Assignment
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.
Youtube Video: "Giacometti, Walking Man II".
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
Youtube Video: "Giacometti, Walking Man II".
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?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.