250 400 words art history writing assignment

What is art to you? What are examples of art? What kinds of things are not art? – Are artworks like Duchamp’s Fountain or the glasses in the SF Museum of Modern Art (see the video Art or Prank) artworks? What about Warhol’s Soup Cans or Banksy’s Self-destructing Girl With a Balloon? – Consider Jackson Pollock’s Number 1A, 1948, 1948 (Museum of Modern Art), which is the focus of the assigned video entitled Why is that Important? Looking at Jackson Pollock. – Why exactly is this painting important? – What theme or purpose (from the ‘Themes and Purposes of Art’ section in Understanding Art) would best suit Pollock’s work? Justify your response. You should not conduct research for this assignment (and really, you shouldn’t need to. Please remember, however, that you must cite any outside sources that you use. If you quote the videos directly, cite them. Plagiarism is a serious offense!