Response Paper 2: Chapter 30 and Architecture/Earthworks
In a paper of a minimum of two pages in length respond to the prompt below. Be sure to include
direct examples of artwork to support your answer.
Write about Jackson Pollock’s Convergence Painting and William Van Allen – Chrysler
Building. Answer both of these questions in your response:
-How does this work conform to the values and historical context of its style?
-How might this work echo issues still relevant in the present day, today?
Be sure to focus on just one artwork as your example, placing it within its own style and historic
context, as well as relating it to contemporary issues in the world today.
Sources outside the textbook are not required, but please cite any additional sources that you
may use, if you do so.
