- Greatest Paintings Instructions: Using the video as the reference for your discussion posting and responses, compose a written discussion about the artwork presented in the video.
“50 Greatest Paintings” “History Masterpieces” “Famous Artists” “Expensive Pieces”01:12https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSMaCs8mQls&feature=emb_logo01:13
- In your original posting, discuss the following: Do you know the works of art in this video?
- Choose 10 of these artists and research them further online. What about the time period that they were painting in?
- What were the social conditions like, not just for wealthy people often depicted in the paintings, but for starving artists and the common man?
- How did these artists contribute to our understanding of our history?
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Peer Response:
Greatest Paintings
Instructions:
Provide a substantive response to 1 peer.
When posting a reply to other students, consider the following questions:
- Why did the person choose those artists?
- What assumptions do you make about the original poster based upon the choice of artists?
- Why do people make assumptions about others based on extremely limited information?
- In what ways do you agree or disagree with the student’s analysis of why paintings persist in culture?
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.