Use examples from the chapter to illustrate how artworks featuring the American flag can have different meanings
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. In Flag, Jasper Johns represented the United States flag with lumps and smears, asking viewers to consider the work as a painting and to contemplate its meaning.
2. Johns created this work during a time of patriotism in the Cold War.
3. Faith Ringgold's God Bless America is a comment on bigotry.
4. She painted at a time that white prejudice was supported by the legal system. She represents the star of the United States flag as a sheriff's badge, the stripes as prison bars, and the woman behind the bars as a prisoner of her bigotry.
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a) nationalism constrained by individualism b) immigration policies c) excessive government oversight d) uneducated citizens
The producer is generally responsible for casting.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Thirty years after getting started in the music business, he was dubbed the "godfather of grunge.". _____________________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Beethoven's finale for the Fifth Symphony is shortest of the four movements
Indicate whether the statement is true or false