Tiny Exhibition
- Read these directions carefully!
- Write ONE 200-300 word essays on the topic below.
- Upload your essay as a document by clicking the title "Unit 2 Essays"
- Essay should reflect that you’ve completed the required assignments and understand the material & concepts covered in class.
- Use the assigned readings & class lectures as the basis for your essays, not web searches.
- Respond in your own words. Do not use direct quotes.
- Any copying/pasting from websites or any other source will result in a zero for the assignment or failure of the course.
- Respond in complete sentences with correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, etc.
- When writing about a work of art/architecture, capitalize the title and refer to it in "quotes", italics, underline as you would the title of a book. (FYI: I use bold for readability in presentations & on Bb).
- Due by the end of the day (11:59pm) on Monday, Nov. 8
- There’s no time limit; you can save and return to complete your work
- *Note: These directions were updated Wed. 11/3. If you already uploaded the original assignment (2 essays), I’ll use the higher grade of the two essays as your score and give you 5 extra credit points for writing both essays. If you haven’t submitted the assignment, but would like a chance to earn the same extra credit, you can submit two essays (following the same directions) instead of one.
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- If your completed essay is not uploaded on Blackboard as a fully readable file by the due date, it will not be graded.
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Essay Topic: Tiny Exhibition
Congratulations! You were just hired at a museum! (woo!)
- Your first job is to curate two (tiny) exhibitions.
- Each of your exhibitions should focus on a theme and include two images (from different cultures or time periods) that reflect that theme. I’ve included a list of suggested themes and images below, but you can use any images that have been covered in class or the reading assignments.
- In addition to selecting images for the exhibition, you also have to write about them! For your tiny exhibitions, write 200-300 words that will explain to museum visitors 1) how those two images relate to the theme; and 2) how their historical, cultural, spiritual, social, or political context is reflected in the images.
- Your choice of images can reflect the theme in a similar way or present contrasting views of a theme.
- Use images from two different cultures or time periods
Possible themes for your exhibition
- Peace
- Power
- Creation (or destruction)
- Geometry
- Nature
- Wisdom
Some suggested images
Note: you are welcome to use any images covered in class/readings since the last essay assignment, which includes these topics:
Art of Southeast Asia, Art of China, Art of Japan, Etruscan Art, Art of the Ancient Rome, Late Anquity, Byzantine Art
Note: you are welcome to use any images covered in class/readings since the last essay assignment, which includes these topics:
Art of Southeast Asia, Art of China, Art of Japan, Etruscan Art, Art of the Ancient Rome, Late Anquity, Byzantine Art
- Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Etruscan, late 6th century BCE, terracotta) (Etruscan Art)
- Great Stupa (Sanchi, India, 3rd century BCE) (Art of Southeast Asia)
- Seated Buddha (2nd half of the 5th century, Art of Southeast Asia. Archaeological Museum, Sarnath) (Art of Southeast Asia)
- Army of the First Emperor of Qin (Shi-Huangdi) (ca.. 210 BCE, Lintong, China) (Art of China)
- Fan Kuan, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams (early 11th century, Northern Song Period, China, Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk, National Palace Museum, Taipei) (Art of China)
- Shiva Nataraja (11th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art) (Art of Southeast Asia)
- (Shinto) Shrine of Amaterasu (last rebuilt 2013, Mie Prefecture, Ise, Japan) (Art of Japan)
- Bust of a Man (1st century BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art) (Ancient Rome, Republican Period)
- Garden Landscape from the Villa of Livia
(Roman Empire, Primaporta, Italy, ca. 30 -20 BCE) (Roman Empire)
- Ara Pacis (Altar of Augustan Peace) 13-9 BCE) (Roman Empire)
- Augustus of Primaporta (early 1st century CE, marble, 6’8”)( Roman Empire)
- Column of Trajan (112, Rome, Italy) (Roman Empire)
- Pantheon (118-125, Rome, Italy) (Roman Empir
- Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs (ca. 300, porphyry, 4’3”) (Roman Empire)
- Christ as Good Shepherd (mosaic, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. Ravenna, Italy, 425 (Late Antiquity)
Possible pairings
- Geometry: Pantheon (118-125, Rome, Italy) + Great Stupa (Sanchi, India, 3rd century BCE )
- Power: Army of the First Emperor of Qin (Shi-Huangdi) (ca.. 210 BCE, Lintong, China)
+ Column of Trajan (112, Rome, Italy)
- Creation (or destruction): Shiva Nataraja (11th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art) + (Shinto) Shrine of Amaterasu (last rebuilt 2013, Mie Prefecture, Ise, Japan)
- Peace: Augustus of Primaporta (early 1st century CE, marble, 6’8”or Christ as Good Shepherd (mosaic, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. Ravenna, Italy, 425)
- Nature: Fan Kuan, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams (early 11th century, Northern Song Period, China, Hanging scroll, ink & colors on silk, National Palace Museum, Taipei) + Garden Landscape from the Villa of Livia (Primaporta, Italy, ca. 30 -20 BCE) or Ara Pacis (Altar of Augustan Peace) (13-9 BCE)
- Wisdom: Seated Buddha (2nd half of the 5th century, Archaeological Museum, Sarnath + Bust of a Man (1st century BCE. Rome, Republican Period)
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