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1. I chose: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884, Expressionism, The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present, and Dance at the Moulin de la Galette because the titles stood out to me as something I wanted to learn more about.

2. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884: This painting is very large, has many people, boats and one monkey, it is of people enjoying a day of leisure, it is displayed in Chicago, The lady with the monkey and the lap dog on the right of the painting is thought to be a cocut (sp?) which was a women with 2 or 3 lovers, many paintings were made before the final one where “characters auditioned” almost, close up the paint is extremely rich, this painting meets every requirement for a masterpiece.

 Expressionism: so much can be learned about the time when we analyse the paintings, Munch had a very depressing life, many artists did self portraits, the techniques were often bleakly rough, and had many textures, colours are earthy.

 The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present: Northern Spain has produced many famous artists in history, Spanish art has always been very vivid and memorable, Picasso was from northern Spain, Picasso set out to show spain that he always felt Spanish by displaying and showing his own selection of works, Dali’s one painting was very interesting with the melting pocket watch, war influenced some of the art from northern Spain, one building was quite influenced by Islamic culture, modern, and shipping.

Dance at the Moulin de la Galette: one of the most controversial paintings of all time sold for a large price, Lamisse urged the artist to complete his painting, Picasso chose this painting as his first painting of Paris but more dark and mysterious, paintings are influenced by history and history is influenced by paintings, This painting is developed to create interest of the viewer by making them ask questions about what’s going on.

3. I remember reading about Picasso in the text and the Northern Spain video talked about him and his art.  Expressionism was described in the text but not as in much depth as the video. 

4. These films were good although they were quite long.  These films helped me to better understand what the text was discussing because it was being shown and there was sound rather than me having to read. Expressionism was very hard to keep interested in.