Compare Titian's Assumption and Friedman's Untitled in regard to ...

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Compare Titian's Assumption and Friedman's Untitled in regard to historical and social context, visual presentation, and audience.
 
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Question 2

Discuss how the artist Louise Bourgeois rejected traditional art education and explored alternative paths to create a career that spanned decades. Include her personal influences and public attention, and how she came to terms with life through her art.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Titian's Assumption is a religious painting not housed in a museum, but in a church, and created during a period when Christianity was a central aspect of society. Viewers experience the splendor of the setting when viewing it as a part of an altarpiece. The church becomes the museum. Friedman's Untitled requires the contemplative spaces of a contemporary gallery or museum. He believes the work's context resides in this space; if placed outside, it becomes a historical artifact in opposition to the original context.

Answer to Question 2

Bourgeois was dissatisfied with official art education, which led to an exploration of alternate paths, most valuably a period of study with painter Fernand Lger. Her marriage to American art historian Robert Goldwater took her to America, where she found an atmosphere that allowed her to do as she wanted.