4 | Paper 1
Write five to seven pages on the subject of Delacroix's Modernism. | 10% | 8 | Paper 2
Write five pages, as a take-home portion of the midterm exam, on the subject of Gauguin’s Great "Suicide" Painting, D'ou Venons Nous? Que sommes nous? Ou allons-nous? (Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?) (1898, Boston Museum of Fine Arts). | 10% | 11 | Paper 3
Write five to seven pages on the subject of Clement Greenberg's "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" Essay (1939) and Walter Benjamin’s "Work of Art" Essay (1936). | 10% | 13 | Paper 4
Write at least 10 pages examining Modernism or Postmodernism (Art and Theory) in relation to a specific genre (Architecture, Painting, Photography, or any other largely visual art form) as it has engaged with Mass Culture. | 25% |
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