Module 1 Question Set

Each answer must be at least 250 words in length. Provide brief essay answers for each of the topics given below:

1. What is art? Explain what you think makes a work of art "art." Provide an example of something that is art, according to your understanding, and an example of something that is not art, as well. Be sure to explain why these examples do and don't meet your criterion, respectively.

2. Take the work you used as an example of art in #1. Perform a thorough descriptive criticism of that artwork. Include every aspect that you believe is important to understanding the work.

3. Using the same work you used in #1 and #2, perform an interpretive criticism of the work. Explain what you think it means and why you think so. Be sure to provide specific evidence and reasons to back up your interpretation.

4. Finally, continuing to use the same work you've used in the first three tasks, perform an evaluative criticism of the work. Explain what you think is good or bad about the work and why you think so. And provide an overall assessment of the work's quality.

Format:

Answers must be written in Microsoft Word. To submit your answers, click on the link above and in the new page, attach the file.

Answers should be submitted in a single document, but they should be numbered separately. (The assignment is not a single essay, but four distinct answers.)

Please provide a link to the artwork you discuss in your answers.

You don't necessarily need to consult outside sources to write good answers. However, if you do, please cite them correctly, and do not use Wikipedia as a source for any quotations or significant content.

BE SURE TO LABEL YOUR WORD DOC. AS FOLLOWS: YOUR LAST NAME, MOD # QS.