How does each painting use the arrangement of compositional elements and figures to suggest meaning in the relationship between humans and nature?
Writing Assignment Week Six
Choose one of the following topics and write a 600-word APA formatted essay in response:
OPTION 1. What implications does humanity’s disregard for nature over the past 100 years have on our future? What do think the Earth will be like in 100 years?
OPTION 2. Consider human’s place in nature and how these paintings represent the relationship between humans and their environment: Caspar David Friedrich’s The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, Winslow Homer’s The Gulf Stream, Edward Hopper’s People in the Sun. How does each painting use the arrangement of compositional elements and figures to suggest meaning in the relationship between humans and nature? How does each painting suggest a different idea about nature? How are they different? Are there any commonalities among them?