Option 1: Choose a work to discuss from one genre that interprets a work from another genre.
Include the title, artist, and description of both works.
Examine how the artist of the second work captured the subject or story of the first.
Support your point(s) with a statement from the second artist that discusses the influence, reasoning, or interpretation of the original work on the second work.
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You could choose a specific artwork influenced by a literary work and how the artist captured the subject or story. (Examples: Salvador Dali’s Mad Tea Party and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland; Pablo Picasso’s Don Quixote and Cervantes’s Don Quixote de la Mancha)
You could choose a literary work influenced by an artwork and how the author captured the story. (Examples: Picasso’s The Old Guitarist and Wallace Steven’s “The Man with the Blue Guitar”; Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Anne Sexton’s “The Starry Night”)
Option 2: Choose a work that is interdisciplinary (incorporates two or more disciplines), such as Hamilton from our lesson this week.
Include the title and artist(s).
Examine the genres that are intermingled to create the work.
How effective is the blending of genres in the work?
Why do you think the artist used different disciplines in the work?
Support your point(s) with a statement from the artist and one from a critic.
Option 3: Choose a work of art from any genre that depicts or tells the story of a real life event from any time period, such as The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Josphine on December 2, 1804 by Jacques Louis David.
Include the title and the artist and some background of the event.
What is the relationship between the work of art and the event?
Did the artist depict the event accurately?
Does the artist make changes regarding the event? If so, why do you think the artist made these changes?
Examine the artist’s message in the depiction.
Support your point(s) with a statement from the artist.
Option 1: The Starry Night and “The Starry Night”
Original Work: The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (1889), oil on canvas. This iconic post-impressionist painting depicts the view from the window of his asylum room in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. It features a swirling night sky bursting with vibrant stars, a cypress tree reaching towards the heavens, and a small village nestled in the landscape below.
Interpreting Work: “The Starry Night” by Anne Sexton (1961), a poem. This poem captures the mood and emotional intensity of van Gogh’s painting, exploring themes of isolation, mental anguish, and the yearning for connection.
How Sexton Captured the Subject: Sexton’s poem utilizes vivid imagery, similes, and metaphors to create a powerful and personal interpretation of van Gogh’s masterpiece. She uses language that evokes the swirling, turbulent sky, the reaching cypress tree, and the sense of solitude and yearning present in the painting. Sexton also captures the emotional intensity of the original work, mirroring the raw emotions that van Gogh poured onto the canvas.
Option 1: The Starry Night and “The Starry Night”
Original Work: The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (1889), oil on canvas. This iconic post-impressionist painting depicts the view from the window of his asylum room in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. It features a swirling night sky bursting with vibrant stars, a cypress tree reaching towards the heavens, and a small village nestled in the landscape below.
Interpreting Work: “The Starry Night” by Anne Sexton (1961), a poem. This poem captures the mood and emotional intensity of van Gogh’s painting, exploring themes of isolation, mental anguish, and the yearning for connection.
How Sexton Captured the Subject: Sexton’s poem utilizes vivid imagery, similes, and metaphors to create a powerful and personal interpretation of van Gogh’s masterpiece. She uses language that evokes the swirling, turbulent sky, the reaching cypress tree, and the sense of solitude and yearning present in the painting. Sexton also captures the emotional intensity of the original work, mirroring the raw emotions that van Gogh poured onto the canvas.
