HUM 112 – World Cultures Part 2

HUM 112 – World Cultures Part 2 Professor Anthony D’Ascoli

Humanities and The Arts • SYLLABUS AND EXPECTATIONS • EMAIL : Anthony.Dascoli@strayer.edu • Please place your name, class and time in the subject line so the system does not place your email into spam/junk file • OFFICE HOURS: 2 hours preceding the scheduled class time. You can make other arrangements with me directly. • Syllabus and Important papers for class work can all be found at bb.strayer.edu in our course shell.

Humanities and The Arts • REQUIRED TEXT: Sayre, H.M. (2012) The Humanities: Culture, continuity and change, Volume 2 (2nd ed.) (2011 Custom Edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson • REQUIRED TEXT 2: Pinto, Sayra. (2012) Vatolandia. http://www.foothillspublishing.com/2012/id49.htm • Education –NEW EDITION • CREDITS: 4.5 Credit Hours • TIMES: 6PM -10PM • COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course surveys the arts. Literature, belief systems, and major events in the development of cultures around the globe from the European Baroque to the contemporary period

Upon the successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: • Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes. • Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context. • Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions. • Identify and describe key artistic styles in the visual arts of world cultures from the Baroque to the contemporary period. • Identify and describe key literary works, styles, and writers of world cultures from the Baroque to the contemporary period. • Identify and describe key musical styles of world cultures from the Baroque to the contemporary period. • Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Baroque to the contemporary period. • Explore the presence of cultural parallels between the world’s cultures. • Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures. • Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper APA writing mechanics.

Humanities and The Arts • COURSE REQUIREMENTS: (What you need to do to succeed) • Attendance: Crucial part of your grade and performance in this class and will seriously impact your grade • Class discussions and lectures • Discussions = