Category: Arts

Kent Monkman, “Death of the Virgin,” acrylic on canvas, 183 x 129.5 cm, 2016.

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Write a formal essay on one of the following art works:
Kent Monkman, “Death of the Virgin,” acrylic on canvas, 183 x 129.5 cm, 2016.
https://www.kentmonkman.com/available-works/death-of-the-virgin-after-caravaggio-gicleeprint Your essay will describe and explain the artwork to someone who appreciates art but does not know this piece.
Your essay will have a clearly stated thesis in the first paragraph. The first or second paragraph will have the work’s title, date, size, and medium. The convention is, for example: David Hammons’ “Injustice Case” (1970), 160.02 x 102.87 cm, body print on white paper bordered by a real American flag. Indicate the artwork’s location only if it is relevant to the work’s meaning and if you will discuss this connection later in the paper. Next, offer a clear, evocative, denotative description that allows the reader to visualize the artwork so they can understand the analysis that follows. This description should fill a full paragraph, though some works, such as Kurlek’s, may need more space. Next, do a connotative reading of the work. You can include a subjective response here. How did the work make you think and feel? What formal means did the artist use to evoke these thoughts and feelings? The final section summarizes your ideas and shows how you have proven your thesis.

The Value of Professional Associations in Career Development

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Explore and identify value in professional associations related to your career field. First, consider the top occupational choice you are interested in and search for professional associations linked to this industry.
To help you, you may want to explore the following resources:
• What Are Professional Associations? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v97b_6PHLeo
• Find Professional Associations https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Training/find-professional-associations.aspx
Instructions:
After completing your research, answer the following questions:
1. What is your top occupational choice at this time?
2. Explore two (2) professional associations linked to the industry.
3. Give a brief description of the associations and how you think they may be
helpful in your career exploration and development.
• Find out what the fees are for signing up and if they provide any discounts for
students.
• Are there any upcoming conferences being sponsored by the association? If
so, when, where, and how much is registration? Are you considering
attending them?

Analyzing Implied Texture in Diego Velazquez’s “The Waterseller of Seville”

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Implied texture, also known as visual texture, is perceived by the viewer when looking at art. In his painting The Waterseller of Seville, Diego Velazquez uses color, light, shadow, shape and other techniques to make a flat, two-dimensional canvas appear three dimensional. The figure and the variety of fabric and objects in the painting have very specific textures. Look carefully at this painting and discuss the various textures that are achieved by Velazquez. Describe the variety of surfaces that you see. How does Velazquez achieve such a variety of implied texture?

The Use of Mental Subjectivity: POV Shots in Film

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Examine the use of mental subjectivity, where parts of the film are told through one character’s POV (point-of-view)—as in Citizen Kane, Meshes of the Afternoon

Compare and contrast the use of POV shots in
the films we’ve seen in class.
How are we aligned with the characters?
How does it shift?
How are we manipulated? Why?
subtopics to talk about :
Examine the use of music in any of the films we’ve seen in class.
Examine the use of silence in any of the films we’ve seen in class.
Discuss the role of privacy (or its absence) and its relationship to architecture in any of our films.

 

 

 

ELA, Social Studies, And Arts Differentiated Instructional Planning

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Revise your five-day integrated literacy and social studies unit from last week to include two art standards for the appropriate grade level. Make any changes to your original unit to fully integrate the art components and incorporate useful feedback you received from your mentor teacher. In the Differentiation section of the unit plan, identify support strategies forstudents with exceptionalities. Strategies should be based on the students in your field experience classroom who are receiving special education services. For clarification, explain the delays or disabilities on the plan.

Part 2 Reflective

In a 750 reflection, describe your instructional choices, including 3-5 research-based sources that support your reasoning. As part of your reflection address the following items:

Delineate the specific standards integrated throughout your plan and the rationale for their appropriateness.
Explicitly highlight the proposed strategies within your plan that enhance language development and communication skills.
Describe the learning resources and materials needed to support your lesson plans. Specifically address the use of technology in creating an engaging learning experience.
Explain the differentiation included to make this unit accessible and appropriate for individuals with exceptionalities.
Explain how you have addressed or incorporated the unique backgrounds of the individual students in your class, to prevent any social and cultural biases from interfering with student learning. (For example, how did you consider students who may be experiencing poverty, oppression, or injustice in regards to preparing the lessons?)

