Putting my essay topics up here you guys can give me advice if you want but I don’t expect anything.
1. 10 page paper on Joseph Cornell - at least it’s ten pages on an artist I really like who’s art I understand and who was a genuinely great person
2. Essay on a different American artist and their unique contribution to the story of American Art. Dunno who I’m going to write this about yet. Feel free to suggest a favorite if you have any knowledge of American art whatsoever.
3. Essay: The Armory Show of 1913 is considered the most dramatic popular event in the history of American Art. How did this exhibition come about? How did it alter the direction of American Art?
4. Essay: Compare and contrast the works of Thomas Eakins and Albert Pinkham Ryder. How do these two artists represent different developments in American Art in the last quarter of the 19th century? Define these two traditions in late 19th century American Art.
5. Essay: Discuss the rise of American Scene painting in the years after the First World War. What were the reasons (cultural and otherwise) for this return to a depiction of American subjects? How was it a reaction to European Modernism?
Style: Modern Architecture
Date: 1960
Artist: Wright
Name: Guggenheim Museum
Style: Post-Modern Architecture
Date: 1970
Artist: Rogers and Piano
Name: Pompidou Center
Style: Deconstructivism in Architecture
Date: 2000
Artist: Libeskind
Name: Denver Art Museum
Style: Environmental Art
Date: 1980
Artist: Christo
Name: Surrounded Islands
Style: Environmental Art
Date: 1970
Artist: Smithson
Name: Spiral Jetty
Style: Post-Minimalism
Date: 1980
Artist: Serra
Name: Tilted Arc
Style: Post-Minimalism
Date: 1980
Artist: Lin
Name: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Style: Political
Date: 1990
Artist: Wodiczko
Name: Homeless Projection
Style: Political
Date: 1990
Artist: Wojnarowicz
Name: When I Put My Hands on Your Body
Style: Political
Date: 1980
Artist: Ringgold
Name: Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima
