VIS70N Introduction to Media

Viewing Sheet- Oxhide II Synopsis: Breaking new ground in cinematic art, Liu Jiayin’s follow-up to her masterful debut Oxhide turns a simple dinner into a profoundly intimate study of family relationships. This Viewing Sheet is intended to help you improve your filmmaking technique, one observation at a time. Its okay to enjoy the story, but … Read more

comparison of 3 music genres

This Final Research Paper constitutes as the Final for this course. The student may not pass this course without submission of this paper. Select three genres from any traditional or world music genres in your textbook and those studied in class. You may include no more than 1 world music (contemporary) genre and no more … Read more

Any topic (writer’s choice)

1-2 page essay about this job.  Include the following: Describe the work in specific and observed detail referring to the vocabulary and concepts of the course.  Also, describe the general visual style and historical art / movement / period ideas that each wark came from.  How does your selected work relate to your period of … Read more

return to mount kennedy

Using the film Return to Mt. Kennedy & your required texts to discuss a documentary film that covers several global issues spanning over fifty years.YOU MUST USE THIS ESSAY THESIS & INSTRUCTIONS (AS ASSIGNED):    Choose one ideological global issue in reference to the film to discuss three specific scenes that each use a different … Read more

Baroque & Neoclassicism

When you have selected your two objects, you must write a short essay response (3-4 paragraphs should be enough) for your blog assignment. The essay must respond to three questions: 1) What are the objects you have chosen and what is their historical/ cultural/ artistic context? 2) how do these objects show the effect of … Read more

Analysis of a painting

BRIEF ASSIGNMENT 1: CLOSE VISUAL ANALYSIS OF A PAINTING FROM THE UFFIZI GALLERIES OR THE BRITISH COLLECTIONSYou will be provided with two list of paintings (Uffizi Galleries and British Collections) to choose from. All the paintings will be illustrated during the Fashion & Power in Renaissance Italy and the Fashion & Power in 16th and … Read more

Week 5 Discussion

Week Five Asynchronous Discussion (150-350 words): In defense of 2 Live Crew’s explicit content, Henry Louis Gates writes, “For centuries, African-Americans have been forced to develop coded ways of communicating to protect them from danger…This is the street tradition called ‘signifying’ or ‘playing the dozens’” (Gates, “2 Live Crew Decoded”). Kimberl Crenshaw, on the other … Read more

A writing assignment about the movie

Daniel Day Lewis states that the reason for his interest in the role was to explore the ability to articulate “Christy Brown’s struggle–as it is for most of us–was to express himself.” Discuss how Daniel Day Lewis Develops a Character. Discuss how he creates a role as opposed to uses Screen Persona.How does he make … Read more

write a summary of a work of art

Identify a significant work of art outside of your own cultural or social identities. How you define “significant” or “your cultural/social identities” is up to you. But please understand the definitions of those terms – DO NOT make up your own. You may watch a film (shorts or a feature), read a piece of literature … Read more

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

Assignment 5. Reception :The last requirement of your project is to imagine how it would have been received by someone not closely affiliated with the patron. This could be a foreigner visiting the site of your monument, or it could be someone from a different social class or family groupit could even be a modern … Read more