EXAM 2- Chapter 2- MEDIA & PROCESS

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EXAM 2- Chapter 2- MEDIA & PROCESS Question 1 What style of building would you propose for the government center of your city, town, or region? Why? Question 2 Why do you think that Andy Warhol chose the process of silkscreen printing to depict his subjects, be they famous icons or humble cans of soup? Research silkscreen prints by Warhol. What does the process he used add to the meaning of these artworks? Do you think that they would have been as effective if they were paintings? Question 3 Robert Rauschenberg made his own artwork by erasing parts of another artist’s creation. Do you think that the eraser is a valid artistic medium when used in this way? Which of the two artists do you think deserves more credit for this work? What factors affect your decision? Question 4 Compare the documentary approaches of Lewis Wickes Hine in Ten Year Old Spinner (2.8.16) and Edward Burtynsky in Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant (2.8.27). What did each photographer try to record? Considering the subject matter of each image, what has been included and what left out? Question 5 When you think about famous logos, which three are the first to spring to mind? Do these three logos all share similar characteristics? Are they an image, a text, or a mixture of both? What is it about these particular logos that make them stand out to you? Question 6 Visual communication design supports better communication. Find information related to the butterfly ballot used in Florida during the 2000 Presidential election. Did bad design affect the outcome of a major political event in American history during this election, or would the outcome have been the same regardless of the quality of the visual communication design? Give your reasons why, or why not. Question 7 The below image is from Chapter 3. Your job in this question is to do both a formal analysis as well as connect it to the material we have covered on MATERIAL and PROCESS. Start with describing the image by using as many of the elements and principles covered in Chapter 1. Then identify the media and process of the work of art and compare it to a work of the same media in this chapter. Question 8 The below image is from Chapter 3. Your job in this question is to do both a formal analysis as well as connect it to the material we have covered on MATERIAL and PROCESS. Start with describing the image by using as many of the elements and principles covered in Chapter 1. Then identify the media and process of the work of art and compare it to a work of the same media in this chapter.