Write an essay, answering one of the following questions in at least 300 words, structured with an introduction (including a thesis statement), body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Question 1: The Mongol emperor Khubilai Khan (1215?–1294) ruled over a vast empire, which stretched from China to Iraq and from Siberia to Afghanistan. He also subjugated Korea. Discuss the impact of Mongol rule on the culture of two countries during the thirteenth century.
Question 2: Discuss the influence of Socialist Realist art from China and the Soviet Union on the development of North Korean painting after 1953.
Question 3: Dictators understand the power of art to sway opinion, which is why repressive regimes support the arts that trumpet their ideology and stifle creative expression, which promotes criticism and debate.
Discuss three images commissioned by Asian autocratic rulers in their quest for power.
What messages are conveyed in these works and how do these messages contradict what is happening in the society at the time?
