Read Ch. 9 of the textbook and the link to the article.

Instructions

1. Answer in specific manner by making specific connections between this week assigned readings/ videos and your reflection. Please add in-text citations and/or reference(s) when necessary.

Reading Questions

1. Describe why and how art and artists have in some cultures been considered to have exceptional power.
2. What are propaganda and persuasion, and what are some differences between them?
3. Describe how rulers have used images of them to enhance their authority.
4. Give an example of an art work that was meant to protest war or social injustice, and describe how it did so.
5. Why are images forbidden within some religions? Give specific examples.

Article Link: https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/art-and-politics