Considering five significant movements in Western Culture (Neo-Classical, Romantic, Realist, Modern, Post-Modern), discuss and cite your reasons for what you consider to be the most significant contributions in Art from each movement, as they have impacted and influenced their respective and our contemporary times.
Considering five significant movements in Western Culture (Neo-Classical, Romantic, Realist, Modern, Post-Modern), discuss and cite your reasons for what you consider to be the most significant contributions in Art from each movement, as they have impacted and influenced their respective and our contemporary times.
Choose ONE work from either Painting, Literature, Architecture, Film, or Music from EACH period.
You may switch genre selections and need not adhere to only one art form.
By "most influential," I want to know how and why you think the specific works you have selected have contributed and advanced human sensibility, understanding, social/political vision, and general culture to our times.
Did they bring new insights or truths about the human condition? How and why?
Did they foster a new way of thinking or outlook? Explain and demonstrate.
Did they initiate new forms and break conventions through innovation? Discuss how?
Were they "revolutionary" in positive and/or negative ways as we look back from today's perspective? Argue for your view.
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Introduction and Thesis Statement—Address the prompt query (try to define what you mean by "significant"--see above), and briefly list your selections, rationale, and purpose to argue why they are the most significant. Your arguments/views will be expanded upon, illustrated, and supported in the Body of the discussion.
Body Paragraphs
Neo-Classical (1715-1789
Historical context, innovation, and influence
*Work (Hogarth "Marriage ala Mode" series--Painting)
Discussion and demonstration/rationale for selection as most significant of the era.
Romantic (1790-1840)
Historical context, innovation, and influence
Work (Beethoven's 9th Symphony--Music)
Discussion and demonstration/rationale for selection as most significant of the era.
Realist (1850--1914)
Historical context, innovation, and influence
Work (Twain's "Huck Finn"--Novel)
Discussion and demonstration/rationale for selection as most significant of the era.
Modern (1914--1945)
Historical context, innovation, and influence
Work (Eliot's "The Wasteland"--Poetry)
Discussion and demonstration/rationale for selection as most significant of the era.
Post-Modern (1945--2000)
Historical context, innovation, and influence
Work (Warhol's "Brillo Boxes"--Sculpture)
Discussion and demonstration/rationale for selection as most significant of the era.
Conclusion--Restate the argument about why your selections were the most significant. Perhaps suggest a contemporary work with a "most significant" quality.
18th-Century Music and Literature
Early 20th c. Art and Cultural Movements
Romanticism in Modern Music
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