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Art and Identity Assignment Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 8 from the textbook. Then, select a work of art that makes a personal and historic statement, or confronts an issue or event.
You can find works of art in the textbook, a website listed on the ART101 Museum and Images Websites downloaddocument, Art Identifying Movements (Links to an external site.), one of the assigned virtual reality videos, or visit your local museum.
Your work of art should be one that you have not already examined elsewhere in this class, with the exception of the Week 3 assignment. Art and Identity Assignment
Some examples can be seen at
Custer’s Last Stand — from the Lakota perspective (Links to an external site.)
Gustave Courbet, The Stonebreakers (Links to an external site.)
Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas (Las dos Fridas) (Links to an external site.)
Francisco Goya, The Third of May, 1808 (Links to an external site.)
Your initial post should Art and Identity Assignment
Provide the title, artist, date, and place of the work, embedding it if possible.
Describe the issues, events, or identities the work is addressing.
Explain the messages being conveyed in the work.
Explain how the artist uses materials, methods, and techniques, as well as symbolism and iconography to convey their message.
Discuss why you selected this work: what you think about it, or how it makes you feel.
Cite your sources as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.) guides on APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.). For works of art, follow the APA Style reference entry format using the APA Style: Artwork References (Links to an external site.) webpage as a guide. Art and Identity Assignment