Edgar Degas is credited with saying: “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Select a specific artwork from Part 2 of our course resources—it can be a painting, sculpture, play, poem, song or novel/la— and subject it to rigorous analysis. Your task will be to explain, with specific connections to at least three (3) course readings*, how the artist either (a) uses their art to inspire or educate their audience; or (b) uses their art to manipulate or mislead their audience. Whether your paper engages with art as satire or art as propaganda, you are required to explain how the artwork you are analysing predicts, exemplifies and/or clarifies something foundational about modernity and the historical Modern Age.
Write a clear and organized response that is supported by evidence from course resources and that sustains a connection with the overarching course theme: analysing the ideologies, movements, and theories that shape and define the historical Modern Age and our understanding of ‘modernity’.
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