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Directions:
First read and watch these videos and texts:
Why do we look at Art? (Links to an external site.)
Is there a difference between art and craft? (Links to an external site.)
Who decides what art means? (Links to an external site.)
The Case For Museums. Why do we have them?
Then, using the comparison images , write a 150 word essay comparing and contrasting Napoleon’s Egyptian Tea Service vs. The Wal-Mart Tea Service, based upon the follwing quesitons:
Why is Napoleon’s tea set in a museum, and the Wal-Mart tea set in a cupboard?
What makes some objects aesthetic, and others just utilitarian
What to you think are some of the principle functions of art in our society?
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/ 20 pts
Includes an answer to the question “why is the first teaset in a musuem, and the second tea set in a cupboard?”
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/ 10 pts
Includes an anwer to the queston: “What makes an object art?”
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/ 10 pts
Includes an answer to the question: “What is the function of art in our society?”
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/ 10 pts
