Question

How does knowing the context of a piece affects our understanding? Choose one of the murals shown in the video to explain your answer.
http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/video/metcollects/america-today

Answer 1

  By knowing the context of a piece of art we can understand the art rather than looking at its bits and pieces and guessing the whole pieces meaning. One of the murals shown was of people’s hands reaching for bread and coffee with cash. I originally thought that the painting was of showing people where addicted to coffee or something until they explained that it represented The Great Depression. After they had said that I realized that the people where actually trying to stock up on food before all their money was gone

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Answer 2

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Explanation:

Knowing and understanding the context of a piece of art is essential in grasping the meaning of the art. It gives history of the artist and the time period it was made. These art pieces are meant to teach something, and understanding the context helps with that.