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Seydou Keita .jpg Seydou Keita, Portrait of Woman, 1959–60, Gelatin silver print​. How did European colonial officials use photography in African colonies in the early 20th century and how did photographer Seydou Keita’s photographs reject the “colonial gaze”? Feel free to describe some of the symbolism in this image to make your point. Write at least 4-5 sentences.

What is the meaning of the French term “Fauves”, which an art critic gave to Henri Matisse, André Derain, and several other artists exhibiting paintings in the 1905 Autumn Salon in Paris?

“What was the concept of “”manifest destiny””?”

Marie Denise Villers .jpg Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d’Ognes (1786–1868)1801. Oil on canvas, 63 1/2 × 50 5/8 in. (161.3 × 128.6 cm) Extra Credit (worth 2 points): In conversations about art and feminism, why is this painting important? Write a few sentences.

This back to the “Case for Copying” video. Art historians call the act of borrowing images, objects, or ideas and inserting them into another context _______________________.

Modern Museums.jpg Early 20th-century abstract artists demanded their works be displayed on white walls with ample spacing between paintings.  This mode of display came to be called ________________.

How did Lewis and Clark attempt to establish peaceful relationships with Native American tribes they encountered?

Frankelthaler Paradise.jpg Pollock 27 detail.jpg Helen Frankenthaler, Small’s Paradise, 1964. Acrylic on canvas, 8 ft. 4 in × 7 ft. 9⅝ in. (2.54 × 2.39 m). Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Jackson Pollock, Number 27 (detail), 1950. Oil What are the two fields of Abstract Expressionism?

How did the Panic of 1819 impact the American economy?

What were the outcomes of the Mexican-American War in 1848?