Author Question: Compare and contrast form and content in two works, one of which has visual unity and the other ... (Read 20 times)

shofmannx20 · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Compare and contrast form and content in two works, one of which has visual unity and the other conceptual unity.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Edouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergre invites us to consider points of view in its subject and composition. Interpretations of this painting include ________ approaches.

A. formalist
B. Marxist
C. feminist
D. psychoanalytic
E. All of these answers are correct.

Ahnyah · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answers will vary. The response should show awareness of what the difference is between visual and conceptual. Visual is what we are able to see; therefore, the comparison can include colors, lines, shapes, and so on. Conceptual is about ideas; therefore, the comparison will be more about the meanings behind the forms used in the work.

Answer to Question 2

E
There are many ways of interpreting Manet's work as we wonder and analyze the artist's decisions in his placement of the barmaid, the reflection, and other parts of the composition.