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ART 101 Art Appreciation
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Assignment Details:
Evolution of Your Art Interpretation [WLO: 4] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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 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?
Your initial post must be at least 200 words in length.
Cite your sources as outlined in the Ashford 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 basic modified APA Style reference entry format in the APA Style Reference Entries for Artwork document.

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Sachant, P. J., Blood, P., LeMieux, J., & Tekippe, R. (2016). I (Links to an external site.)ntroduction to art: design, context, and meaning (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/374

ART 101 Art Appreciation
****LINKED TEXT BOOK MUST BE USED AS ONE OF THE CITATION SOURCES**
Please review assignment, attachments, required resources & ALL attachments.
Assignment Details:
Art, the Sacred, and Ethics [WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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 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 Ashford 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.).

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Sachant, P. J., Blood, P., LeMieux, J., & Tekippe, R. (2016). I (Links to an external site.)ntroduction to art: design, context, and meaning (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/374

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This assignment will involve the selection a current event from the news and applying it to a concept or subject from the course textbook, Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding, 4th edition (Maddux & Winstead, 2016). Papers must be a minimum of 5 pages in length. Your submission should be double-spaced with 1 inch margins on all sides of each page and should be free of spelling and grammar errors. It must include source crediting of any materials used in APA format, including source citations in the body of your paper and in a Reference list attached to the end. Easy to follow guides to APA formatting can be found on the tutorial section of the APUS Online Library.

Students may select any subject from the textbook, as long as they are able to (a) thoroughly describe the selected concept and (b) make a sound case for why it relates to the selected current event.

Students may select any relevant current event from the news, citing the description of the event from an internet news source.

The paper will include three major components:

Selection and description of the current event
Selection and description of the textbook concept
Integration and synthesis of the textbook concept with the selected current event
Your paper will be submitted as an attachment though the classroom Assignments page. When your paper is attached it is automatically submitted to Turnitin.com.

The Current Event Assignment paper should be attached in the appropriate Assignment tab and will be evaluated using the rubric below:

ART 101 Art Appreciation
****LINKED TEXT BOOK MUST BE USED AS ONE OF THE CITATION SOURCES**
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Assignment Details:

Art and Power [WLOs: 3, 4] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 9 of the textbook. Select a work of art in which its purpose is to convey or engage with power or persuade.
You can find works of art in the textbook, a website listed on the 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.
Some examples can be found below:
• Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps (Links to an external site.)
• Ai Weiwei, Remembering and the Politics of Dissent (Links to an external site.)
• Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Links to an external site.)
• Varvara Stepanova, The Results of the First Five-Year Plan (Links to an external site.)
Your initial post should
• Provide the title, artist, date, and place of the work, embedding it if possible.
• Explain the specific forms of power (individual leaders, ideologies, ethnic groups, beliefs, empires, or governments) the work is serving or challenging. For example, Jacques Louis David’s Napoleon Crossing the Alps is serving the power of Napoleon and the French Empire.
• Explain the messages being conveyed in the work.
• Explain how the artist uses materials, methods, and techniques, as well as symbolism and iconography to convey their message.
• Reflect on the artist’s intentions in creating the work.
Cite your sources as outlined in the Ashford 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.).

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Sachant, P. J., Blood, P., LeMieux, J., & Tekippe, R. (2016). I (Links to an external site.)ntroduction to art: design, context, and meaning (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/374

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Summarize the article in 3-4 paragraphs, 12 pt font and double spaced

Develop a comprehensive paper that examines the budgetary policies and procedures of your selected department or governmental entity. Be sure to include the following:

Provide the micro- and macro-level trend-lines of revenue and expenditure for the last 3 fiscal years.
Assess the accuracy of these figures to the best of your ability (support your assessment by interpreting foundational research methods in this field).
Discuss ethical dilemmas faced by officials for such practices, and then determine their impact on program evaluation and personnel performance evaluations. Provide specific examples where appropriate.
Justify the need for ethical and professional codes of conduct, especially for public employees, within budget and finance positions.

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At some time in your life, you probably had an experience like Dick Gregory’s in “Shame,” something that happened in a classroom, a group of friends or peers, or a family situation that proved to be both embarrassing and educational. At the time, the experience hurt you very much, but you learned from it.

Write a narrative paragraph in which you retell this experience.
Try to include vivid details and plenty of conversation so that the incident will come to life.
Submit a one-page, double-spaced paper in which you compare and contrast the perspectives covered in your text.
Be sure to identify the distinguishing features of each of these perspectives or schools of thought.
Use current APA style and include in-text citations and sources for all references.