University of Idaho Art Question

For this final exam, you are to answer 2 out of the 5 questions. You may choose whichever 2 you would like. In preparing to answer any question, you should create an outline of salient concepts and select works that are exemplary of those points. Whenever you cite a work of art, you should include its title (always italicized), artist/architect and date. Part of your grade depends upon you not only choosing convincing examples that correspond to the concepts you are discussing, but also that you fully describe the pertinent features associated with that work. In other words, it is not sufficient to merely name a work of art without discussing its significance.Each essay should be at least 2 single spaced pages (1000 words) and include at least 6 works of art, in a cohesive essay format (ie, introduction, body, conclusion). Please combine all three into one document for submission. Essays will be graded on content, grammar, spelling, and organization. Each essay will be worth 70 points, with the remaining 10 points reserved for grammar and organization, for a total of 150 points.1. Compare the Realists (Courbet, Millet, Daumier) with the academic painters (like Gerome, Cabanel, and Bouguereau) in the second half of the nineteenth century. How were the subjects and styles of the academic painters predictable? What were the most important subjects to each group? Is there a political agenda in either or both of these groups? Discuss.2. Expressionism describes the activities of a great number of artists in the decades before and after the turn of the century (Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Fauvism and German Expressionism). Discuss the context and work of three artists who exemplify three distinct and diverse manifestations of expressionism between c. 1880 ad 1920. Demonstrate your understanding of the term ‘expressionistic’ as opposed to specific movements labeled ‘Expressionist’.3. Trace the evolution of modern architecture’s styles and technology from the early nineteenth century to the present. Place particular emphasis on the architects who sought to re-define city life, establish utopian social values or symbolically revive past styles for modern purposes.4. Trace the formal roots of Cubist abstraction from Manet to Picasso.Then, compare Cubism to the abstract art that it spawned in France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany. In all cases, describe the spiritual or political meanings (or lack thereof) associated with these artists.5. Discuss the changing role of the artist from the end of the 18th century, through the 19th and 20th centuries. How has this role evolved? How have artists filled this role? Discuss the varying movements and artists and how they have changed as society has changed. What do you see as the purpose of an artist today?