essay Questions

1. Focussing on specific examples, describe the way that Modernist art & design was a response to the forces of modernity
2. Choosing a particular period from 1800 to the present, in what ways has art or design responded to the changing social and cultural forces of that period? (2 specific examples)
3. Is it possible to describe any aspect of visual communication today as post-modern(ist)?
4. Could it be argued that fine art ought to be assigned more 'value' than visual communication?
5. 'Advertising doesn't sell things; all advertising does is change the way people think or feel' (Jeremy Bullmore). Evaluate this statement with reference to selected critical theories

Portfolio Task 2- Modernist Graphic Design

Find five images of what you consider to be modernist Graphic Design. Post these to your blog, with reference to date, author and title in the following form-
Author (date) 'Title', full web URL

e.g. Miles, R (2010) 'A piece of Modernist Graphics', www.graphics.com/graphics

Also, include a couple of sentences next to each image which describe why you think each image is Modernist.

Rodchenko, A (1926) 'film poster for Battleship Potempkin', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bronenosets_Rodchenko.jpg

Portfolio Task 1- Image Analysis exercise

WRITE A 500 WORD COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TWO IMAGES BELOW. PUBLISH YOUR ANALYSIS TO YOUR CONTEXTUAL & THEORETICAL STUDIES BLOG (by w/c 15 NOV at the latest)

'The Uncle Sam Range' (1876) advertising image by Shumacher &Ettlinger, New york

Poster by Saville Lumley (1915)

Compare and contrast the two images in relation to the following-
a) The choice and organisation of font and style of illustration
b) The purpose and meaning of the image
c) The intended audience of the image
d) The social and historical context of the image, such as social values at the time

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