Reviewing the Arts – Summer 07

Blog Response DUE ONLINE by 6 p.m. on June 5th:
Reading Due: 

Croce, Arlene. “Introduction” and “Discussing the Undiscussable,” Crisis of Criticism (handout given in class).

Below are some questions that you may consider for the next response. You are not expected to answer all of these questions – you could focus on just a few that [...]

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Blog Response DUE ONLINE by 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 31st
Read the following:
The Guardian | 2002 | What is art for? by Jeanette Winterson
Cohen, Ted. “High and Low Art, and High and Low Audiences”
Cotter, Holland. “Beyond Multiculturalism, Freedom?”
 
Then, answer any one set of questions below, incorporating your understanding of at least two of the three readings into your [...]

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Blog Response DUE ONLINE by 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29th 
Read each of the following and then respond to ONE of the questions within EACH reading (at bottom). You can either post two separate blogs or one.

Excerpts from What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy
Excerpts from “The Aesthetic Hypothesis,” in Art, by Clive Bell

Again, I [...]

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Blog Response DUE ONLINE by 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 24th

Respond to one of the questions within the “Excerpts from Plato“ reading. I suggest that you take a look at the discussion questions first, so that you will have them in mind while reading (and can take notes or highlight as needed). Ignore the minimum [...]

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Hi folks! For weekly assignments, you will be asked to blog here. Respond to each assignment by clicking on the “comments” link (until someone posts the first comment, it’ll read “no comments”). The assignments will vary – between responses to your readings, thoughts about class discussions, assignments to locate images and/or other articles/blogs that refer to the [...]

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