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3-2 Short Answer

3-2 Short Answer

Q Overview It is time to take a virtual field trip! For this short answer assignment, visit any of the galleries in the Resources section for this week . Choose two cultural works that catch your attention, and respond to the prompt below. Prompt Craft your answer with the considerations below. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria: 1. Choose two cultural works that catch your attention. Identify the name of each cultural work and describe why you chose each one. Share a link for each. 2. Compare your chosen works. How do you think each cultural work reflects its time period? Point to specific details that you see to relate them to elements of culture, such as what is valuable or meaningful to a group of people or what elements reflect history, beliefs, experiences, or other effects of culture. 3. Now state a question about key aspects of human culture in relation to one of the cultural works selected. For example, what does a specific urn tell us about the nature of death? 4. Then, briefly explain how you might go about doing research to find an answer to your question. For example, what keywords might you use in your search, where might you begin your research, or whom might you consult ?

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1. I have selected Subtlety, Art of sculpture by Kara Walker, and the Bronco Buster by American artist Frederic Remington. Subtlety https://g.co/arts/DZLQ9B3BB41rHFm2A The Bronco Buster https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-bronco-buster/ngE_26iqwsVp8w?hl=en&avm=2 2. Subtlety is a sculpture made of sugar and depicts a woman of African American origin as the sugar trade is linked with the African American slaves. The cultivation of cane and sugar production was dependent on African American labor. This element of the chosen cultural work reflects the history of African Americans and also the Slave Trade.