“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.1039-1040), famous overture and ballet music compositions; review the Week 6 “Music Folder”
• 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