HUM 100 6-3 Realism Impressionism and the Modern World Worksheet PDF

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HUM 100 Realism, Impressionism, and the Modern World Worksheet Complete this worksheet by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information. In the first table of the worksheet, complete the following: 1. 2.

For each era, identify an artifact that depicts one of the characteristics provided. Explain which characteristic you think it represents, and why.

In the second table, address the following: 1. In the first column, identify creators from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries who you think made important contributions to art and culture in the form of humanities artifacts that impacted society. 3. Identify one of the artifacts they created (in the second column) and the medium of the artifact (in the third column). Recall from Fundamentals of Human Culture that mediums can include dance, literature, sculpture, visual arts, architecture, music, performance, and so forth. 4. Explain why you believe the creator felt the need to express their ideas (in the fourth column). For example, if one of the people you chose was John Lennon, you could identify one of his songs and discuss how the song relates to examples of his social activism. Once you have completed the second table, answer the questions at the end of the document.

Part 1: Realism and Impressionism Realism Characteristics: 1. Depiction of the ordinary 2. Real-life situations 3. Shift from the ideal to the real

Impressionism Characteristics: 1. The play of light in the present moment 2. Immediacy, spontaneity 3. Short, staccato brushstrokes in art

Realism Artifact

[Nighthawks (1942) by Edward Hopper.]

Characteristic That Realism Artifact Represents (Explain Your Reasoning) [Depiction of the ordinary. It shows a diner and the patrons that visit it during the night. This was an everyday thing when diner’s first opened across America after the first one was created in 1872, a lunch wagon, by Walter Scot

Impressionism Artifact

[A holiday at Mentone (1888) by Charles Conder..]

Characteristic That Impressionism Artifact Represents (Explain Your Reasoning) [The play of light in the present moment. The painting depicts a beach scene with the bright sunlight on the beachgoers and how there is litle shade to hide from the bright sun. ]

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Part 2: The Modern World Person Twentieth Century: [Billy Joel.]

Artifact Created [We Didn’t Start The Fire.]

[Music.]

Medium

Twenty-first Century: [Apple.]

[The iPod (October 2001).]

[music.]

Need to Express [The song takes a look at 40 years of history Joel atempted to look at the things that happen from 1949, the year he was born to 1989. It mentions people, places, and things that made an impact on the world. ] [The iPod was created to people could carry there own music in their pocket. The iPod allowed users to download single songs or whole albums. It shows how modern technology is advancing the way people listen to music. This led to several improvements so the owner could have pictures and eBooks.

In one to two paragraphs, answer the following questions:  

What differences do you notice between the artifacts from each era? In the context of what you have learned in this theme, where do you think those differences stemmed from?

[The artifacts depict a particular time in history. Billy Joel covers the Cold War and how times have changed. The way we look at people places and world events differ from time era to time era. The song by Billy Joel differs from the iPod because of the age groups and different cultures that were impacted. The song was released was 1989, for an adult contemporary genre, and was played on the radio numerous times throughout the day. Overtime is was played less. The iPod when released in 2001 was popular for all ages. It the technology improved so did the amount of thing you could do on an iPod. With advanced, the iPod is used less now but still can be seen being carried by older adults with the oldie but goodies. The difference stemmed from the period that they were introduced. Timing is everything.]...