HART0005 - History of Art Survey (2): c. 1600 to the Contemporary

SECTION A (COMPULSORY)

1. Was landscape painting a suitable genre for representing the conditions of nineteenthcentury modernity? Discuss, using (a) as a starting point. You may refer to other examples to support your response

SECTION B (ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION)

2. Using (b) and (c) as your starting point, how might a consideration of Aztec and Inca objects challenge our understanding of the term “art”?

3. Compare and contrast the representation of the male body in (d) and (e). What were the social and cultural implications of this artistic subject?

4. Discuss (f) with reference to portraiture and to its transformation under the conditions of modernity. Your answer can consider portraits you have encountered in the Survey Course (in either term)

5. Using (g) and (h) as your starting point, discuss the figure of the Indian woman in the work of Raja Ravi Varma and Amrita Sher-Gil.

6. With reference to (i) and (j), discuss the relationships between modern architecture and regional identity.

7. Discuss how (k) and (l) appropriate and engage with the visual culture of British colonialism in South Asia.