Reference no: EM133414089
California Lynching Tree
Ken Gonzales-Day's California Lynching Tree is the history of lynching of people of color in California. He uses photographs to document America's dark history of mob violence out west.
Subject matter = what the image literally depicts- is what you see and then explain what the image is. The meaning is what it is, when explaining it on what you see make it a clear example you explain it to a blind person. And the image stands for what.
a. Why did Day erase the bodies and the ropes in the lynching scenes? How does the erasure affect the artwork?
b. Identify one role of an artist you see reflected in the work and discuss how it applies to the work?
c. What is the purpose of Gonzales-Day's work, and is it relevant in 2022?
s. Use your own words, and support your responses by using lecture notes, your textbook, and the sources from the internet. Use complete sentences 5-7, use proper grammar, and don't forget to proofread and spell check your work before submitting it.