20^th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS; POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE

PRELIMINARIES: Our discussion this week has two parts and arerelated to chapters 39 and 40, our last two chapters! Do both parts. There is also the usual EXPLORE list under the topic. Be sure to use that instead of any random googling for answers–you are required to use the class text each week and at least one of the EXPLORE-listed websites. HINT: The Explore list normally suggests what page numbers to focus on. ANOTHER HINT: If using the eBook purchased via our bookstore, when you just click on the on-screen page, the page number appears on the lower left of the screen. Jot it down.

TOPIC: Please respond to both of the following, using the class text and sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

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Watch Media

Doing this Week 10 Discussion !

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• Choose two of the following late 20th century African-American artists and one art work from each, and compare and contrast their art: Bearden, Lawrence, Basquiat, or Colescott. Describe specific elements of the works from the chosen artists that represent the multiplicity of the African-American experience. Identify one of these works (or some other by an African American artist) that you would like in your workplace, and explain why.

• Choose one example of architecture that you believe exemplifies the characteristic post-modern style, using the class text’s description of post-modern features to make your case. Describe two features of post-modern style that you find intriguing.

Explore:

African American Artists of the Twentieth Century

• Chapter 35 (p. 1167) and Chapter 36 (p. 1180) on Jacob Lawrence
• Chapter 39 ( 1285-1286) on Romare Bearden
• Chapter 40 ( 1326-1327) on Jean-Michel Basquiat
• Jacob Lawrence, New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) at http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3418
• Romare Bearden video, San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art at http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/multimedia/videos/205

Postmodern Architecture

• Chapter 40 (pp. 1312-1321) for examples of post-modern architecture
• POST-MODERN ARCHITECTURE: See https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/most-influential-postmodern-buildings ; and see the list of 100 at https://www.ranker.com/list/postmodern-architecture-buildings-and-structures/reference . Be sure also to see those shown and discussed on pp. 1312-1320 in chapter 40 of our textbook by Sayre. And see the Week 10 INSTRUCTOR INSIGHTS with its “Links and Great Buildings” item.