Google Arts
How to Prepare for this Assignment 1. Read chapter 4.3 of your textbook 2. Explore the website Google Arts & Culture: h :mrwtti2aj,Lacukwasttae,aeta,[- lin i 3. Watch the following video for a contemporary example of an artist interested in the theme of life & death: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanitiesiart-historyiglobal-culture/beginners-guide-contemporary-art1/v/hirst-s-shark-interpreting-contemporary-art
Do the Following 1. Google Arts & Culture is a project in which hundreds of museums, cultural institutions, and archives have partnered with Google to host cultural treasures online. Go to the website and familiarize yourself with its capabilities.
- Choose two (2) artworks from the website that are related to the theme of art and the cycle of life. This may seem like a broad theme, and it is! To help narrow your discussion, you must select a pair of artwork that relates to art and the cycle of life and fits any one of the following criteria: a. one that depicts a human and one that depicts a mythical being; b. one personal and one communal; OR c. one about birth and one about death.
Include links to your two images within your post and clearly describe which criteria you chose. - Compare and contrast what the artworks look like and what they are communicating, noting at least three points of comparison and/or contrast. What do the similarities or differences suggest about the beliefs and values of the cultures that produced them?