Modernism

Unit #3 THEMATIC QUESTIONS

Choose FIVE questions from the following. You must answer at least one question from

Topic 6, one from Topic 7, and one from Topic 8.

Topic 6:

1. What are some of the ways in which Marx suggests that capitalism is a flawed system in the Communist Manifesto? How does Marx feel we can overcome this and what is the

end result? Use examples, quotes, and/or references from the assigned reading on the

Communist Manifesto in your response.

2. What are some of the social, economic, technological, and artistic factors that lead to the emergence of the Realist style (in both painting and literature)?

3. What are the major elements/characteristics of the Realist style? Please provide an example from BOTH painting and literature to illustrate where these characteristics can

be seen and/or demonstrated.

Topic 7:

4. What appears to be the favorite subject(s) or subject matter of late nineteenth-century artists? Why did they choose these subjects? How did they represent them? Why?

5. What are some of the similarities and differences between Impressionism and Post- Impressionism? Utilize at least one painting from each movement to illustrate your

answer.

Topic 8:

6. Describe the characteristics/personality of Prufrock? What parts of the poem reveal these ideas? How does Eliot create a completely different image of humanity than the one

created by the Romantics? Use examples, quotes, and/or references from the assigned

reading on the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in your response

7. What is Cubism? What are some of its characteristics or aims? What artists are associated with this movement? How can the painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon be seen to

embody the ideals of this movement?

8. What is nonobjective art? Who is associated with it? What are the similarities and differences in the styles of the three nonobjective artists discussed in this chapter?

9. What are the principal features of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier? Provide descriptive examples from each in your response.