US Writer only please. Also I have two attachments. I will attach Chapter 1 of my textbook tomorrow at 7am EST because I do not have a scanner at home.
**Chapter 2 of my textbook I will attach it now
Page 1 Should be answers for Chapter 1 Discussion
Chapter 1 Discussion. Be prepared to answer the following in detail
1.The effects of the humanities on the sciences. Explore the idea of the scientists who questioned the making of the atom bomb at Los Alamos. History suggests that some of the “traitors” were attempting to gain a balance of power to nullify the deadliness of their discovery. What does this reveal about values? Give your opinion about the responsibility of the scientists in this bomb’s creation.
2.The impact of the arts on our sense of values. Explore the Perception Keys in the chapter. Does the historical background affect your perception?
3.What abstract ideas dominate the poem on page 15, of the textbook?
4.How do abstract ideas and concrete images sometimes merge in the poem on page 15?
5. In reviewing Figure 1-4, in the textbook, if you were to comment on “distortion in this painting, what would that imply about what the painting represents? What is represented in the painting?
6. How would your response differ if all the black areas were repainted orange? Would the balance of the painting be distorted?
7. Does the painting evoke strong responses in you? If so, how so? If not, why not? Explain your answer in detail, using examples.
8. Do you have more difficulty articulating your responses to it that to the paintings by Siqueiros, Blume, on pages 6, 7, an 9 of the textbook? If so, how is this to be explained?
9. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is one of the most famous painting in the history of art. What in your opinion, makes this painting noteworthy?
10. Because the Mona Lisa is so familiar, it has sometimes been treated as if it were a cliche. In several cases, it has been treated with satirical scorn. Why would any artist want to make fun of this painting? Is it a cliche, or are you able to look at it as if for the first time? Explain your answer in detail utilizing examples to support your claims
Page2 Should be the answers to Chapter 2 Questions
Chapter 2 Discussion Question. Be prepared to answer the following
Write in complete sentences your response to the following questions. Your answers to these questions need to demonstrate that your understanding of the literature goes beyond a literal reading of the material. You must include some degree of analysis or interpretation.You must also use examples from the text, to support your claims. Short and simple answers are not enough to show your understanding of the work. Your answers must be detailed, and you must supply examples to support your claims. Take your time to explain your answers thoroughly. If you do not answer the questions thoroughly and in complete sentences, you will not receive credit for your answers.
1 .If art lacks a clear definition, what criteria are used to determine what a work of art is?
2.What approaches should we take in responding to a work of art?
3. Apply Lichtenstein’s concept to comic strips they have chosen from a newspaper. Consider how to restructure the comic strip to make it a work of art. Defend your claims with detail.
4.What method of communication do we use to speak intelligently about a work of art. Use examples from the textbook.
5. Using examples, practice distinguishing between subject matter and content. How are you able to accomplish this?
6. Using examples, distinguishing between artistic form and decorative form. How are you able to accomplish this?
7. Using examples, discuss how form and content perceptually merge in a work of art.
8.What is the relationship between ugliness and beauty in art.
9. It has been argued that the painting by Goya, Figure 2-3, is a work of art and the photograph by Adams, Figure 2-2, is not. Even if the three basic distinctions that have been made so far- artistic form, participation, and content- are useful, they may have been misapplied. Bring out every possible argument against the view that the painting is a work of art and the photograph is not a work of art.
10. How does the discussion of Adams’ photograph refocus your vision of Carter’s photograph, Figure 2-6? To what extent does Carter’s photograph have artistic form? Explain your answer in detail, with examples. 11. Why are your answers to these questions fundamentally important in determining whether Adams’ photograph or Goya’s
