In your view, what are the key preconditions of China’s rise as the second largest economy in the world? Would they be rapid urbanization? post-Mao market reforms? or the so-called “China Dream” under the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s leadership? Please give one example as to the most intriguing aspect(s) behind China’s success story as well […]

Explain, in detail, what makes Alfred Stieglitz’s “Paula” a pictorialist photograph. Be sure to use examples to further your discussion.

1. What can be said about the Denarius with the portrait of Julius Caesar, 44 BCE and the penny with the portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 2008?   2. What is the intended message?   3. How might coinage reinforce one’s allegiance to the state? 

Visual analysis forms the core of investigations into art; it also helps us to become more visually literate in our day-to-day lives. This exercise is intended to help you practice your skills of formal analysis by visiting a museum (virtually or in-person) and selecting one artwork you encountered during your visit to analyze in close […]

1. Explain the meaning behind the term “postmodernism resistance.”   2. Explain Emory Douglas’ role as a young graphic artists and the movement surrounding the Black Panthers.   3. How does the graphic messages against the Vietnam War compare to the messages of Dadaist during WWI?   4. Provide some additional information about the artists […]

Why Art? Artists, art movements, and philosophical and theological questions have informed our discussions. Choose a topic/artist /concern to inform your research paper. Your topic should address the question, Why Art?, but can be manifested in many forms such as:   • Why art reflects?   • Why art confronts?   • Why art is […]

History of Gaming,Evolution of a Sport   Research a sport not covered in the module that originated as a war game and describe how it changed over time as a way to preserve militaristic traditions, as the society from which it spawned transitioned from wartime to peacetime. Analyze and discuss how the rules, the field […]

Although social justice art is not a topic exclusive to the 20th and 21st centuries, the distribution of information regarding controversial art with gender, race, sexual, and/or environmental themes has increased with the proliferation of media. Choose an example of a social justice work of art from the 20th or 21st centuries from any discipline […]

Draw, sketch, or collage how you see the War of 1812.  Do you view it as a fire of revenge (ahem, the burning of DC), do you view it as self-defense (ahem, the US protecting its goods), or even as retribution for non-payment of debt (ahem, the Brits and French)? You can can make a […]

Forum Discussion on Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills (how are these images a commentary on the social roles women play?) Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills comprises of over seventy black and white photographs made between 1977 and 1980. When thinking about this series, some aspects of her entire body of work immediately come to mind: […]