Please choose 1 of the following 5 topics and answer in essay format – you may use APA or MLA format. All submissions must be typed and must have references. Answers should be about a page long. 1. Discuss the two phenomena that reflect the medieval obsession with salvation in the afterlife and how this […]
Please put some picture in the paper to show your idea (if need) Consider the Royal Portals at Chartres Cathedral and the figures of the kings and queens. What are other examples that you can think of where leaders have used similar symbols and iconography to send a message? Discuss the Chartres example and compare […]
Instructions: write an essay explaining the design decisions you made in the artwork (where, how and why you used the Elements and Principles of Design), how the material you chose to work with connects to the meaning of your image, as well as directly connecting your photograph to ideas in the film. Your response must […]
Read carefully Leo Steinberg’s text assigned for this week. Look up every single image he references (he doesn’t reference that many!) as well as any term that you do not understand. What does he argue for? What does he argue against? What do you learn from this text about the practice of art history in […]
Please write two or three paragraphs responding to the Assignment topic. The subject of Diego Velàzquez’s Las Meninas (Fig. 23-21) has puzzled viewers for centuries, as the painting sets up a complex system of relationships and space. What do you think is the subject of the painting? Is it a royal portrait of the king […]
Choose one of the following essay questions: 1. How did the Umayyads incorporate earlier (i.e. Byzantine or Sasanian motifs) and styles into the decorative programmes of their palaces and mosques? What meanings did these motifs have in their new contexts? Suggested Bibliography: -Garth Fowden, Qusayr ‘Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria […]
Concert Critique Guidelines Choose one of the dances you viewed in this module. Read the “Concert Critique Guidelines” and submit your paper. Rubric: Introduction: 10% Description: 20% Analysis: 20% Evaluation: 20% Conclusion: 10% Grammar, organization, spelling: 20% (so be sure to proofread!) All of the dances shown in this module were performed by Houston based […]
Please write two or three paragraphs responding to the Assignment topic. Examine Raphael’s painting School of Athens (Fig. 21-10). Consider the subject and style of the fresco. How is this painting representative of Renaissance thinking as well as the visual the style of the Italian Renaissance? Why would the subject of philosophy have been of […]
STEP 1 Research. REVIEW your notes from this module. Focus on sculptural types and time periods. Use the glossary (in the Syllabus) to find definitions for the vocabulary words at the beginning of this module. READ: Khan Academy: Kouroi and Korai, an Introduction (https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/greek-art/daedalic-archaic/a/kouroi-and-korai-an-introduction) WATCH: Khan Academy: Charioteer of Delphi (https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/greek-art/early-classical/v/charioteer-delphi) READ: Khan Academy: Nike […]
Romanesque Art and the Pilgrimage Pilgrimage became a popular expression of religious devotion at a time when access to the Holy Land was closed. Considered desirable if not required, the Pilgrimage provided opportunities for both devotional activity and simply, travel. With the increasing pacification of Western Europe, these journeys became less dangerous; what we today […]
