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Essay Questions

Critical Analysis

Critical Analysis

This activity contains 5 questions.

	The Twentieth Century is sometimes described as having produced artwork that falls under at least one of three styles; Abstraction, Expressionism, and Surrealism. Can you cite a work created since the 1980s that has elements of all three of these styles? Explain why the work has facets of each style.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Our perceptions of reality are dependent upon our senses. How then, might Surrealism, with its fantastic, and sometimes disturbing dream-based imagery, be evidence of a more direct "reality?"   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	How could a written essay function as a surrealist painting?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Cite two reasons why Piet Mondrian's Composition (Blue, Red, and Yellow) is a work of "fine art" as opposed to a simple arrangement of squares.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Jackson Pollock, who painted Convergence, is sometimes thought to be the "founder of Abstract Expressionism." However, Pollock owes a great deal to several artists who preceded him. Cite one artist who contributed to the evolution of Abstract Expressionism, and what Pollock might have borrowed from her/him.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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