modern art Take-home midterm exam

Due next Tuesday night, at the beginning of the hour. Late exams will receive a score of zero. (If you think there's any chance that you won't be here, turn it in early.) You may write or type the exam, but try to make it legible.

WARNING: Put the ideas you find in textbooks or on handouts in your own words. Do not copy and do not quote. If I find an instance of plagiarism you will receive a zero. If you do not demonstrate that you understand the ideas to the degree that you can put them in your own words, your grade will suffer considerably.

Answer each of the following:

1.Choose one work that represents the clearest illustration of each of the following styles. Arrange them in pairs and use them as examples to compare and contrast style, subject matter and theory in sets. You will be graded on your choice of appropriate works and their placement into fruitful comparisons, as well as the actual content of your essay.

• Fauvism
• Die Brücke
• Der Blaue Reiter
• Cubism
• Futurism
• Suprematism
• Neoplasticism
• Russian Constructivism

Hint: you might want to approach this from the standpoint of making an "argument" for the inclusion of each of the works you've chosen and the sets you've chosen.

2. Develop an essay that discusses similarities and differences in the use of color in the work of the following artists:

• Gauguin
• Marc
• Delaunay
• Matisse
• Kandinsky
• Mondrian

Hint: make sure you consider the assigned reading in Dunning for this one.

3. Discuss the "evolution" of Cubism in terms of its debt to Cezanne and its modification through three separate phases. Your detailed essay should name and describe specific works. Make sure that you also clearly identify the name and characteristics of each of the "phases."

4. Discuss the "intellectually based" movements that somehow engage in a dialogue with Cubism. Which can be called "followers" of Cubism? Which can be called "Critiques" of Cubism? How does the visual language in these movements communicate the debt to and/or departure from Cubism? Guideline: use no less than 5 examples, and make sure these come from a variety of countries.

5. Explain how sculpture and architecture more completely blur the boundaries between the intellectual and emotional paths we've been following. Use one example of sculpture from each path and one example of architecture from each path to create your argument.