What is the relationships between power and art?

What are your favorite examples of art of power from chapters 1-3 in the textbook? Choose 2 or 3 objects and explain: Why did you choose these objects? Why do you consider them to be examples of the connection between power and art? How do they envision or picture power? Do they do it in similar ways or are they different? Finally, can you find examples of contemporary art or popular culture that use a similar approach to visualizing power?

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