The Bauhaus

 Instructions: All modules are OPEN BOOK assignments. You will need to thoroughly 

(and more than once) read the information that will assist you in answering the following 

questions or essay etc. 

There may be links to short videos that you must view as well.

In some cases, you may need to look up an image or term outside of materials posted. If 

for any reason you are unable get a link to work, you need to find the videos online 

yourself. 

Complete the assignment and submit it no later than the stated due date. 

 Working directly on this open document, answer each question directly below 

each posed question and change your font color to dark blue or green. 

 This will clearly identify your answers and make it easier for the professor to 

locate your full comments. 

 If the original module is not used with questions and point values included your 

submission will not be graded.

 You must save your document as a WORD doc only. Pages documents cannot 

be opened and will not be graded. 

Essay Questions: Your answers must be complete and coherent sentences using 

correct grammar and punctuation.

You must meet the requirement to answer each essay question with approximately 8 to 

10 sentences minimum. I have made bullet points so you can be sure to answer each 

portion of each question. Your total essay would be 8 to 10 sentences. 

Be specific and thorough in answering each portion of each question.

Question 1

5 points

 What was The Bauhaus?

 What were the three major principles of The Bauhaus?

 What were issues that faculty often disagreed on?

 Who were significant painters from The Bauhaus ?

 What was the type of architecture promoted by The Bauhaus?

 Who was Ludwig Mies van der Rohe? 

 Who was Richard J. Neutra?

 

 

 

Question 2

5 points

 

 

 

The artist Norman Rockwell created many paintings that address what subjects?

 Where did many of his paintings appear and become popular to the masses of 

Americans?

 Look up all the paintings from the Four Freedoms and choose one to describe.

 How does your choice reflect the title, give specific examples.

 

 

 

Question 3

5 points 

 What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal?

 How did this program influence art making during this time?

 Give examples of art that was produced due to these art programs 

 What were major themes in murals of this time? 

 Give specific examples.

Question 4

5 points

 Who were referred to as Los Tres Grandes?

 State one specific piece of art by each, title of work and artist name, year 

completed

 According to the art historian, Laurance Hurlburt, how did these artist’s murals 

relate to concerns of that time?

 Define fresco:

 Who is Prometheus?

 Look at the painting Prometheus, where is it located?

 What is depicted in this painting?

 How did the Prometheus figure relate to the artist belief about himself?

Question 5

5 points

 What was the PWAP committee?

 

 Why were there objection to the Coit Tower murals of Arnautoff, Zakheim and 

Wight?

 Give context (what was happening at the time) that contributed to their 

objections? 

 Choose one of these murals and describe it in detail using your own observations 

as well as what you have read.

 Point out what in the mural could have been objectionable for the time?

 

 

 

Question 6 

5 points

 Looking at the representations of the Ford Motor Company by the artists Frida 

Kahlo, Charles Sheeler, and Diego Rivera.

 Describe one of each of these images.

 Why and how are they so different?

 What would be the artist’s view (beliefs, etc.) 

that would differ from the other’s depictions?

Question 7

5 points

 How were women workers usually represented in paintings in the 1930s?

 Give specific examples from your chapter 24.

 Choose one painting and describe the work in your own words. 

 Do you think this was a realistic depiction? 

 Why were women depicted this way in this time?

 Is there anyway you would depict them differently for that time?

 Do you think that would be a valid depiction for today?

 Why or why not?

Question 8

5 points

 Jacob Lawrence’s paintings challenged the idealized art of rural America. What 

style did he adopt to his series on paintings of African Americans?

 What was his background and how did this influence his painting?

 What was Lawrence’s desire in his paintings? 

 What did he want to convey

 Who did he want to inspire with his work?

 Name other artists in your chapter that focused on the representation of the 

horrific events of that time.

 

 

 

 

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