MyHumanitiesStudio Exercises


1			The Visual Arts and the Enlightenment (pp. 304-317) Art > Color > Expressive Qualities http://www.mhhe.com/HumanitiesStudio/1/1/4/3/1.html Rococo paintings such as Fragonard's Swing (Fig. 11.15) and Boucher's Venus Consoling Love (Fig. 11.14) celebrate the pleasures of life. What, besides their subject matter, marks these paintings as rococo works? What qualities distinguish them from contemporary non-rococo works such as Greuze's Village Betrothal (Fig. 11.18), Chardin's Kitchen Maid (Fig. 11.19), or David's Oath of the Horatii (Fig. 11.25)? Specifically, how did Fragonard and Boucher use color to convey rococo themes? How does their use of color compare with that of Ingres in La Grande Odalìsque? What types of color seem best suited to evoke erotic or sensual moods?




2			The Enlightenment (pp. 297-303) Literature > Style > Diction http://www.mhhe.com/HumanitiesStudio/5/6/1.html The United States' Declaration of Independence (p. 299), written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, is one of the most influential documents in modern history, helping to inspire mass movements and revolutionary upheavals in America and abroad. Analyze the Declaration as a literary work. What type of diction did Jefferson use in this proclamation? How does the diction of the piece affect its meaning and enhance its assertions? Does the style of this document seem suited for later revolutions, such as the Russian (pp. 387-388) and Chinese ones (p. 389) of the twentieth century? How does Jefferson's diction compare with that used by other Enlightenment authors, such as Wollstonecraft (p. 301), de Condorcet (p. 301), and Pope (p. 304)? What does Jefferson's diction suggest about the American Revolution as a product of the Enlightenment? What does it suggest about how revolutionary the American Revolution was?

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