Arts

What is “the ever-increasing flow of goods, services, money, people, technology, information, and other cultural items across national borders”? globalization

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CONCEPTS OF MID-TERM. What is “the scientific study of human activity in society or more specifically the study of the social forces that influence or pressure people to behave, respond, or think in certain ways”? What is “the ever-increasing flow of goods, services, money, people, technology, information, and other cultural items across national borders”? globalization … Read more

Review one of the five online exhibitions that make up California Cultures: Asian Americans.

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California Cultures Exhibition Review: Asian Americans. Review one of the five online exhibitions that make up California Cultures: Asian Americans. The five exhibitions are: Everyday Life and Cultural Traditions 1860s-1980s; Gold Rush Era to 1890s; Early 20th Century; World War II; and New Communities, 1960s-Present.  

How would you change the medium (materials) and the iconography to suit the meaning and expressive character of the new artwork you imagine.

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Find an image from European Old Master art (made between 1400−1800) and answer these questions based on it. Include all images in the paper. Select the work from a museum in New York (e.g. The Metropolitan Museum , the Brooklyn Museum , the Frick Collection or any comparable American or European Museum. Why did you … Read more

Identify at least one common theme that will serve as the framework of your exploration document. How is the theme expressed in your artifacts?

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Project Part One Artifacts and Theme Selection. Choose two cultural artifacts to analyze. Describe the cultural artifacts that you have chosen. Consider questions such as these in your response: What is the name or title of the artifact? Who is the author or artist? What is the date or time period when the artifact was … Read more

Discuss how an art form or artwork has documented identity and change of a specific group of people over time.

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Discuss how an art form or artwork has documented identity and change of a specific group of people over time. Think about communities to which you may belong. How have these communities changed over time? How have any art forms (music, theater, literature, poetry, film, dance, visual art) showed this change? Discuss how an art … Read more

What is Menard’s visible and invisible work, and what is the difference?

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Read Jorge Luis Borges’ short story “Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote.” Assume that Menard did produce these pages “word for word.” What is the significance of the last paragraph? And what does he mean by “the art of reading?” Hint: “Cervantes’ text and Menard’s are verbally identical, but the second [Menard’s] is almost infinitely … Read more