Web Resources

• Online lectures about Aristotle and ethics - http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/athnlife/edcation.htm
• The Doctrine of Ethos and the Mozart Effect – http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=3116
• Music as Torture/Music as a Weapon – http://www.sibetrans.com/trans/trans10/cusick_eng.htm

• Camera shots
• Scene transitions
• Sound
• Costumes
• Sets
• Lighting
• Music
• Casting
• Script
• Symbolism
• Special effects

What you need to do!

Complete by the prescribed deadline:
Written Assignment #12 Film

• Become familiar with 2 works that weren’t created in America or Europe.
• Reflect on their aesthetic quality
• Acquaint yourself with the background on these works
• Expand your view point by reading the posts of 4 other students

What you need to do!

Complete by the prescribed deadline:
Post to Blog #7: Non-Western
Respond to 2 other students on Blog #7
Post to Blog #8: Non-Western
Respond to 2 other students of Blog #8

• The Avant-garde artists and their styles
• The influence of World War I
• Leading artists that radically changed art
• Leading composers that radically changed music
• Leading playwrights of the Modern era
• American regionalism in art, music and literature
• The American sound
• Influences of Jazz
• The Depression of the 1930s
• Fascism in Europe
• Fundamentalism in religious thought
• The influence of World War II
• The numerous advances in science and technology

Understand the forces behind the art of the Post-Modern era

• The philosophy of post –WW II
• Leading architects
• Consumer culture
• Leading artists and their styles
• Leading playwrights
• Extravaganza theatre
• Performance art
• Leading composers and their styles
• The impact women have had on the arts
• The impact that non-Western cultures have had on Western art

What you need to do!

Complete by the prescribed deadline:
Written Assignment #9: Early Modern Era
Written Assignment #10: Mid-20th Century
Written Assignment #11: Postmodern
Post to Blog #5: Early Modern Share and Synthesize
Critique the posts of 2 other students on Blog #5
Post to Blog #6: A Contemporary Virtual Exhibit
Critique the exhibits of 2 other students on Blog #6

• The Romantic attitude
• Elements of Romantic style
• Leading Romantic style painters
• The innovations in musical form
• Nationalism in music
• What Realists were trying to achieve
• Leading Realist painters
• Innovations in theatrical lighting
• The huge variety of theatrical entertainments of the 1800’s
• The rise in the importance of directors
• The acceptance of the actress
• Impressionism
• Get to know Impressionistic and Post Impressionistic style and painters

What you need to do!

Complete by the prescribed deadline:

• Written Assignment #7: Romantic Era (located in Blackboard -> Assignments -> 5.0 Romantic)
• Written Assignment #8: Impressionism (located in Blackboard -> Assignments -> 5.0 Romantic)
• Post to Blog #4: Impressionism Share and Compare (located in Blackboard -> Assignments -> 5.0 Romantic)
• Critique the posts of 2 students on Blog #4

Understand the forces behind the Classical era

• The scientific and industrial achievements
• The philosophical works that reflected the rationalism of the Enlightenment
• The leading playwrights of the 18th Century
• The French Revolution and the demise of the monarchy
• The patronage and subject matter of the Rococo style
• Leading painters of the Rococo style
• Leading painters of the Neoclassical style
• Musical innovations during the 18th century
• Leading composers of the Classical style
• Beethoven’s innovations in style
• The influence of the middle class upon theatrical performances and concert hall performances
• The symbolism behind Neoclassical style

What you need to do!

Complete by the prescribed deadline:

• Written Assignment #6 Classical and Rococo (located in Blackboard -> Assignments -> 4.0 Classical)
• Post to Blog #3 – Classical Share and Synthesize (located in Blackboard -> Assignments -> 4.0 Classical)
• Critique the posts of 2 other students on Blog #3

• How Baroque style transformed from the styles of the Renaissance
• How the Counter-Reformation effected the arts
• Secular painting in Holland
• Artistic changes in architectural styles
• Scientific discoveries
• Leading Painters of the Baroque Era
• Changes in painting techniques and subject matter used by visual artists
• Major composers of the Baroque Era
• New musical forms of the Baroque Era
• Innovations in stage craft
• Leading playwrights of the Baroque Era

What you need to do!

Complete by the prescribed deadline:

• Written Assignment #5: Baroque Era
• Post to Blog #2: Baroque Share and Synthesize
• Critique the posts of 2 students on Blog #2

• The Medici family
• Humanism
• The leading artists of the Italian Renaissance
• New techniques employed in creating perspective
• The composers that transformed music in the Renaissance
• New techniques in sacred music composition
• The re-invention of Rome
• Mannerist style in painting, sculpture and architecture
• Understand the basics of Comedia Dell’Arte

Understand how the Renaissance manifested itself in Northern Europe:

• How the Protestant Reformation effected the arts
• The leading painters of the Northern Renaissance
• The role of the Hapsburg patronage
• Painting techniques
• The uses of secular music during this time
• The innovations in theatre

What You Need to Do!

Complete by the prescribed deadline:

• Written Assignment #3: Italian Renaissance and Mannerism
• Written Assignment #4: Northern Renaissance
• Post to Blog #1: – Renaissance Share and Synthesize
• Critique the posts of 2 students on Blog #1

Next: Introduction to the Italian Renaissance

Lesson Outline

Explore:

The various sections of Blackboard – become familiar with the organization of this course.

Read and Listen:

1. Doctrine of Ethos
2. Online Reading and Listening Assignments

Complete Assignments by the Prescribed Deadline:

You can find the assignments in the Blackboard class by going to Assignments -> 0.0 Introduction. There you will see a link to Assignment #1 and Assignment #2 near the bottom of the page.

• Written Assignment #1: Course Orientation
• Written Assignment #2: The Role of the Artist

Next: Course Orientation >>

The Promise and Pitfalls of Distance Education

Kinder to the environment
No parking hassles
Freedom to go to class at individualized times
Ability to finish the course faster than normal
Individualized interaction with the instructor

Pitfalls
Lack of face to face interaction
More freedom to fall seriously behind
Less community support

What to Expect in This Course
This course provides students guided experiences in analysis and appreciation of art, music, architecture, and theatre. Students will be guided to important information that form the basis of cultural literacy.

Cultural Literacy

Knowing important names, icons, events that help form a cultural reference

Basis for Comparison

What You Will be Doing
Utilizing Internet Resources
Too much information!
Use the assignments to narrow your focus
Use the resources to explore where your interests take you

ThreeTypes of Assignments
Written Assignments

• Getting the important factual information in order
• Reflecting on your reactions to works of art, music and theatre
• Reflecting on the influences that fashion the arts

Blogging

• Sharing your views on specific works of visual arts, music and theatre
• For students in this course
• For the general public

Giving constructive feedback to other students in the course about the works they featured in their blogs and their views on these works

Final Project
In the final project you will be composing essays which demonstrate your understanding and synthesis of the key objective of this course: how the arts are a reflection of their times.

Additionally, you will be sharing your reflections on how your relationship to the arts has changed as a result of this course

Questions Expected

Having questions about the course is natural. Please email your questions to:
ljkljaich@alaska.edu. I will try to get back to you in less than 48 hours. If you need to talk to me in person, we can text chat on Google, or you can Skype me at lisa.mett for a voice chat if I am online. Lastly it is possible to arrange a sit down chat with my avatar Azzi Varnish in Second Life.

Next: Online Reading and Listening >>