Instructions Plays are meant to be performed, rather than read. The purpose of dramatic arts often extends far beyond the words written on a page; staging, lighting, costumes intonation, expression , and audience experience are all part of the experience of a theatrical production. To develop your understanding of the cultural role of the dramatic arts, you will view a production of a play this week and write a reflection to explain your viewing experience. Choose a play that you would like to v...

Instructions As part of the discussion this week, you made a brief exploration of a work of art to understand its subject, meaning, and intent. In this assignment, you will explore an artwork in mo re depth to consider the context in which it was created. Choose any painting, and address the following: Explain the artistic movement associated with the work of art. Describe the style of the artist (How is the artist unique within the movement?) Examine in some depth the influences that shaped the...

HUMN-303 Week 1 Discussion 2 What Is a Work of Art (GRADED A)

HUMN-303 Week 6 Discussion Photography and Cinema (GRADED A).

Instructions This week you will use your readings from the past two weeks as a point of departure to create your own artistic production and a reflection paper. Part 1: Art Creation Select on e of the visual art pieces from Chapters 1-6 or the lessons from Weeks 1-3 to use as a point of inspiration. Create a painting, sculpture, drawing, or work of architecture inspired by your selected art piece. Part 2: Reflection Write a reflection about the relationship between your art production and the in...

HUMN-303 Week 2 Discussion Question: Greek and Roman Architectural Influences This week you will read and learn about architectural influences from Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. What are some of the main features of these architectural styles? Use examples from the text or the digital fieldtrip archives to help support your answer. Please remember to provide images and citations to help illustrate your points. Show Less

Select any work of art from one of the chapters we have read so far (Ch. 1-4), and write a response that analyzes the art through the lens of a descriptive critic, an interpretive critic, and an evalu ative critic. What different things would these critics have to say? Use the following guidelines: Descriptive Critic: Address at least 3 different elements of art and/or principles of design. Interpretive Critic: This will require research so that you can understand the subject, meaning, and inten...

HUMN-303 Week 7 Discussion: Controversial Art and Censorship Although controversial art is not a topic exclusive to the 20th century, the distribution of information regarding controversial art has i ncreased with the proliferation of media. Please discuss an example of a 20th century controversial work of art from any discipline of the humanities (music, literature, sculpture, film, etc.) and an accompanying statement from the artist(s). Based on your example, to what extent does controversial ...

Week 4 Discussion: Literary Movements Option 2 For this week’s lesson, I chose to examine a specific artwork influenced by a literary work and tell how the artist captured the story. Asher B. Durand’s Thanatopsis was influenced by the poem “Thanatopsis“ by William Cullen Bryant. The use of image, metaphor, symbol and diction are the structures that reveal the vision of the subject (Jacobus and Martin, 2019). The poem was written in the Romantic time period and is seen as Bryant’s ...