Movements in Modern Art

Earth Art (piece by Robert Smithson):
Surrealism (piece by Rene Magritte):
Suprematism (piece by Kasimir Malevich):
Kinetic Art (piece by Alexander Calder):
De Stijl (piece by Piet Mondrian):
Constructivism (Tatlin's Tower):
Op Art (this piece is by the American, Bridget Riley):

Assorted Modern Artists/Writers

Late 19th-early 20th Century Instrumental Art Works

"Fallen Monarchs" by William Bliss Baker (1886)"Bonjour, Monsieur Corbet" by Gustave Courbet (1854)"Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich (1818)Francisco de Goya, "El Sueno de la Razon Produce Monstruos" (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters), (1799)"Impression, Soleil" by Claude Monet (1872)"The Scream" by Edvard Munch (1893)"Portrait of Madame Matisse" by Henri Matisse (1905)"Woman With a Hat" by Henri Matisse (1905)"Les Demoiselled d'Avignon" by Pablo Picasso (1907)"Still Life With Fruit Dish and Mandolin" by Juan Gris (1919)"The City Rises" by Umberto Boccioni (1910)"Cut With the Dada Kitchen Knife Through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany" by Hannah Hoch (1919)

Analyzing the use of wit in Candide

New Assignment: "wit" in Candide

Description: Choose a chapter of Candide that you find especially funny and/or intriguing. Write a short (10-15 sentence) summary of the chapter. Identify 3-5 parts of the chapter that you find especially "witty." Then, write short (3-5 sentence) explanations/analyses of what makes those parts witty/funny to you.

You may hand write your assignment.

Due Date: Wednesday, September 30th