Modern Art I – Modern art through Pop, part 1 (AHD-2020-A) Jeff Edwards (jedwards2@sva.edu) October 22, 2018 !! ! Mid-term exam !Instructions: There are three essay questions on the back of this sheet; select just TWO of them to answer. This exam is due at the beginning of class in two weeks, on November 5th. !For the questions you select, write your answer in the form of a short essay. Be sure to address each of the things I asked about, and include all of the relevant facts. (You can address them in any order, as long as you deal with everything I’ve asked about.) Include as much detail as you can; doing a thorough job will help you get a better grade. !All of the factual information you need to answer these questions is in the book, but you will also have to do a little thinking and analysis on your own. You can use additional information from my lectures if you want to, but you don't have to. In some cases the information you need may be in two or more places in the book, or on two or more pages of a specific chapter. Some of the questions may also ask for you to state an opinion on a certain topic and then back it up with facts from the book. You don’t have to do any additional research or use sources other than the textbook for this assignment. !NOTE 1: if you do end up looking at other sources and they contradict the book, treat the book as authoritative, but feel free to mention the discrepancy. !NOTE 2: if you do choose to use other sources, you must include properly formatted citations (such as footnotes) and a full bibliography at the end of the answer, not just a list of URLs at the end of the paper. If you fail to cite any additional research with both footnotes and a bibliography, you’ll get a lower grade. If you use other sources without citing them at all, I’ll count that as plagiarism, and you’ll get an F on that question. (However, remember that you don’t need to do additional research to answer these questions.) !When you prepare your answers, present the facts you found in the book in your own words as much as possible. If you decide to quote any text directly from the book, indicate this with quotation marks and a page citation (the page number in parentheses is fine; footnotes aren’t necessary in this case). Failure to do so will also count as plagiarism, and you’ll either get a lower grade or receive no points for that question, depending on how bad the plagiarism is. In any case, don’t use too many direct quotes; I want you to demonstrate your own understanding of the material by explaining it in your own words, so you should avoid just copying much from the book. Each answer should be in the form of an essay, so you will write two essays total. I want you to present your answers as a text with paragraphs, not bullet points or sections. The answers must be typed, and not handwritten. !I am not providing a suggested length for your answers; make them as long as you think they need to be to answer all of the questions I’ve asked. If you’re uncertain about whether to mention something that the book says about an artist or artwork you’re writing about, it never hurts to include it seems relevant to you. !Since you only have to answer two questions, I will take the thoroughness and thoughtfulness of your answers into account when I grade them. Be sure that you look closely at what the book says about the topics you’ve chosen, and consider all of the facts carefully when you prepare your answers. If an answer misses any major information that I asked about or gets any important facts wrong, you will get a lower grade. Some of the questions below may require you to write more than others in order to include everything I’ve asked about. ! ! 1) Describe the influence of Japanese art on French art during the nineteenth century, covering the following points: a) What was Japonisme, and how did it reflect (or respond to) this influence? b) Why did a lot of Japanese art suddenly start showing up in Europe in the last half of the nineteenth century? What happened that made this possible, and why wasn’t Japanese art available in Europe before then?) c) What visual aspects of Japanese art did French artists find so startling and inspiring? How were these things different from what academic painters were trained to do? d) What is planarity, and how does this term relate to question (b) above? e) Consider the print Woman Bathing by Mary Cassatt (figure 2.24). How are the features of Japanese art that I asked about in question (b) reflected in this piece? Be sure to cite specific visual details, and explain how they are adapted from Japanese art. ! f) Now look at Symphony in White No. II: The Little White Girl by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (figure 2.25). Which visual elements of each painting show the influence of japonisme? How is Whistler’s version of japonisme different from the way Cassatt used Japanese art for inspiration? How did this make the two artworks look different from each other? 2) Write an essay on the paintings Luncheon on the Grass by Édouard Manet, (figure 2.19) and Olympia (figure 2.21), discussing the following points: a) What aspects of both paintings painting were based on earlier famous artworks, and what specific historical artworks did Manet use for inspiration? (Name at least one earlier artwork for each painting, or more than one if you can.) b) Where did Manet originally want to show Luncheon on the Grass in 1863, and where was it actually shown instead? Why did it end up in the alternate venue? How did the public respond to it? c) Why did Luncheon on the Grass receive this reaction? (Specifically, what aspects of the imagery, the composition, the models, and/or the painting technique did people respond to, and what did they think about these things?) d) How did the poet Charles Baudelaire influence the creation of both paintings? ! d) How did both paintings represent a challenge to old ideas of academic painting? Explain your answer, using specific aspects of each painting (such as imagery, technique, or subject matter) to back up your comments. 3) Pick just one of the following artists: Georges Seurat or Paul Cézanne. For the artist you have chosen, write an essay that deals with the following questions: a) What did your chosen artist like and dislike about the style and artistic techniques of the Impressionist painters? b) What do his own paintings have in common with Impressionism, and how do they differ from Impressionist paintings? (In other words, what did your chosen artist adopt and reject from the Impressionists when he made his own works? You should discuss both visual and conceptual elements.) c) What was new or different about this artist’s technique of painting? Were there any special personal theories or philosophical ideas about art behind his style? d) Finally, pick one work by your chosen artist that is shown in the textbook, and describe how his ideas are reflected in that work’s imagery, subject matter, and/or painting techniques. ! 