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Essay Instructions: Families and social relationships have undergone significant changes in the modern era, and scientific/technological advancements have played a major role in the North American society. For example, the advancements in science/technology have i) led to women?s movement, ii) changed youth culture, and iii) changed Dating habits of people in the North American society.

To what extent have the advances in science/technology impacted North American society? Please explain your reasoning and be sure to point out :
1) The positive and negatives impacts of the advances in science/technology on the North American society.
2) The importance of science/technology in the rise of a "women's movement".
3) The impact of women?s movement on family life.

Readings:
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/modernfamily.cfm

http://puhsd.k12.ca.us/chana/staffpages/eichman/Adult_School/us/spring/domestic_policy/2/impact.htm

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/106874_impact-of-information-and-communication-technology-on-the-society

http://skwork.com/p-c_s-14_u-109_t-290_c-972/women-in-australia-before-world-war-ii/nsw/history/changing-rights-and-freedoms:-women/women

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/57189/science-last-frontier-womens-movement.html

Essay Instructions: were documenting websites for these questions. also, our text book is "ModernArt" 3rd edition Hunter,Jacobus & Wheeler
PART1
Please answer all short essay questions.
Write your responses succinctly, supporting each premise with specific examples of art work. Each question ought not to take more than two paragraphs. Write your answers in a Word document and attach and upload the file. Keep the original as your backup copy.
1. Discuss how choice of subject, arrangement of images, use of color/tome in Courbet's Burial at Ornans and Daumier's Third Class Carriage enable each artist to convey his social/political point of view.
2. If Cabanal's Birth of Venus, was the acceptable standard depiction of the female nude, how does Manet "modernize" the nude in his Modern Olympia and Dejuner sur l'herbes.
3. Although the Impressionists did not adhere to a specific style or technique, they did share common notions about the use of color. Citing two Impressionists, and their paintings, discuss this innovative approach to painting color
PART 2

Answer all short essay questions.

Write your responses succinctly, supporting your premise(s) with specific examples of art work. Each question ought not to take more than two paragraphs. Write your answers on a Word document and attach and upload the file. Keep the original Word document as your backup copy.
1. Study Degas' Bellilli Family, especially the "compositional" placement of figures as well as their "eye contact." From these arrangements, what has Degas told us(or implied) about the psychology of the family members and their relationship with one another?
2. The term "key hole" art is often used to describe the photographic-like compositions of Post Impressionist painters. However, the practice is clear in works of Cassat and Renoir. Compare and contrast a Cassatt and Renoir painting, as examples of "key hole" compositions.
3. Post Impressionists sought to establish the supremacy of the "creative process"--not the visual truth. How would you apply this concept to Van Gogh's Starry Night and on of Gauguin's Tahitian paintings

PART 3
Write your responses succinctly, supporting your premise(s) with specific examples of art work. Each question ought not to take more than two paragraphs. Write your answers on a Word document and attach and upload the file. Keep the original Word document as your backup copy.
1. Discuss the "pointillist" technique and how it anticipates abstractions. Support your thesis with specific examples of work.
2. Compare and contrast Lautrec's Salon de la rue des Moulins (not on slide show) OR Seated Clown and Valadon's The Tub.
3. How does the use of color, application of paint and perspective convey a psychological mood in Van Gogh's Night Cafe.
PART 4
1. Discuss the frequent reference to Cezanne as "father of modern art." Cite two examples of his work to support your discussion.
2. It is said that in the last half of the 19th Century sculpture lagged behind painting in achieving an especially Modern idiom. What was it that Rodin and Claudel did to bring sculpture into the Modern Era, citing one work of each.
3. Maillol said that he needed to return to the "classics"--as opposed to the work of Rodin--for his inspiration. How can we say that Mallol's work maintains strong Classic elements, yet is extremely Modern.

Essay Instructions: Hello,
I am desperate and hope you can help, I need a paper today on the following subject. Select a nation state ( i chose france)and compare and contrast its national development in the modern era with the national development of Poland over the same period in a five page essay.( use two credible/ substantial academic sources in addition to text: Heart of Europe the past in poland's present, Norman Davies new edition c 2001 oxford new york.)culminate in a well argued, well supported conclusions about nation state development in eastern europe in the modern era. He offered additional guides: support compare/contrast with historical evidence conclude with generalizations about national development in E. Europe and support arguement and provide historical evidence. suggest how there impact future of Eastern European issue. Suggested area include but are not limited to or need to include all of the following: Military, Political,Economical,Social,Religious and or Intellectual. I was trying to limit what I had started to Religion, Political,Economical and Intellectual. Any Variation is ok by me. As you can tell I am not the best writer in the world so please take that into consideration while you work.
I thank you very much, I am in a jam now and am hoping you can help me. My # is 267-968-4877, if you have any questions whatsoever please do not hesitate to call or email me, Thank you!
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Essay Instructions: Describe the history of Islamic reformism in the modern era, including the main paths taken by revival movements and some of the key figures, themes, and debates. Discuss both the internal motors of change in Islam, including continual reinterpretations of the foundational texts, and external motivations for reform, particularly in the context of how Muslims have experienced globalization.

-be sure to include a thesis that takes a position on the above prompt