Week 4 Discussion 1 Reply Quote Set Flag Discussion 1: Spirit of Change • Cézanne returned again and again to paint his mountain. Explain why you think an artist might choose to repaint a subject. In what ways is it the same painting? In what ways does it become different? Discussion 2: Eiffel Tower • Explain whether you agree with the opinion of many Parisians in 1889 that the Eiffel Tower was a ridiculous eyesore that should have been torn down after the World’s Fair. Describe a contemporary monument in your city or in another U.S. city and whether it holds some special significance for the citizens of the city where it was erected. State whether you like or dislike the monument and explain why. Discussion 3: WWI Poetry • While the image of the soldier poet may seem like an unlikely mix, the devastating effects of technological warfare experienced during WWI were the impetus for WWI poetry. Explain whether you think artistic works such as the WWI poems would be successful or popular today. How do you think audiences would react to poetry written by U.S. soldiers stationed in Afghanistan or Iraq? Discussion 4: Harlem Renaissance • Identify points in Countee Cullen’s poem Heritage or another poem of the Harlem Renaissance in which you see evidence of the notion of double-consciousness. Explain whether this notion is relevant to experiences of contemporary audiences. • Week 4 Assignment 2 Click the link above to submit your assignment. Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 2: Project Paper Due Week 4 and worth 200 points The Project Paper focuses on a suggested topic related to art, architecture, history, music, or literature. The project will reflect your views and interpretation of the topic. This project is designed to help you stretch your mind and your abilities to be the creative, innovative, and critical thinker you already are! Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic carefully. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) that responds to each of the items described in the topic. For the topic you choose: Support your ideas with specific, illustrative examples. If there are questions or points associated with your chosen topic, be sure to answer all of the listed questions and address all of the items in that topic. If your topic asks you to do several things related to the topic, be sure to do each of the things listed. While some of the topics tend to lend themselves toward particular writing genres, you are not restricted to the specific format suggested for the individual topic. For example, you may do an “interview,” a “proposal,” a “letter,” a “short story,” a “blog,” an “essay,” an “article,” or any other written genre for almost any of the topics. The project is intended to be fun as well as informative, so feel free to be creative with the delivery of your information. 3. Use at least two (2) sources besides the textbook, which counts as one (1) source. Topic choices (pick 1): • Office Art Memo. Memorandum. Your boss, who knows you’ve been taking a humanities class since he pays for your tuition reimbursement, has tasked you with managing the art budget for your company, expecting you to choose various pieces of art for the new corporate offices. (Note: Replicas of the works are acceptable since they are more cost-efficient and you are working on a budget.) Include the following: 1. Identify three examples of 19th century Impressionist painting or sculpture and three Post-Impressionist works. Explain how the six pieces of art fall into these two styles. 2. In a memo, describe the appearance of your six choices to your CEO so he or she will know what the art looks like and where it would be placed in the corporate offices. 3. Explain why each piece is considered to be historically significant. 4. Explain how each piece “fits” your company’s overall (or desired) corporate image. Keep in mind that a piece of art is supposed to “say” something about the owner, so describe what would these pieces of art say about your company. • New Composition. Speech. Your uncle’s birthday is in two months, and everyone knows that he loves almost all kinds of music. As a birthday gift for him, you want to have a special piece of music composed in his honor which will be played at a family birthday celebration. Write a speech that you will make to the composer’s agent. Include the following: 6. Narrow your choices down to three composers you’ve studied in this course. Choose one of the composers and explain why you want him to write the “ birthday present” music. 7. Explain why the other two composers were ultimately not selected. 8. Specifically identify the musical elements in the composer’s style that you would like to be included in the new music written for your uncle. 9. Describe what sort of emotion is generated by listening to the works of your selected composer; in other words, what do you want your uncle to “feel” as he hears the music, and why is this composer so perfect for this composition? • Harlem Renaissance Poets. Essay & Poem. Choose two poems by different authors from the Harlem Renaissance. Write an essay that: 11. Describes each author’ s role and importance within the Harlem Renaissance. 12. Identify the elements in each of their poems in which you see evidence of the “ double-consciousness” being expressed by each author. 13. Describe the primary themes you see in the poetry written during this time period, referring to specific lines in each of the poems. 14. Write your own poem that expresses these identified themes of the Harlem Renaissance. • Women’s Roles Then & Now. Script. Script a conversation between two notable women from the 18th and/or 19th century on the roles women should play in society. Within the dialogue, include: 16. Biographical information for each woman, 17. The historical status for women in general during the time period in which each woman lived. 18. What opinions each of the women might have on the role the women should play in society during their lifetimes. 19. What each of the women might think about women’s current roles. • Other topic choice recommended and approved by the professor and supported by the grading rubric. The Project Paper will be graded on: • The level to which the instructions were followed. • The extent to which all four (4) parts in the topic were addressed. • The adequacy of information, examples, and details which support the general claim or main idea. • The clarity and relevance of the explanations and descriptions. • Adherence to standard rules of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. • The inclusion of three (3) required references (two (2) additional sources besides your textbook) documented using APA style. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic. • Include a cover page containing the tile of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes. • Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context. • Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions. • Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures. • Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics. Click here to view the grading rubric. • Week 3 Assignment 3 Topic Choice Hello everyone, Please submit your Week 3 Assignment 3 Topic Choice here in an attachment. Professor Coppelli • Week 2 Assignment 1 Click the link above to submit your assignment. Students, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 1: Essay Due Week 2 and worth 100 points Choose one (1) of the three reading selections from the list of topic choices below. Read the selection in the textbook. Write a three to four (3-4) paragraph essay (250 words) which analyzes the "surprise ending" of the reading selection. Topic Choices: Reading selection from Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (Part IV). Descartes begins with the problem of being able to prove his own existence but ends up with an argument proving the existence of God. Read more about the Discourse on the Method located at http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/pdf/descdisc.pdf. Reading selection from Swift’s A Modest Proposal. Swift begins with offering the solution that the English could do things which might solve the problem of over-population and the mistreatment of citizens in Ireland and ends by offering the solution that an internal change in the Irish government would best solve the problem of over-population and a populace victimized by its own government. Read more about A Modest Proposal located at http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/modest.html. Two reading selections from Voltaire’s Candide. The story begins by acknowledging the foolishness of the superstitious traditions held by the people in the city of Lisbon but ends by confirming Voltaire’s belief that religion in general is equally based in false superstitions. For the reading selection you choose: 4. Clearly state in your own words the “surprise ending” in the reading you selected. Identify the point in the reading when you realized that the ending would be different from what the beginning of the reading suggested that it would be. 5. Since you were expecting a different ending, evaluate how successful the author was in convincing you to accept the validity of the “surprise ending” that was not clearly suggested at the beginning. Your assignment must: • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. • Include a cover page containing the tile of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: • Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes. • Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context. • Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions. • Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures. • Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics. Click here to view the grading rubric. • Week 1 Assignment 2 Topic Choice Hello everyone, Please submit your Week 1 Assignment 2 Topic Choice here in an attachment. Professor Coppelli