http://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/theme/3/index.html
This video is #3 in the the Art Through Time series and the theme of the program is “history and memory.” When you have finished the video, take some time to answer the following questions. Your responses should be limited to no more than one or two paragraphs, and you should use specific examples to illustrate points made in your response.
There is also written material to access regarding this program at this address: http://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/assets/pdfs/theme_3_text.pdf Enjoy the video.
Video Questions:
1. How does art have an effect on our ideas about historical events?What are the roles and responsibilities of artists in presenting historical depictions?
2. Societies use art to commemorate certain important individuals in their history or to memorialize significant events. What types of markers of historical memory do you encounter during your normal daily routine? Why do you pay attention or ignore those commemorations? What memorials have you traveled to view personally? Why was this monument meaningful enough for you to visit?
3. Some historical events and figures remain in the forefront of a culture’s collective memory, while others, who may have been as influential, fade away. How has art assisted in the keeping events or people in the foreground of the collective memory?
4. Often art presents certain events that will prompt different responses, depending on who views it, and when and where it is viewed. What responsibility does the art viewer have in interpreting the accuracy of its message and legacy?
5. In some instances, objects originally used as mnemonic devices to prompt memories become objects of art. What shifts our perceptions of an object that elevates it in such a way?
Your responses must be turned in no later than Friday, December 21.
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