Let’s talk about this interesting and unique triptych by Heironymus Bosh: The Ga

Let’s talk about this interesting and unique triptych by Heironymus Bosh: The Garden of Earthly Delights.
This 15th century Northern European work of art leaves one with many questions. What the heck is this all about?
For this discussion, choose an element of The Garden of Earthly Delights and unpack it.
For instance: what are those strange castle-like structures? What do the black birds mean? Why a unicorn in the garden of Eden? How do these choices resonate with Bosch’s ideas of his generation? With his religion? With our world today?
Use research to validate your ideas.

Present an argument (in a one-two sentence thesis statement) that directly respo

Present an argument (in a one-two sentence thesis statement) that directly responds to the following question:
Do you observe more similarities or more differences between the art and architecture of Ancient Greece and the art and architecture of Ancient Rome?
Provide a detailed paragraph describing at least three (3) specific reasons and examples of artworks/monuments to support your argument

As the Roman Empire declined in the West, there was an opportunity for long-supp

As the Roman Empire declined in the West, there was an opportunity for long-suppressed communities and religions to flourish in the new political and cultural climate of the Mediterranean and European regions. Specifically, Christianity enjoyed new tolerance and popularity throughout the Italian peninsula and beyond, especially after it was legalized in the 4th Century CE. One of the unique features of early Christian art in the later Roman Empire is the degree to which traditional Roman styles and subject matter were appropriated for a Christian context. Additionally, the Islamic religion rose in prominence as early as the 8th Century CE, and grew rapidly across the Mediterranean, Eastern Asia, and Central Asian regions. Islamic rulers in these regions adopted many cultural, political, and artistic features originally popularized in the Roman Empire as well, reinventing and repurposing formerly Roman elements for a new Islamic context.
Rather than working on a particular skill from art historical analysis this week, we will be focusing on more general critical thinking skills of describing and analyzing the influence of one thing upon another by looking at the ways in which certain elements are appropriated in contexts outside of their original creation and use. The term “appropriation” refers to the intentional use of something that is not original but is rather borrowed and reused. For example, many musicians may appropriate melodies or lyrics from other artists or composers, but they reuse the original material in ways that are not strictly mirror copies. In art history, many visual artists have borrowed and repurposed stylistic, thematic, or other technical aspects from contemporaneous or earlier artforms all the time, but the difference between simply copying something and appropriating something involves using the material in a way that is different from its original appearance, use, and/or meaning.
Your Assignment:
Select one (1) artwork or monument from this week’s textbook reading assignments and/or lectures and describe how this example demonstrates the appropriation and use of ancient Roman artistic features in either a Christian or Islamic context in Late Antiquity and/or the early Medieval Era.
Provide a visual analysis of this artwork or monument, making sure to mention the style, design, materials, techniques, subject matter, content, purposes, uses, and meanings of the work in specific description so your reader can clearly picture this work in their mind.
Explain how this work displays the appropriation of Roman features, styles, or techniques for a new Christian or Islamic context.
Perhaps the work borrows the same kind of naturalism in style from Roman freestanding or relief sculpture, or the same kinds of techniques in fresco or mosaic, or the same kinds of design in architectural structures and public spaces, for example, but the work from Late Antiquity repurposes those traditional Roman features to be used in the worship of Christian or Islamic beliefs, or the practice of Christian or Islamic religious activities, or in the depictions of Christian or Islamic figures, etc..
Explain to your reader how the Roman aspects of this work were used and understood by a new Christian or Islamic audience in as much detail as possible.

Prompt: Select three works of art (or three examples of architecture, fashion de

Prompt: Select three works of art (or three examples of architecture, fashion design, video games, or cinema) that you have found while researching images related to class readings over the last few weeks. Analyze the works of art according to at least three themes that we have gone over in class, such as Roland Barthes’ concept of Myth, Guy Debord’s concept of Spectacle, Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, or Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism. Your discussions of visual culture should consider the formal properties of your selected examples. Your paper should also consider the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality in the selected works of art if they are evident.
Some things to consider in your essay:
How does the artist/creator engage with theory?
How do your examples represent or relate to a particular theorist’s arguments? For example, if I am analyzing Andy Warhol’s silkscreened portraits of celebrities I would consider how he is working against Benjamin’s theory that the aura of art is reduced when the work of art is reproduced or copied. I would also consider how Warhol is identifying the spectacle of celebrity in modern society and his interest in how images are circulated and among whom (popular culture, television, the museum or art gallery).
What is the artist/creator trying to communicate to the viewer?
What signs are they relying on to convey this message?
Who is the target audience of the artist? Is it a specific community or the general public?
Is there a visible social critique in the work? Is there an institutional critique? Is there cultural critique? Is there an attempt to subvert dominant culture?
Papers will be graded on the following criteria:
Writing is evaluated by its clarity of conception (appropriateness to the assignment) in the forming of the topic, quality of inquiry in discussing the topic, the organization of the prose (introduction, body, and conclusion; structured paragraphs), grammar (clear, complete sentences) the integration of readings in discussing the topic, and independent thinking (imagination, synthesis, elaboration of the aspects you find most interesting).

Chadwick Ch.9 and Chapter 10 Modernism + The Female Body SHORT ANSWERS: 1 How do

Chadwick Ch.9 and Chapter 10 Modernism + The Female Body
SHORT ANSWERS:
1 How does the visual language of abstraction derive from that of the decorative arts? List a few examples.
2-How did women function both as producers of this new visual culture and as signifiers of its meaning, the “new woman”?
3- How did modernist representations of the female body, by female artists, differ from earlier paintings of women? Please list two examples.