Choose one question from # 1 through 4 and write a two-to-three paragraph response to Question 5.

One question from the following:

1. In what ways did expanding Western industrialism and technology inspire the landmarks of the late nineteenth century?

2. What late-nineteenth-century styles came to replace Romanticism in the arts of the West?

3. What were the principal subjects and themes of nineteenth-century Realists? Were these shared by both writers and visual artists? How did these subjects and themes differ from those favored by the Impressionists and Post-impressionists?

4. Which landmarks would you consider most representative of late nineteenth-century Western culture, the so-called, “Age of Materialism”?

And, respond to this question in two-to-three paragraphs:

5. Which of the landmarks of the late nineteenth century has most influenced or shaped present-day American culture? Discuss how these landmarks have been significant to our culture. (There is no “correct” answer to this question. Everyone can have different opinions. Just back up your ideas with some evidence.)