1) Describe the influence of Japanese art on French art during the nineteenth century, covering the following points: a) What was Japonisme, and how did it reflect (or respond to) this influence? b) Why did a lot of Japanese art suddenly start showing up in Europe in the last half of the nineteenth century? What happened that made this possible, and why wasn’t Japanese art available in Europe before then?) c) What visual aspects of Japanese art did French artists find so startling and inspiring? How were these things different from what academic painters were trained to do? d) What is planarity, and how does this term relate to question (b) above? e) Consider the print Woman Bathing by Mary Cassatt (figure 2.24). How are the features of Japanese art that I asked about in question (b) reflected in this piece? Be sure to cite specific visual details, and explain how they are adapted from Japanese art. ! f) Now look at Symphony in White No. II: The Little White Girl by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (figure 2.25). Which visual elements of each painting show the influence of japonisme? How is Whistler’s version of japonisme different from the way Cassatt used Japanese art for inspiration? How did this make the two artworks look different from each other? 2) Write an essay on the paintings Luncheon on the Grass by Édouard Manet, (figure 2.19) and Olympia (figure 2.21), discussing the following points: a) What aspects of both paintings painting were based on earlier famous artworks, and what specific historical artworks did Manet use for inspiration? (Name at least one earlier artwork for each painting, or more than one if you can.) b) Where did Manet originally want to show Luncheon on the Grass in 1863, and where was it actually shown instead? Why did it end up in the alternate venue? How did the public respond to it? c) Why did Luncheon on the Grass receive this reaction? (Specifically, what aspects of the imagery, the composition, the models, and/or the painting technique did people respond to, and what did they think about these things?) d) How did the poet Charles Baudelaire influence the creation of both paintings? ! d) How did both paintings represent a challenge to old ideas of academic painting? Explain your answer, using specific aspects of each painting (such as imagery, technique, or subject matter) to back up your comments. 3) Pick just one of the following artists: Georges Seurat or Paul Cézanne. For the artist you have chosen, write an essay that deals with the following questions: a) What did your chosen artist like and dislike about the style and artistic techniques of the Impressionist painters? b) What do his own paintings have in common with Impressionism, and how do they differ from Impressionist paintings? (In other words, what did your chosen artist adopt and reject from the Impressionists when he made his own works? You should discuss both visual and conceptual elements.) c) What was new or different about this artist’s technique of painting? Were there any special personal theories or philosophical ideas about art behind his style? d) Finally, pick one work by your chosen artist that is shown in the textbook, and describe how his ideas are reflected in that work’s imagery, subject matter, and/or painting techniques. Mid-term exam Instructions: There are three essay questions on the back of this sheet; select just TWO of them to answer. This exam is due at the beginning of class in two weeks, on November 5th. For the questions you select, write your answer in the form of a short essay. Be sure to address each of the things I asked about, and include all of the relevant facts. (You can address them in any order, as long as you deal with everything I've asked about.) Include as much detail as you can; doing a thorough job will help you get a better grade. All of the factual information you need to answer these questions is in the book, but you will also have to do a little thinking and analysis on your own. You can use additional information from my lectures if you want to, but you don't have to. In some cases the information you need may be in two or more places in the book, or on two or more pages of a specific chapter. Some of the questions may also ask for you to state an opinion on a certain topic and then back it up with facts from the book. You don't have to do any additional research or use sources other than the textbook for this assign- ment. NOTE 1: if you do end up looking at other sources and they contradict the book, treat the book as authoritative, but feel free to mention the discrepancy. NOTE 2: if you do choose to use other sources, you must include properly formatted citations (such as footnotes) and a full bibliography at the end of the answer, not just a list of URLs at the end of the paper. If you fail to cite any additional research with both footnotes and a bibliography, you'll get a lower grade. If you use other sources without citing them at all, I'll count that as plagiarism, and you'll get an F on that question. (However, remember that you don't need to do additional research to answer these questions.) When you prepare your answers, present the facts you found in the book in your own words as much as possible. If you decide to quote any text directly from the book, indicate this with quotation marks and a page citation (the page number in parentheses is fine; footnotes aren't necessary in this case). Failure to do so will also count as plagiarism, and you'll either get a lower grade or receive no points for that question, depending on how bad the plagiarism is. In any case, don't use too many direct quotes; I want you to demonstrate your own understanding of the material by explaining it in your own words, so you should avoid just copying much from the book. Each answer should be in the form of an essay, so you will write two essays total. I want you to present your answers as a text with paragraphs, not bullet points or sections. The answers must be typed, and not handwritten. I am not providing a suggested length for your answers; make them as long as you think they need to be to answer all of the questions I've asked. If you're uncertain about whether to mention something that the book says about an artist or artwork you're writing about, it never hurts to include it seems relevant to you. Since you only have to answer two questions, I will take the thoroughness and thoughtfulness of your answers into account when I grade them. Be sure that you look closely at what the book says about the topics you've chosen, and consider all of the facts carefully when you prepare your answers. If an answer misses any major information that I asked about or gets any important facts wrong, you will get a lower grade. Some of the questions below may require you to write more than others in order to include everything I've asked about.
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