1 page paper

INSTRUCTIONS: Watch the videos. Choose either the Giacometti video or the Hopper video to write about and follow the prompts below. Use the video, class notes and slide shows as well as Gardner's. Avoid outside sources but be sure to cite ALL your sources even if you just lightly paraphrase or points will be deducted.

1 page, 12 point type, 1 pages. A little over a page is okay. Less than a page will result in a point deduction. Worth 100 points so write a solid, well thought out essay that avoids grammar, spelling or syntax errors. In other words EDIT carefully.

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, oil on canvas, 84.1 x 152.4 cm / 33-1/8 x 60 inches (The Art Institut of Chicago) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris & Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps4wuBpAUCQ

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INSTRUCTIONS: Write a 1-page, 12 point type paper about Hopper's painting Nighthawks.  

· Use the videos, Gardner's/MindTap, and lecture for reference

· Avoid using internet sites but if you do, cite them or points will be deducted

· This is worth 100 points, so write a clean, clear substantive paper with an intro, thesis, body text and conclusion. 

· If you need to go over one page that's okay (but try to avoid it)

· If you go under one page. you will be marked down

Answer the following thoroughly:

1. How does this work represent a generic urban environment and America at this time and place? 

2. Despite that it is clearly American, what makes it unsettling?

3. What about the compositional elements lead the viewer to feel a sense of alienation?

4. How is this painting modern, and how at the same time does it represent a particular time and place in history?

Alberto Giacometti, Walking Man II, 1960, bronze, 188.5 × 27.9 × 110.7 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps4wuBpAUCQ

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INSTRUCTIONS: Write a 1-page, 12 point type paper about Giacommetti's Walking Man and compare it to Pointing Man, the sculpture by Giacometti that we looked at in class.

· Use the videos, Gardner's/MindTap, and lecture for reference

· Avoid using internet sites but if you do, cite them or points will be deducted

· This is worth 100 points, so write a clean, clear substantive paper with an intro, thesis, body text and conclusion. 

· If you need to go over one page that's okay (but try to avoid it)

· If you go under one page. you will be marked down

Answer these questions thoroughly:

1. What were the circumstances that helped form Giacometti's aesthetic in post-World War II Europe?

2. How are Pointing Man and Walking Man related? How are they different?

3. What is meant by the idea of these sculptures representing existentialism?

4. How does Giacometti defy category, and lead to minimalism?