UOP ARTS125 Week 1 Assignment Latest 2020

ARTS125 Pop Culture and the Arts

Week 1 Assignment

Shifting Views of America: From the Gilded Age to the Ashcan School

Shifting Views of America Assignment Options

Resources: Review your Week 1 readings and videos.

For your Week 1 Assignment, choose one of the options listed below.

Option A

Paper #1:  775 words

Paper# 2:  1,540 words

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on how art reflects the society in which it was made that responds to the following:

What image of America was communicated by the innovations and buildings presented at the 1883 Chicago's World Fair? How was this image communicated?

How and why was the art produced by the Ashcan School different from that of the Gilded Age? To what changes in social history were artists reacting?

How is art a reflection of society? Explain with at least two examples to illustrate the relationship between art and society. These two examples may be from the text or of your own selection. Discuss the subject or theme of your selected works.

Format your paper according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.

Option B

PowerPoint Presentation included with Timeline

Create a timeline of 7-12 milestones in art and architecture that illustrate the transition from the Gilded Age to the era of the Ashcan artists. Each work selected for your milestones must be accompanied by a 90- to 175-word description addressing the following:

• How is your milestone reflective of society of the late 19th century?

• How is your selected work representative of either the Gilded Age, or the early modernist era as embodied by the Ashcan School?

• What is the subject or theme of your selected work? How is this theme representative of American society?

You may submit your timeline in a Word document, PowerPoint or use another tool such as Timetoast or Timeline JS.

Format your assignment according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.