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Option A
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on how art reflects the society in
which it was made that responds to the following:
What image of America was communicated by the innovations and
buildings presented at the 1883 Chicago's World Fair? How was
this image communicated?
How and why was the art produced by the Ashcan School different
from that of the Gilded Age? To what changes in social history were
artists reacting?
How is art a reflection of society? Explain with at least two
examples to illustrate the relationship between art and society.
These two examples may be from the text or of your own selection.
Discuss the subject or theme of your selected works.
Format your paper according to appropriate course level APA
guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
Option B
Create a timeline of 7-12 milestones in art and architecture that
illustrate the transition from the Gilded Age to the era of the Ashcan
artists. Each work selected for your milestones must be
accompanied by a 90- to 175-word description addressing the
following:
How is your milestone reflective of society of the late 19th century?
How is your selected work representative of either the Gilded Age,
or the early modernist era as embodied by the Ashcan School?