Assignment
PART 1 ( 2 PAGES)
Select a work of art created after WWII that catches your eye,
• Discuss how the artwork of your choice reflects the typical values and characteristics of Post-Modernism and/or Modernism.
• Provide a brief background on the artist as well as a description of the work.
• Include observations of a few stylistic elements to produce a convincing argument.
PART 2 ( 2 PAGES)
picasso prints
1. How does his work change (or not change) over time (say from "Les Demoiselles D'Avignon" to "Guernica", a 30yr expanse of time)?
2. How could Picasso's work be seen as the precursor to total abstraction (unbelievably cubism is not "completely" abstract; something is still 'represented', though abstractly)?
3. What does Picasso do with formal elements that are so radically different from what we have seen?
4. Picasso gives us collage for the first time. How does his incorporation of found, everyday objects pasted on a canvas come to influence say a Warhol painting of soup cans?
5. What do you see in the artwork, how does it make you feel, and do you like Picasso's style (you will need to think about which style in particular)?