| CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
Third Exam
(One hour. Open book and handouts. No separate class notes.)
Answer three of the following questions in well-developed paragraphs.
1. Explain the features of Gothic architecture and what they were meant
to symbolize.
2. What is linear perspective? When was it discovered and how did it
represent a new way of conceiving of the representation of space in
visual art?
OR
What is Pop art? How does technology figure in to the production and
subject matter of Pop art? Be specific.
3. What were the important stages in the development of either the piano
or the guitar?
4. In what ways does hypertext fiction like l0ve 0ne represent an
experiment with the conventions of traditional literary fiction?
5. Discuss the history of photography in terms of the availability of
the technology and the resulting expansion of creative possibilities.
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