Final Examination – Art and Politics Required Essay: Compare and contrasts the works by Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros and Kahlo in light of their politics as discussed in class and in the readings (PDF chapter, and the Manifesto of the Union of Technical Workers, Painters and Sculptors photocopy document)

Final Examination – Art and Politics Required Essay: Compare and contrasts the works by Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros and Kahlo in light of their politics as discussed in class and in the readings (PDF chapter, and the Manifesto of the Union of Technical Workers, Painters and Sculptors photocopy document). Select two of the essay questions below: 1. Discuss Kollwitz prints The Mothers and In Memoriam: Karl Liebknecht. Keep in mind the purpose of the printmaking mediums she used, as well as her imagery. 2. Compare and contrast Tatlin’s Monument for the Third International and Mukhina’s A Worker and a Collective Farmer. What are their styles and contexts? 3. Discuss Shahn’s The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti panel and Lawrence’s panel from Migration of the Negro series. How are they both visual historians? What is the style they are generally associated with and what does it mean? 4. Discuss Picasso’s Guernica in light of both the Spanish Civil War and the painting’s content. 5. In your textbook, between pages 44 and 98, find and discuss two images; one that reflects the Civil Rights movement, the other the anti-war movement in relation to Vietnam