Cultural Change and Shifting Views of America

CHAPTERS 1 and 2 are attached

Resources: Review Ch. 1-2 of Oxford History of Art: Twentieth-Century American Art, the Week One Electronic Reserve Readings, and your Video Reflections

Write a 350- to 700-word paper on how art reflects the culture of its era that responds to the following:

• What image of America was communicated by the innovations and buildings presented at the 1883 Chicago's World Fair? How was this image communicated?
• How and why was the art produced by the Ashcan School different from that of the Gilded Age? To what changes in culture were artists reacting?
• What is the relationship between art and culture? Explain with at least two examples to illustrate the relationship between art and American culture.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.