Category: Art

Vision Board for Scenic Designer: “The Glass Menagerie”

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One of the first steps of the production process is for the director and designers to present a vision board to the creative team. A vision board is a collection of images and research that is an individual expression of the artists vision of the play.

Read the scene attached.

Select one of the following theatre roles: director, scenic designer, costume designer, lighting designer, or props designer.
Create a vision board that you can share with your group. You can create it digitally or on paper
Detailed instructions and guidelines are attached

Exploring the Context of Art: The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

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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 more 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 work. Address at least 2 of the following:
Stylistic influences
Subject/content influences
Cross-disciplinary influences such as literature, philosophy, music, science, technology, etc.
Historical influences
Political influences
Reflect on your learning.
How did your research enhance your appreciation of the artwork?
How does understanding the context of a work help in interpreting it?
Include the following in your paper:

Name of the painting
Name of the artist
Date created
Image of the painting

 

Stylistic Analysis of Contemporary Dance Works

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Stylistic Analysis Writing Process Handout
Please look over this handout and take notes on the dance videos based on the sections in this handout: Description, Analysis, Interpretation, and Evaluation.
You will write about BOTH dances for this assignment. Please note what is most relevant to help convey your thoughts as to the meaning of each dance. Please describe specific moments in the dance that support your feelings and ideas, you should have an example for each section (note the time stamp when talking about sections of the dance). Your example could be the same through out the paper supporting a unifying idea or you could have several ideas.
You may use the following structure to help you organize what you learn about the contemporary dances linked below. As you go through the process, you will take notes on the relevant information you discover. For this paper, you will not need to answer each and every question. Choose the questions that seem beneficial for the overall flow of your paper.
The “viewing and writing” process is divided into four steps:
1. Description 2. Analysis 3. Interpretation 4. Evaluation
Step 1 – Description (What do you see?)
Who Is the choreographer? What is the title of the work? When was this piece created and performed? What relevant major events in history occurred during the time this work was created? Describe movement in the dance. Consider the significant elements of the dance and principles that are present in each dance work and describe them. How do sections of the dance convey meaning – what feeling do you relate to when viewing this part of the dance?
Elements of Movement: Description of Movements, Spatial patterns, Qualities of movement, Timing, Focus, Character of dancers, Costumes
Choreographic Principles: Repetition, Canon (dancers repeating movements one after the other), Motifs (themes in the dance or the tone of the dance), Unison vs. Contrast, Music Composition, Interactions between dancers, and Interaction with music
Step 2- Analysis (Why and How?)
Try to figure out what the choreographer has dance to achieve certain effects. You should refer to your first impressions and try to explain how the dance achieves that reaction.
• How are the Elements of Movement and the Choreographic Principles used in this dance?
• What grabs your attention in the work?
• At what do you think this choreographer worked particularly hard at while he/she choreographed this work?
• Do you see any relationship between the things you listed during the description stage?
• What mood or feeling do you have when you view this dance?
• What “qualities” do you see in this work?
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Step 3- Interpretation (What does it mean? What feeling do you get?)
Try to figure out what the dance is about. Your own perspectives, associations and experiences meet with “the evidence” found in the dance. All dance works are about something. Some art works are about mood, their subject matter, and social or cultural issues. Some dance pieces are very accessible- that is relatively easy for the viewer to understand what the choreographer was doing. Other works are highly arbitrary, and might not be as easy for us to know what the choreographer was thinking.
• What is the theme or subject of the work?
• What is the work about; what do you think it means?
• Why do you think the choreographer created this work?
• What do you think the choreographer’s view of the world is?
• Do you think there are things in the dance that represent other things- symbols?
Step 4 – Evaluation (What are your opinions about the dance?)
• Do you like the dance? Why or why not?
• Do you think it is an important dance piece? Justify your opinion.
• Explain why you feel the way you do about this dance based on what you have learned about it.

Dance Videos (Chose 2):
#1 Climate by Erin Bailey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxyTqTAN1Uc
#2 Dam Noosh by Bita Bell: https://vimeo.com/317597198
#3 Unbound: We Howl by Alexandra Clark-Stilianos: https://vimeo.com/261226920

The Influence of Centers and Peripheries on Popular Music Evolution from the 1950s to the 1990s

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Discuss theme below how it has affected popular music from the 1950s through the 1990s. You will need to provide multiple examples related to the theme from each decade.
Centers and Peripheries This topic refers to the relationship between “mainstream” culture and its tendency to absorb cultural practices and styles that originate in minority communities. What are the primary centers of music production and why? Why do musical styles shift from the peripheries of society to the center or “mainstream” and what happens to the music when they do?

 

The Influence of the Music Business on Popular Music Development from the 1950s to the 1990s

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Discuss theme below how it has affected popular music from the 1950s through the 1990s. You will need to provide multiple examples related to the theme from each decade.
The Music Business What role has the music business played in affecting our popular music development? How has it changed, how has it stayed the same, what are some of the issues it has struggled with. Some ideas to consider are music genre creation, marketing, cross-promotion, copyright/licensing laws, and racial segregation.

 

The Impact of Technology on Popular Music Evolution from the 1950s to the 1990s

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Discuss theme below how it has affected popular music from the 1950s through the 1990s. You will need to provide multiple examples related to the theme from each decade.
Music and Technology How has technology affected our popular music evolution? You may consider both the technology of creating/performing music as well as the technology for distributing, receiving, and consuming music.

 

The Influence of Identity on Popular Music from the 1950s to the 1990s

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Discuss theme below how it has affected popular music from the 1950s through the 1990s. You will need to provide multiple examples related to the theme from each decade.
Music and Identity – How has popular music been shaped by individual and group identity throughout our course? How does music in turn reflect these ideas surrounding identity? Issues such as race, social structure, age, gender, fashion/trends, and politics should be addressed. How does music shape your personal identity?

 

The Role of Images in Religious Worship: A Debate Through the Ages

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Various theologians of the Middle Ages, both in the east and the west, debated the role or use of images in religious worship. Some of these debates are represented by the readings listed below (posted on Blackboard); these consist of excerpts from texts by Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, St. Gregory the Great, and others. These texts date from the 2nd through the 9th centuries and represent the main arguments for and against images in the early medieval period. (As indicated in the syllabus, you will read these texts first in preparation for writing a reading summary due on Thursday, March 28 and an in-class debate on Tuesday, April

Based on these arguments concerning images, write a 5-6 page essay. Your essay should consist of two roughly equal parts: (I) a summary of the key positions for and against images and (II) a discussion of one or two arguments with which you agree most strongly. In the first part of your paper, do not attempt to summarize every writer’s ideas but strive to group similar arguments together, demonstrating how one idea leads to another or are connected. In the second part, expand on the arguments you find most compelling and convincing – Why are you convinced by these
arguments? Conclude by discussing how you think art is or is not useful and/or necessary to the practice of religion. Be very specific in your argument by using concrete examples to illustrate your position. Feel free to offer examples from any religious tradition, as well as from your own personal experience.

Compose your essay carefully with an introduction previewing your hypothesis, good paragraph structure, logical argumentation, and a title that sums up your viewpoint. Proofread for grammar and spelling! You must cite your sources in footnotes