Austin Peay State University Art and Design Discussions.
Question Description
Discussion #14
After reading the lecture on the Earliest Art and the Egyptians answer the following prompt:
Referring to the image of Sargon II and dignitary from the lecture slides, describe what view the figures are in, name another culture that poses the figures the same way, and what kind of sculpture is this?
Discussion #15
After reading the lecture on the Earliest Art and the Egyptians answer the following prompt:
Looking to the Nebamun Tomb image of Dancers and Musicians fragment and the image of Nebamun and his family during a hunt, describe the medium of art, and any visual elements and principles of design you can identify. What do you notice that is different between the two images even though they are in the same room/tomb?
Discussion #16
After reading the lecture on the Earliest Art and the Egyptians answer the following prompt:
The two videos about the bust of Nefertiti represent two viewpoints on understanding the history of the object and what we think about objects of historical significance and identity. What do you think about it’s authenticity? What about it’s placement in the museum?
Discussion #17
After reading the lecture on Mediterranean Art and Architecture Part 1 answer the following prompt: There is an ongoing emotionally charged debate about where the Parthenon sculptures should be held and displayed. Why are the marbles important to both the UK and Greece? Would you care more to see what they look like as a copy such as a plaster cast or 3-D print or do you care more for the authenticity and seeing the actual object? You don’t have to choose a side in the debate but I would like you to think about the implications of the debate on a social and political scale and to think about how you feel about the things that are presented to you in a museum or historical setting.
Discussion #18
After reading the lecture on Mediterranean Art and Architecture Part II answer the following prompt:
What differences are there in the ways the Greeks and the Romans depicted people? What does it say about what was important to them?
Discussion #19
After reading and studying both lectures please compare and contrast the following sculptures:
Door jamb statues, West façade, Chartres Cathedral, c. 1145-70.
Saints Theodore, Stephen, Clement, and Lawrence, door jamb, South Transept, Chartres Cathedral, 13th century.
Donatello. St. Mark. 1411-13, marble, height 7’9”, Or San Michele, Florence.
In addition, comment on your preference or if you’ve never seen/heard of them, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney movie) cartoon or the Gargoyles (tv show) cartoon? And if you have a favorite meme that ties in feel free to post that too.
Discussion #20
Cultural heritage all over the world is under threat from different disasters, when something like the fire at Notre-Dame happens, do you think it should be rebuilt and should it be reconstructed as it was or in a new or innovative way? This is your opinion, just make sure that you support your opinion with examples that justify the reasoning.
Discussion #21
Looking to Emanuel Leutze’s painting Washington Crossing the Delaware
Read this: This Iconic American History Painting Gets the Facts Wrong
Isaac Kaplan Feb 3, 2017
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-iconic-american-history-painting-facts-wrong
Do you think the message that the artist is trying to convey in the painting is more important than the accuracy of the events? Does knowing that the image is an artistic construction altar your understanding of the events portrayed?
