“The Arts and Royalty; Philosophers Debate Politics”, history assignment help

Please
respond to one (1) of the following, using sources
under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

• In this week’s readings, a dispute in the French royal court is described
  about whether Poussin or Rubens was the better painter. Take a painting by each,
  either from our book or a Website below, and compare them and explain which you
  prefer. There is another conflict between the playwright Moliere and a well-born
  Parisian; Louis XIV stepped in. Explain how Louis XIV used the various arts and
  his motives for doing so. Identify one (1) example of a modern political leader
  approaching the arts this way

Explore:

The Arts and Royalty

• Chapter 23 (pp. 742-755); Rubens; Poussin; Moliere; royalty using the arts;
  review the Week 2 “Music Folder”
• Rubens and Poussin at http://www.visitmuseums.com/exhibition/from-baroqu…
  and http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/p/poussin/bio…

Philosophers Debate Politics

• Chapter 24 (pp. 776-7; 803-805)
• Hobbes: text at http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbe…;
  summary at http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/; also http://jim.com/hobbes.htm
• Locke: text at http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Locke-2n…;
  General background of the concept at http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_p…