Good job on the presentations today! It's really helping me put the pieces together, and maybe the same for you. The only thing I would change for those who haven't presented yet is to be sure the links for your images work.
(The picture is Bauhaus, which is also the name of an 80s band somewhat similar to The Cure... or I guess you could see them as a precursor to Nine Inch Nails or contemporary versions of goth rock... I'm not sure why they chose that name, as they're British... David Lloyd George would surely not approve)
REMINDERS:
-Check the dropbox for grades & comments on paper #4... I also wrote a long comment about it in last night's email... feel free to see me in office hours if you want to discuss it further
-We will discuss (most of) the remaining Weimar "characters" on Monday
-You should revisit the Reader article about the Bauhaus (pgs. 32-35)
-Read the Paper #5 prompt so you know what we're dealing with... but the paper won't be due for another few weeks
-Discovery Task #3 is due on Monday night... it connects to the character exercise and to the paper, as you will see... you may need to do it from a library computer... upload your paper to the EEE dropbox if you don't mind
-If you want to read ahead, the midterm is supposed to go up to Reader pg. 51, which means that it will have a bit about the Nazis on it
How many topics do we need to reasearch?
ReplyDeleteI just wrote an entire paragraph on why soccer is not a sport and it would not post. if this posts i will be very angryyyyy
ReplyDeleteok. well thats embarrassing. because i meant to say why soccer is not and art...and it posted...
ReplyDeleteI decided to talk about soccer because i know more about soccer than football. not that t really matters, but i find it easier to hve authoriy when i speak about a sport i play! I said soccer is not art because it is just a competition to see who is better. it is based entirely on winning. you dont really play just to have fun because its not fun when you lose. Alberti said art must have ann istoria, it must be geometrically correct, and it has to show the emotion of the people painted. although soccer is very emotional, it has no story behind each game. also, if you have ever seen a player break a leg or rip out their knee, i would say it is definitely not geometrically sound. Later artists assert that art must show an emotion only, and although it shows an emotion, it is not meant to be expressive to the viewers or inspire them to take action, soccer is for the players to fight to see who is better.