“Tchaikovsky and Women in Art” Please respond to one (1) of
the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the
basis of your response: 

• Select one (1) composition by Tchaikovsky that you enjoy. Describe the music
  and subject matter of that work, and explain why you enjoy it. Explain the key
  reasons why you believe that compositions by Tchaikovsky continue to be popular
  with contemporary orchestras and audiences. Passionate nationalism, like
  Tchaikovsky’s for Russia, could be a feature of Romantic art and music and in
  the arts of the late 1800s. Give primary examples of music today (besides
  national anthems) that is characterized by nationalism. 
• Select two (2) paintings depicting females by both a male artist and female
  artist named within the Explore section. Compare and contrast these two (2)
  depictions of women, and comment on any general tendencies that you detect among
  artists of that era in this respect. Compare this situation in the late 1800s to
  the way females are depicted in our own modern times, using at least one (1)
  specific modern example. 

Explore:

Tchaikovsky

• Chapter 31 (pp.1037-1038), famous overture and ballet music
  compositions
• Audio of musical compositions on Tchaikovsky webpage , Kennedy Center
  Website at http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=3651&source_type=C
• Video clip of Tchaikovsky (1812 Overture) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrsYD46W1U0 

Artists’ Depictions of Women 

• Chapters 31 and 32, depictions of women by male artists Manet, Degas,
  Dewing, Eakins and by female artists Cassatt, Morisot, Haudecort-Lescot, Sara M.
  Peale 
• National Museum of Women in the Arts at http://www.nmwa.org/explore/collection-highlights/18th%E2%80%9319th-century
• National Gallery of Art (search by artist name) at http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/artists.html?pageNumber=1