Comparison Choices
Senior IB ART
Dr. Henson-Dacey
Select one of the comparison topics - write a comparison using either point-by-point or
blocking style - begin essay with thesis statement and make personal artistic connection
with your comparison. (2 page spread - integrated + cite sources).
1) Claes Oldenburg (Mistos - Match Cover) with Jeff Koons (Rabbit).
2) Stela of Naram-Sin (c.2254-2218BCE) with Life of Buddha (stela, Bupta period c.
475CE) - from the India Museum.
3) Pablo Picasso (Glass and Bottle of Suze, 1912) with Lorna Simpson (You’re Fine,
1988)
4) Woman of Willendorf (24,000-22,000BCE) Vienna, Austria with William de Kooning
(Woman 1) 1950-52.
5) Wenda Gu (United Nations - China Mounment: Temple of Heaven 1998) with Chapel
of the Rosary, Vence, Cote D’Azur, France with Matisse designs.
6) William Hogarth (The Lady’s Death - 1833) with Kaigetsudo Dohan (Beautiful
Woman)-Edo period.
7) Ron Mueck (Mask II) with Head of a Yoruba King (African - any one will do)
8) Ando Hiroshige (Riverside Bamboo Market) Koyobashi, 1857 with Thomas Cole
(View from Mount Holyoke Massachusetts after a Thunderstorm)1836.