Consider the different ways the human figure has been depicted in the art of India, China, Japan, the Americas, and Africa. Choosing a work of art from each chapter to compare, discuss these similarities and differences in terms of proportions, poses, clothing, realism, idealism, and abstraction (just address a few of these).
11 December, 2014
1. How did the Cold War shape American society, culture, and politics, from the late 1940s to the beginning of the twenty-first century? Discuss the domestic ramifications of this global struggle for the ways that different Americans thought about their nation, how they pursued their political and economic agendas, the level of success they achieved in pursuing those agendas. Consider political movements of the left and right, debate over war, over labor, the rights of different groups within society, over culture and society broadly, and over America and what it means. Be sure to use specific historical examples that reflect both foreign and domestic consequences.
11 December, 2014
1. How did the Cold War shape American society, culture, and politics, from the late 1940s to the beginning of the twenty-first century? Discuss the domestic ramifications of this global struggle for the ways that different Americans thought about their nation, how they pursued their political and economic agendas, the level of success they achieved in pursuing those agendas. Consider political movements of the left and right, debate over war, over labor, the rights of different groups within society, over culture and society broadly, and over America and what it means. Be sure to use specific historical examples that reflect both foreign and domestic consequences.
11 December, 2014
