compare and contrast humanities Picasso and Stowe

Order Instructions
identify and articulate one point of comparison or contrast between ANY TWO WORKS that we have studied in this class. Try to work with at least one the case studies this week–but you may choose ANY TWO works. Develop at least one point of comparison or contrast. Do not be afraid to make mistakes. The attempt itself, as long as it is thoughtful and coherent, will be granted full credit.

Here is an example:

“Picasso created Guernica, at least in part, with a specific social and political purpose in mind, namely, to publicize the horrors of the fascist atrocities in Guernica at the Exposition Universellle in Paris in the summer of 1937. Duchamp’s early Cubist work (e.g. Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2) seems devoid of any political or social purpose. Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2, for instance, seems most focused on artistic technique, borrowing from photography, employing Cubist forms, and depicting motion in ways characteristic of Futurism.”

(This is a point of contrast. And where might one go from here? We might question whether or not Duchamp’s early cubist work is ‘devoid’ of social purpose. Or, we might examine the context of Picasso’s Guernica in 1937 and Duchamp’s Nude Descending Staircase No. 2 in 1912–and its first exhibition in New York in 1913. We might examine relationships between the social and political changes–most notably WWI, the rise of fascism in Europe, the Spanish Civil War. And we might examine what was going on in art at the turn of the century and contrast that with what was happening in the 1930s. Each comparison and contrast takes us deeper into history, ideas, philosophy, events, culture and persons.)

There are many, many ways to do this–select any two works that interest you and give it a try — learn and enjoy.

UsE THE FOLLOWING WORKS

Pablo Picasso guenrnicca and Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin Page