Writing Homework Help

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 10 and 11, and explore the following:

• Hagia Sophia (Links to an external site.): 3D Virtual Tour
• Stonehenge Virtual Tour: Inside the Stones (Links to an external site.)
• NOVA Online Adventure: Pyramids: Khufu (Links to an external site.)
• 360° / VR (4k) Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo in Rome, Italy (Links to an external site.)
• 360 VR Tour | Florence | Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower | Santa Maria del Fiore | Inside (Links to an external site.)
• Hindu Temples (Links to an external site.)
• The Sun Stone (The Calendar Stone) (Links to an external site.)
• The Stupa (Links to an external site.) video

Select one option from the two listed below:

Option A: Art and the Sacred

Select a work of art or architecture with a religious purpose, or which engages the sacred in some way.

You can find works of art in the textbook, a website listed on the ART101 Museum and Images Website Edit Download ART101 Museum and Images Website document, one of the assigned virtual reality videos, or visit your local museum.

Your work of art should be one that you have not already examined elsewhere in this class, with the exception of the Week 3 assignment.

Answer all relevant prompts, you may skip prompts that do not apply to your chosen work:

• Provide the title, artist, date, and place of the work, embedding an image if possible.
• Explain the purpose the work served in ritual or religious life.
• Discuss the functional, symbolic, and material components in the work.
• Discuss how the work engages with religious ideas or beliefs and what the work conveys in terms of human relationships with the cosmos or the divine.
• Describe any reactions to the work, or connections to the work that you feel.

Option B: Art and Ethics

What is the relationship between art and ethics? Consider the following:

• When should an artist follow ethics, values, or rules?
• When should an artist challenge ethics, values, or rules?
• To what extent should artists be responsible for the impact of their art?

Cite your sources as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.) guides on APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.). For works of art, follow the APA Style reference entry format using the APA Style: Artwork References (Links to an external site.) webpage as a guide

PART 2

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 10 and 11 of the textbook. Select a contemporary work of art or architecture from the textbook, a website listed on the ART101 Museum and Images Website Edit Download  ART101 Museum and Images Website document, one of the assigned virtual reality videos, or visit your local museum.

Your work of art should be one that you have not already examined elsewhere in this class, with the exception of the Week 3 assignment.

Provide a brief analysis of the work of art using the art history specific vocabulary and methods for approaching art you have learned over the past five weeks. Consider the media (materials), methods, subjects of the work of art, and the reflections of the region and Contemporary Art movement. You may want to revisit the Writing Center’s Summary vs. Analysis (Links to an external site.). In your analysis, answer the following questions:

• How do the political, philosophical, religious, and social contexts impact the art of today?
• How does Contemporary Art differ from other movements which you studied earlier in this course?

Reflect upon how your interpretation of art has changed since you examined the A Fall with the Rebel Angels in the Post Your Introduction discussion in Week 1, and address the following:

• What differences are there between the ways you interpreted that work of art in Week 1 to your interpretation now?
• How will these changes impact the way you view art moving forward?