some of the the VP- videos on structuralism & postmodernism in the module section.

Music: Look in the modules section for a summary of Music. You this information and Ch. 38-40 from your text to help you compose your essay.
List and discuss some of the main characteristics of Music and/or Dance from the Modern/Postmodern period
Use at least 2 examples from your text and/or the chapter summary, listening guide, or the video section Links to an external site. .
What were some of the innovations and changes that effected the structure and sound of this music and or dance?
Try to characterize the differences in sound and/or body movements as the art forms have changed.
Textbook:
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Existentialism, Post Modernism:

Art Guide Names: (optional)
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon oil Picasso July 1907, Cubism
The Birth of the World, oil, John Miro, 1925, Surrealism
Dance II, Oil, Matisse,1910, Fauvism
The Birth of the World, oil, John Miro, 1925, Surrealism
Dance II, Oil, Matisse,1910, Fauvism
Man, Controller of the Universe, Fresco, Diego Rivera, 1934, Mexican Mural
Music:

Dance:

Video section: (optional)