Find at least two definitions for the word "craft" in a dictionary. For each definition, select a work from the chapter that you feel illustrates the definition. Explain your reasons for associating each definition with the work you have chosen.
What will be an ideal response?
Responses will vary depending on definitions. Possible connotations are "craft" as a skill and "craft" as a process. The Tree of Life shows how the craft of stained glass can show extraordinary levels of skill. Contemporary works can often show how traditional craft processes may be incorporated into modern art, as in El Anatsui's Sasa, which uses the fiber weaving tradition of African royal textiles for a metallic sculpture.
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A. Formation of the Caroline Islands B. Religious practices in Micronesia C. Important clan events D. Creation myths of the group
What is the primary symbolism of a vanitas painting? Discuss at least two artists from different centuries who have created such works and indicate the reasons for the recurrence of the vanitas theme in art of various eras.
What will be an ideal response?
The best violins are built after the pattern of a violin maker named
a. Antonio Vivaldi. b. Claudio Monteverdi. c. Antonio Strataveri. d. Adolphe Sax.
Which of the following Protestant sects is best known for hymn singing?
A. Lutherans. B. Moravians. C. Mennonites. D. Calvinists.