Read Book: Art matters by Pamela Gordon Chapter 1 and 2
Then answer the following questions:
What themes do Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial (figure 1.3) express? (1-2 sentences)
Identify a work from Chapter 1 or 2 and describe how it conforms to the traditional art historical canon. (3-4 sentences)
Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled” (Death by Gun) (figure 2.20) historically has “value,” just not directly derived from the traditional art historical canon. In what way does it diverge from the canon? And how does it have “value?” (3-4 sentences)
At the beginning of the chapter you considered what art is. How did you define art originally? How have your opinions changed? What limited understanding did you have about the definitions of art previously? Cite one work of art from Chapters 1-2 to support your argument. (2 paragraphs, 3-4 sentences each)
Compare and contrast Barnett Newman’s Voice of Fire (Figure 2.4) with the Mihrab from Isfahan (Figure 2.18A) in terms of type of art, materials used, colors, shapes, lines, purpose, and theme. How do these works show how content can be affected by subject matter and form? (2 paragraphs, 3-4 sentences each)