Diversity and self-expression in contemporary art

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Our last major discussion is dedicated to diversity in 20th-21st Century Art. During this session, we have explored the Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Neoclassical, and 20th-21st Century Art styles. The Renaissance originated in a relatively small region of Western Europe—Italy—and was accessible to aristocracy and the ultra-wealthy. The Baroque style was mainly inspired and sponsored by the Catholic Church, which gave the world masterpieces by Caravaggio and Rembrandt. The era dominated by the Romantic and Neoclassical aesthetics was in part inspired by sentiments of the Industrial Revolution, as well as by rejection of such, respectively; so the thematic subjects in this era were more down-to-earth in comparison to the ones that preceded them.
However, up until the end of the 19th Century, art was commissioned and dominated by the so-called “elite.” This situation dramatically changed at the turn of the 20th Century, in which the explosion of different styles, as well as the appearance of artists from various backgrounds and demographics, was celebrated. For instance, Pop Art (also discussed in Case 4 assignment) instantly appealed to and became accessible to the large masses beyond the circle of the traditional art connoisseur.
In this Discussion, I would like to hear your view on the subject of diversity and self-expression in contemporary art. Choose one artwork that symbolizes, in your opinion, the diversity of 20th-21st Century art.
Provide an argument supporting your choice by discussing one or more of the following: style, origins, thematic elements, or the background of its creator.
Discuss how the work appeals to different populations and/or represents different layers of society.
You may want to start by considering works by Banksy, Frida Kahlo, or members of the Harlem Renaissance movement, among many others.

It is important to know the effects substance abuse and addictions can have on the family system.

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As a mental health worker, it is important to know the effects substance abuse and addictions can have on the family system. This assignment will help you learn this concept.

Conduct research in your community for an onground or online meeting place that deals with substance abuse/addiction.

You will need to attend a meeting and write about it to complete this assignment.

Be sure to contact the group ahead of time to discuss the rules of student visitors (i.e., no notetaking, no communicating with attendees) When you contact the group leader, explain that you will not be sharing, just observing the meeting.

The Solar Group (TSG)

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Case Study: Problem 4
TheSolarGroup (TSG) wants to be a leader in the engineering of solar solutions for energy generation. A robust network infrastructure is necessary. TSG would like to utilize existing tools to manage the network metadata. One tool is the data dictionary, which provides a repository for metadata or data about data. The principle is to collect data once and use them many times and to ensure the right data are used. An advanced active data dictionary (AADD) supports the enterprise-wide control for standardizing data definitions. The key is to determine how a tool such as a data dictionary might fit into the organizational structure.
Assignment Details
Tasks to be completed before adding the new content for Week 4 are as follows:
• Update the Network Enterprise Architecture Plan document title page with the new date.
• Update the previously completed sections based on your instructor’s feedback.
Week 4: Network Enterprise Architecture Design
Create a “To-Be” vision for the design of the next generation network for your selected organization. Begin with an assessment of the “As-Is” network enterprise architecture (EA) from previous efforts. Identify technology and requirement updates. Include organizational and usage changes, possibly resulting from merger and acquisition changes. Suggest changes that are necessary. Finally, summarize the changes for the new network EA. Include the following in your plan:
• Assess the current network EA, identifying networking needs.
• Analyze changes that are needed to the network EA for requirements and technology upgrades.
• Include these changes into viewpoints to create the network “To-Be” EA.

Evolution of Christian art and artists

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Pretending you are writing an editorial piece for a Christian magazine, write a 3 page essay discussing the evolution of Christian art and artists from the early church to the 21st century.
Use examples wherever you can and be sure you consider the “why” and the “how,” of these issues.
Is Christian art today in a “good” place? Why or why not?
This paper will require you to put your Critical Thinking cap on!
Use what you have learned from class about Christian art throughout history: from the early church, the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Modern Era. Here are a few articles about art in the early church:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/early-christian1/a/early-christian-art
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/11/the-bibles-influence-influence-of-the-bible-in-art/
Here are several articles and websites on contemporary Christian art to help you on your way:
https://relevantmagazine.com/god/the-case-for-christian-art/
Our Own Worst (Art) Critics : see attachment.
civa.org
christianart.today
internationalartsmovement.org

Are there any cultural shifts that have contributed to how we view Christian art differently today? Here are a few ideas:
Important Historical events: think big — the Enlightenment, the Reformation, World War, 9/11, etc.
Technology
Psychology (a reflecting on the inner world)
Patronage and the decline of the power of the Church as a cultural entity.