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We have included the questions that appear below the artworks that open each chapter, the journal prompts from the text's color insert, the “In Your Own Words,” and the “Art of Writing” exercises so that you can submit your answers to your instructor via e-mail, should he or she direct you to do so.
From the textbook: Responding to Art, View and Reflect, In Your Own Words, The Art of Writing
Responding to Art (page 460)
Look at Wrapped Reichstag (Berlin, 1995), by Christo and Jeanne-Claude on page 460 of the text. According to the artists, the wrapping required 1,076,000 square feet of fabric. It took 90 climbers and 120 installation workers to complete the project, which remained in place for only two weeks. All of the projects done by Christo and Jeanne-Claude are temporary, paid for by the artists, and completed with recycled materials. The two have been called "environmental artists" because they work in both rural and urban environments. They force people to view familiar locations in new and different ways. Do you think the wrapping of a large structure is really art?
OLC Extra! Reflections on Reading and Study Skills
These Reflections on Reading and Study Skills exercises provide an opportunity for you to think about the skills you learned in the textbook. To complete these exercises and e-mail them to your instructor, type your response in the blank provided here or type your response in a word-processing program and copy and paste it here. Next, edit and proofread your answer carefully. Then insert your instructor's e-mail address in the "to" line and hit "send."