Category: Essays

Public Art in NYC.

Public Art in NYC–The use of public space for at is always controversial. You must explore the history of public art in New York City, identifying key social, political, economic and artistic issues, as well as trends.

Compare T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” to any song with lyrics.

 Compare T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” to any song with lyrics. You will compare a theme in “Prufrock” with a theme from a song of your choosing, and you will use lines from the poem and lyrics from the song to support your comparison.
 “The things they carried” is very descriptive when addressing the horror of war; however, it is not always recognized as an anti-war novel. In a well-developed 3 page paper, evaluate “the the things they carried” and all quiet on the “western front as anti-war propaganda.”
Identify the three common images or scenes addressed by each author and compare how each uses tone, diction, dialogue, and setting to portray a specific judgment about war. Explain how this rhetoric contributes to the theme of each work; specifically, do the works have an effective anti-war message, or do other themes dominate the message of the work? Use at least 2 quotes from each text.
 Classics English literature: Comparison and Contrast of William Blake’s–imagery, figurative language, sound, poets attitude
 Reflecting on the three major problems reviewed in the current Wilson text, are they primarily problems of race, primarily of class or do both race and class contribute? Discuss. In the late 1970’s, William Julius Wilson published a book titled “the declining significance of race. By this he meant that class could be more significant than race in explaining the plight of lower-income African Americans. Before the 1970s, the racism of America society limited possibilities for black in all areas of American life. After the civil rights revolution of the 1960s, legal, political and social barriers began to fall down, but not completely. At the same time that this was occurring, a castle-like underclass was emerging within the black community that seemed resistant to improve by anti-discrimination efforts by political and social institutions, hence the work cited above.
1 Select two question
2 Write one page essay per question

Define postmodernism.

QUESTIONS
1 How does abstract expressionism reflect the American spirit after World War II? Discuss the reasons why Abstract expressionist painters moved away from the dominant realistic styles exemplified by Hopper and O’keeffe to more nonrepresentational ways of creating art?
2 Discuss how the role of the artist dramatically changed during the renaissance. The previous notion of the artist as a skilled craftsperson was elevated into the artist as genius, a giggly respected and admired professional. Explain the significance of philosophical ideas such as humanism, and its focus on the individual. Discuss the dramatic shift during this time from God and the hereafter to humankind and the here and now. As a result subject matter expanded to include both religious and secular art work. Illustrate this idea with early Renaissance artist Donatello, Works. Illustrate this idea with early renaissance artists Donatello, who reintroduced the nude (‘David”, FIG.650) and Botticelli, who reintroduced mythology (”Birth of Venus”, Fig 654) and Botticelli, who reintroduced mythology (Birth of Venus”, Fig 654) as major subjects for art.
3. Define postmodernism. Discuss the eclectic nature of postmodern Art in the 1970’s and 1980’s by describing the myriad of approaches and styles of Art. Do you believe we are still living in a postmodern world or does the term post-industrial better reflect the time in which we live?

Reflecting on the three major problems reviewed in the current Wilson text, are they primarily problems of race, primarily of class or do both race and class contribute? Discuss.

Reflecting on the three major problems reviewed in the current Wilson text, are they primarily problems of race, primarily of class or do both race and class contribute? Discuss. In the late 1970’s, William Julius Wilson published a book titled “the declining significance of race. By this he meant that class could be more significant than race in explaining the plight of lower-income African Americans. Before the 1970s, the racism of America society limited possibilities for black in all areas of American life. After the civil rights revolution of the 1960s, legal, political and social barriers began to fall down, but not completely. At the same time that this was occurring, a castle-like underclass was emerging within the black community that seemed resistant to improve by anti-discrimination efforts by political and social institutions, hence the work cited above.

Evaluate “The Things They Carried” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” as anti-war propaganda.

“The things they carried” is very descriptive when addressing the horror of war; however, it is not always recognized as an anti-war novel. In a well-developed 3 page paper, evaluate “The Things They Carried” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” as anti-war propaganda.
Identify the three common images or scenes addressed by each author and compare how each uses tone, diction, dialogue, and setting to portray a specific judgment about war. Explain how this rhetoric contributes to the theme of each work; specifically, do the works have an effective anti-war message, or do other themes dominate the message of the work? Use at least 2 quotes from each text.

Describe your rationale for selecting that topic in relation to your academic and career pursuits.

Topic: Do you have privacy rights on the internet. ( You can change the topic but it must be about privacy rights and the internet).

Share your progress on the Final Research Project, including the following:

Identify the Final Research Project topic. What influenced you to make this choice?
Describe your rationale for selecting that topic in relation to your academic and career pursuits.
Provide your thesis statement.
Discuss interesting finds and/or frustrations that you have encountered in your research