ARTH140 Weekly Assignment 1
In-class workshop: The Technology of Modern Art
Instructions: During today’s class you will be working in small groups to complete this worksheet, which will be submitted in your E-Portfolio (labeled as Weekly Assignment 1, and categorized as a Weekly Assignment). Please copy and paste all the questions below into your post before you begin your work (or you can work in this document and then cut and paste questions and answers into your post).
1. Please confirm that your name is listed under Student E-Portfolios in the right margin of the course blog.
2. What will be doing in class on March 27?
3. What is the professor’s policy on late papers in the class?
4. Where and when are the professor’s office hours?
5. Create a new post on the course blog sharing something about yourself (major, year, hometown, dog’s name, favorite artist/movie/musician/etc.). Remember to categorize entry as a “Weekly Assignment.” Copy and paste the text from your post here:
6. Using the links on the course blog. Read the assigned text “Realism” on Oxford Art Online; then watch the Smarthistory podcast “Courbet’s Burial at Ornans.” Then write responses to the following questions:
Describe briefly how you read/viewed these materials on-line, did you take notes (cut/paste; type in another window; use an app, or employ other devices to help you remember the material?)
In the reading on Realism, did you click on hyperlinks that referred you to more information about a term, movement, artist or image? If so, what did you do with the linked material? (ie: read it, skim it, write down any information on the linked page)
What key points do you remember from the reading on Realism; from the Smarthistory podcast?
Aside from Courbet’s Burial at Ornaans, what images do your remember (artist, title, or description)
Post-assignment comments (to be done individually after class discussion). Use this space to reflect on the discussion/exercise in class if you like.