Category: Art

you will discuss the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C, and You will summarize its history, describe its appearance, explain its meaning, and reflect on your experience of the work as its viewer/audience.

Learn about the Roosevelt memorial using these sites:https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/fdr_memorial.htmlhttps://www.nps.gov/frde/index.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_Memorialhttps://freetoursbyfoot.com/fdr-memorial/ (best for text and pictures) Objects: – Summarize the history of the FDR memorial. (50 words)– Explain the memorial as a work of art for its material, style, and purpose. Use evidence from the memorial. (100 words)– Explain the content and meaning …

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Write a concise analytical summary for readings. 480 to 600 words in length (2 to 2.5 pages) excluding footnotes (no bibliography required), Times New Roman, size 12 font, double spaced, 1-inch margin all around, 8.5 x 11 paper. Footnotes follow the Chicago Manual of Style. Write three or four paragraphs …

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Read the two articles posted under “reading” 1. Eleanor Guralnick, “The Proportions of Kouroi” (1978) 2. Jane Carter and Laura Steinberg, “Kouroi and Statistics” (2010) you do not have to do a fine-comb reading, but try to understand the main arguments and important points about how the study is conducted …

ART376- Digital Photography

Assignment 1 (two parts): Part 1: For one 24 hour period you  will take absolutely NO photographs. Take note of when you are compelled to take one, and what is feels like to not take one. Every time you have the desire to take a picture, note what that image …

Gone with the Wind Movie

Write a clear, coherent, well-organized, well-supported paperstating and proving a specific, focused thesis about some aspect of one or two ofthe visual texts (films, movies, painting, photographs) that have been discussedin class so far, or about some other US visual text of your choice. If you choose atext or texts …

Comparison essay

Write a 200-word essay comparing and contrasting Giotto’s Madonna Enthroned vs.Fra Filippo Lippi’s Madonna and Child with Two Angels. How has the figure and identity of the Madonna changed? How has the relationship between mother and child changed? How has the setting of the Madonna and Child change? Comparisons are …

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Use the Brunelleschi vs. Ghiberti Comparison Images to write an approximately 250-word short essay comparing each artist’s The Sacrifice of Isaac. Here are some questions to guide you. -Which of these two relief sculptures is more naturalistic.  Describe specific elements that exhibit naturalism or lack thereof. -Which of these two …

Annotated Bibliography: Neil SImon

Students should identify a minimum of 5 sources which will be used for the creation of their final project on a contemporary American dramatist at the end of the semester.  Please refer to #9 in the syllabus under Assignments and Responsibilities for more information.  Each source is worth a maximum …

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Field, et al say that L.A. Rebellion filmmakers were countercinema practitioners breaking from the formal hegemony of classical Hollywood cinema[they] sought a storytelling form that would be more authentic to their subject *  Choose one of the films viewed in class (Rich, Shipley Street, Your Children Come Back to You) …

Beatles Movies and Music

For this first assignment you should write a short analytical essay (~500 words; no need for an introduction/conclusion) focusing on ONE musical sequence from one of the first two Beatles movies (A Hard Day’s Night or Help!). Your job is to analyze how the Beatles’s music is used in the …