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Objectives:
1. To interact with your classmates in a discussion about art and religion. Communicate EACH of the "Check Points" below in your essay. Essay format means introduction, body and conclusion (in complete sentences and paragraphs).
2. Respond to a peer’s essay using the instructions below.
Technical How-to?
•Eventually you will cut from an MS word document and paste an essay into the Discussion #3 forum. No attachments in the Discussion forums.
•Use the title of your chosen work and page # in the subject line when posting it in the Discussion #3 forum.
•Complete the assignment, both parts, before the unit ends. As this is a class discussion, students will need to post the first part early in the unit in order for classmates to have time for thoughtful responses.
Part 1: Essay "Check Points"
1.Pick TWO of the religions listed below.
2.Discuss how art was used to communicate their basic teachings.
3.Use an image/example of each religion from your textbook(Fourth Edition Volume I. Art History) to support your argument.
4.Cite the symbols and subjects in the artwork. For example, images of the cross in Christian art symbolize the idea that Christ suffered and died for human sin. Think not only in terms of realistic images but also abstract ideas like the discussion of the circle in the "Welcome-What is Art" found in the Start Here materials. Again, refer to two specific works of art and include the titles and page numbers in your textbook.
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b. Christianity
c. Judaism
d. Islam
e. Hinduism
f. Buddhism
g. Daoism
h. Confucianism
i. Shintoism
Discussion #4
Objectives:
1. To interact with your classmates in a discussion of European art from the Early Medieval through the Late Gothic Periods. Communicate EACH of the "Check Points" below in your essay. Essay format means introduction, body and conclusion (in complete sentences and paragraphs).
2. Respond to a peer’s essay using the instructions below.
Technical How-to?
•Eventually you will cut from an MS word document and paste an essay into the Discussion #4 forum. No attachments in the Discussion forums.
•Use the titles of your chosen works and page #s in the subject line when posting it in the Discussion #4 forum.
•Complete the assignment, both parts, before the unit ends. As this is a class discussion, students will need to post the first part early in the unit in order for classmates to have time for thoughtful responses.
Early Medieval and Late Gothic
Chapters 14, 15, and 16 deal with Western European Art from the Early Medieval through the Late Gothic Periods. This long period of time is generally termed the Middle Ages, 500 – 1350 CE. It has many Early Medieval regional styles such as in Italy and Spain for instance, and then moves on to the Middle Medieval termed the Romanesque style, and culminates in France with the High Gothic as the time period of the Middle Ages ends.
CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!As you study these three chapters covering the Middle Ages, you will notice that there is a gradual shift in style from art that is more abstract (fig. 14-5) to art that is quite realistic (fig. 16-30). This trend eventually leads to the Renaissance with Michelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci, Raphael and all the other great masters of that period, studied in Art History II – ARTS1304.
For Discussion 4 you will choose a primary work of art that depicts that moving trend toward realism in figurative works of art (figurative = i.e. people, animals). You will then choose a secondary work of art to use in comparison to the primary work of art.
Part 1: Essay "Check Points"
Include the following in your Comparison for Discussion #4
Choose a work that you can say is either figuratively abstract or realistic during the Middle Ages. This will be your primary work of art.
What do you see in your chosen work that suggests a shift in style is either emerging or has arrived in Europe during this period of time?
Apply your thinking about why this shift took place by applying your thinking to another work of art found in your textbook from the Middle Ages. This will be your secondary work of art.
Be specific about what you SEE in the work. Relate your comments to the social, economic, political, religious, or scientific developments which might have influenced the changes in artistic conventions that you see. Also, be sure to include the title, page number and figure number of BOTH works of art in the body of your essay (as well as the subject line of your discussion posting).
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