Choose one of the literary movements below one of the following:

·
Asher B. Durand’s 
Thanatopsis (influenced by William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”)

·
John William Waterhouse’s 
The Lady of Shalott (influenced by Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott”)

·
Sir John Everett Millais’s 
Ophelia (influenced by Shakespeare’s Ophelia from 
Hamlet
)

·
Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s 
Apollo and Daphne or 
The Rape of Proserpina (influenced by ancient myths
)

·
Ancient Greek vase painting (influenced by various ancient myths)

Instruction

Option 1:
 Examine the literary movement and specific work in relation to the historical and political influences of the movement. Include a one-paragraph summary of the plot before moving on to the examination of the work in relation to the movement.

Option 2:
 Examine a specific artwork influenced by a literary work and how the artist captured the subject or story. Discuss how the art piece reflects themes that defined the literary movement. Here are a few examples, but you are not restricted to this list: