Watch the following 5 videos and respond to 3 questions from each video.

You will need to copy and paste the links to watch each video, I would use Internet Explorer, some of the other sites are having problems!

Mona Lisa video

Waldemar Januszczak claims that Leonardo di Vinci’s “Mons Lisa” is famous for as a result of which major event?

What is the coat of arms for the Di Vinci family?

From the start of his career, how did Di Vinci portray his women?

What is Di Vini’s most famous painting/mural created in Milan?

How did the French Revolution change the history of the “Mona Lisa”?

In the middle of the 19th Century, of what was the “Mona Lisa” considered to be an example?

Do you believ the “Mona Lisa” to be as important as it has become through history?Why or Why not?

Yayoi Kusama

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Do you enjoy the work of Yayoi Kusama? Why or why not?

Do you believe art making for Kusama is a cathartic way of dealing with her psychological issues?

How do you think moving to America and living in New York City changed her life?

What is your reaction to Kusama’s use of polka dots?

What do you think of her “Infinity Rooms”?

What is your impression to the interactive nature of much of her art?

Do you feel her art has truly held the test of time? Why or Why not?

Sally Man Video

Art 21: Sally Mann

Do take issue with the photographs Sally Mann took of her children?

What is your reaction to her use of the Wet Plate Collidion process, do you believe it to be outdated?

Do you believe her parents played a role in her art?

Can photography be considered a legitimate art form?

Which subject matter in Mann’s genre will be the most remembered, and why?

Which video did you prefer and why?

Sally Mann “The Two Virginia’s”

How do you believe Sally Mann’s childhood effected her artwork?

Does religion play any part in Sally Mann’s photography?

What impact did Virginia Franklin Carter have on Sally Mann’s life?

How did living in the South become part of Sally Mann’s subject in her art?

Do you believe Mann’s inter-cultural childhood played a part in her art?