Painting of a human figure

1- What should a painting of a human figure look like?

2- If representations of any subject using a camera are possible, including the human form, what does that mean for the traditional practice of painting?

Explore: Next, find out more about the subject by reading about Willem de Kooning and Roy Lichtenstein from chapter 15, Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and

America, 1945–1980.

Explain: Write a response to the questions in the second part of your discussion post.

3- 4- What did each artist paint?

5- How did each artist engage with mid-twentieth-century culture?

Evaluate: Write a response to the questions in the third and last part of your discussion post.

6- How has your understanding of the manner in which the human figure was depicted in art changed ?

Recommended Textbook

Gardner, Helen, and Fred S. Kleiner. 2014. Gardner's art through the ages: a concise western history. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. 978-1133954798

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