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.