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1. “DaDa was more of a mindset or attitude than a single identifiable style” – please define this statement and use artists examples (no images from the book).
2. Use the image of the Chrysler Building to describe Art Deco.
3. Neue Sachlichkeit was a powerful form of art. Use Otto Dix’s Der Krieg and compare it to Michelangelo Buonarroti’s Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. What are some of the similarities in the socio/political aspects of the artwork?
4. Between the wars, American painters favored figural art. Choose three of the following artists and write a short comparison on their styles of representing the figure: E. Hopper, J. Lawrence, G. Wood, T.H. Benton, D. Rivera, J.C. Orozco, F. Kahlo, D. Lang.

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