Artwork Comparisons project / History of world art

Answer the following 5 questions by writing one paragraph / approximately 150-200 words for each. Each question involves comparing the given pair of artworks visually. This assignment is intended to develop your skills of visually analyzing and comparing artworks.This assignment should be approximately 3 pages double-spaced typed with an easily read 10-12 point typeface.1) Compare how these two paintings use lines and shapes differently:Funeral vessel from Dipylon Cemetery, c. 750 B.C.E., terracotta [Stokstad, p. 103]Mystery Cult of Bacchus, c. 50 B.C.E., fresco, Pompeii [Stokstad, p. 143]2) Compare the following two paintings in how depth. space and scale are depicted. Keep in mind both linear perspective and atmospheric perspective. Which one looks more realistic and why? The two paintings are:Cimabue, Madonna and Child Enthroned, c. 1280, tempera on wood [Stokstad, p. 287]Titian, Madonna of the Pesaro Family, 1519-1526, oil on canvas [Stokstad, p. 344]3) Compare how color has been used in these two paintings. Discuss how the various aspects of color, such as hue, tone / value, brightness, saturation / deepness or pureness of colors, light and shadow, etc. have been used. The two paintings are:Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Return of the Hunters / December, 1565, oil on canvas [Stokstad, p. 362]Henri Matisse, The Joy of Life, 1905-1906, oil on canvas [Stokstad, p. 513]4) Compare the following two oil paintings in the painting techniques used. How is one more traditional than the other? How do these different techniques produce different textures? The two paintings are:Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil on canvas, French [Stokstad, p. 460]Pierre-Auguste Renoir, La Moulin de la Galette, 1876, oil on canvas, French [Stokstad, p. 497]5) Compare how these two sculptures depict the human body. How did the sculptors deal with anatomy, pose, gestures, movement, etc.? Which is more realistic and why? The two sculptures are:Anavysos Kouros, c. 530 B.C., marble, Greek [Stokstad, p. 107]Shiva Nataraja, c. 1000 C.E., bronze, Indian / Hindu [Stokstad, p. 208]*Additional Note* I have the images on a PDF but it failed to upload in the Additional Materials box. I can email the PDF containing the images if required.

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