This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

 

Assignments

The assignments are due during the weeks listed in the table.

WEEK # ASSIGNMENTS PERCENTAGES
4 Paper 1

Write five to seven pages on the subject of Delacroix's Modernism.
10%
8 Paper 2

Write five pages, as a take-home portion of the midterm exam, on the subject of Gauguin’s Great "Suicide" Painting, D'ou Venons Nous? Que sommes nous? Ou allons-nous? (Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?) (1898, Boston Museum of Fine Arts).
10%
11 Paper 3

Write five to seven pages on the subject of Clement Greenberg's "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" Essay (1939) and Walter Benjamin’s "Work of Art" Essay (1936).
10%
13 Paper 4

Write at least 10 pages examining Modernism or Postmodernism (Art and Theory) in relation to a specific genre (Architecture, Painting, Photography, or any other largely visual art form) as it has engaged with Mass Culture.
25%