For the midterm this week, choose two of the five questions below and answer them in essay format. You should reference your textbook to help you in answering these questions (look to chapters 28 and 29). Each of your responses should be a minimum of 300 words in length, include a minimum of three key terms from the course so far, and any outside references used must be cited.
1. Contrast the work of Renoir and Laurtrec. How do the subjects’ styles of the artists reflect nineteenth century French society and the innovations of nineteenth century art? Use examples to support your essay.
2. Describe the impact the Armory Show (1913) had on the American art scene. Use examples to support your essay.
3. Describe Pablo Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon. How did this work re-shape the art of the early twentieth century? Include in your discussion the influences coming from Primitive art. Use examples to support your essay.
4. Describe the development of sculpture at the end of the nineteenth century. Use examples to support your essay. To what extent did sculpture remain conventional? What painting movements did it take into account?
5. Explain the development of Cubism and the artistic movements that it spawned. Use examples to support your essay.
Textbook: Gardner\’s Art Through The Ages 15th Edition A Global History Fred S. Kleiner…………………………………………………………………..
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Qz. #1: Contrast of the Work of Renoir and Laurtrec
Renoir was a renowned artist, known particularly for his impressive work that represented real life events. An example of one of his famous work of the 1870s is the “Dance at le Moulin” (Gruitrooy, 2006). Although most of his work resembled those of 19th century artists such as Monet, Renoir, would later pursue his own style in mid 1870s. His most famous art featured dance scenes.
In his paintings, Renoir captured real life scenes with his joyful paintings. His work of Dance at le Moulin de la Galette displayed a great resemblance to the luminosity of Carot and represented an anticipation of plein-air modern way of impressionism. Renoir and Monet had passion drawing water and light and together they developed the impressionist style, which would define the works of Monet. However, most of his paintings represented the present culture and he employed huge strokes of color in order to create contrast when painting light and water.
Laurtrec incorporated similar themes as those of impressionists such Renoir and most of his work explored cultural events (Chapman, 2013). Most of his works are regarded as post-impressionist, and it resembled Japanese paintings. This explains why most of his work attracted criticisms and were regarded as not of impressionist styles. An example of famous work of Laurtrec is the Au bal du Moulin de la Galette, where he depicted a dance hall popularized by the impressionists, representing true life and culture of the Parisians. However, unlike Renior, Laurtrec employed large and black blocks of color and black thick lines. Both artists represented social lives in their paintings, representing the existent culture. The other difference is that the work of Renoir gives a contrast of impressionism and Laurtrec, who was hardly considered an impressionist. In Café by…………………………….