Essay....Please see attached requirements 2.5 page assignment

ART330

Essay Module 1

Please choose one (1) of the following essays to answer. Each essay must consist of at least 700

words (this equals two double-spaced pages in Times New Roman font 12), must be in complete

sentences and where necessary, appropriate information must be properly documented in MLA

style.

This essay, worth forty (40) points, must be submitted to the Assignment Box no later than

Sunday 11:59 EST/EDT in Module 1. (This Assignment Box maybe linked to Turnitin.)

Turnitin is a plagiarism identification service that can also assist students with term paper

reference methodology. The Turnitin tool compares your writing against all published sources

and also checks against previous classes’ written work(s). Source match cannot be more than

10%.

Essay Question Options:

1. The search for new ways of looking at the world, combined with an urge to break down accepted conventions and preconceptions is characteristic of the period around the turn of

the century. Consider the various art movements that developed from 1900 to 1914, the

period covered in Chapter 41. Was one more successful than another in realizing this fin

de siecle goal to create a new form of artistic expression? Or were they equally

successful, but on different levels? Discuss at least two art movements in your answer.

2. Kandinsky imbued color with a spiritual significance in his theoretical art writings; the Fauves, especially Matisse, used color expressively, in a manner that was characterized at

the time as "wild." Compare the works of these two artists and their use of color. Do you

think Matisse intended to engender in viewers the physical, psychological and sensual

response to color that Kandinsky wrote about? How are these two artists alike and

different in their use of color?

3. Futurism is characterized in this class as more of an ideology than a movement. Consider the examples of art that are grouped together under the title of Futurism. Is there a

unifying style or stylistic element among the works, or are they unified only in theoretical

terms? Offer at least three examples of Futurist works to support your argument.

4. Summarize the reception that Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring met at its public premiere. How can we be certain that this attitude has changed? Describe two ways in which

Stravinsky and Schoenberg’s music broke with music of the past.