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An examination of the purpose of artwork created during the Great
Depression. Were your examples used as tools for social reform? What
other types of messaging was present in works from the 1930s?
A description of how Abstract Expressionism emerged in post-World
War II America and how it differed from the art work of the 1930s.
A description of the style of your Abstract Expressionist artist and why
he or she was interested in this style of abstraction; was there a
"meaning" to their work?
Format your paper according to appropriate course level APA
guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
Option B
Imagine it is 1954 and you have just read a critic's scathing review of
an Abstract Expressionist art exhibition.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word letter to the editor responding to the
attack. At the beginning of your letter, discuss how the work of
American artwork created in the 1930s embodied Democratic values.
Then, discuss Abstract Expressionism as an extension of those values
and a demonstration of the freedom of expression available to artists
in American society.
Include discussion of the following in your letter:
Two examples of art from the 1930s with explanation of how these
artworks embody democratic values; were the works tools of social
reform? If so, what were the goals of the artists? Were the works
depicting uniquely American scenes? If so, for what purpose?
One example of a work of Abstract Expressionism