Compare and contrast two artworks listed below, in order to analyse how artists created new ways of seeing and representing the world through visual perception. This could be in terms of the way that they use space, colour, form, angles or movement to create emotion, narrative, or visual tension in the work. Artworks:Barnett Newman, Vir Heroicus Sublimis (Man, heroic and sublime) 1950-51, oil on canvas 242.2 x 541.7 cm The Museum of Modern Art AND Pollock, Blue Poles (Number 11, 1952) oil, enamel, aluminium paint, glass on canvas oil, enamel, aluminium paint, glass on canvas 212.1 h x 488.9 w cm Purchased 1973 NGA 74.264 Analysis/Visual Analysis: Ideas should be demonstrated through detailed analysis of specific features of the work. Justify observations of the work with detailed visual evidence. Visual analysis should establish and extend your central argument, given in response to the set question. Think critically. Explain how the artist has been able to visually express the concept identified, and justify why this would be relevant to the context of the work. Historical or theoretical material should be woven into your analysis, not stated separately from it. Comparative Analysis: Students should treat the works as a pair, comparing and contrasting their similarities and differences in an effort to draw out the relationship between the two. Consider what we learn from the pairing. Do not treat the works separately. Move between them over the course of your response, not just in terms of structure, but to actually build an argument that relies on what can be understood from the pairing. Argument: Presents a focused and substantial argument. Developed through independent critical thinking – drawing together ideas from across the course – in response to the set question. Writing: Clear and erudite expression of ideas. Ideas stated directly and concretely. Written in whole sentences. Solid paragraph structure. PLEASE relate the artworks to 1950s as well as the historical context (Cold War, US replacing Europe to be the art hegemony, Abstract Expressionist) and how the artworks were different, please use academic sources thank you
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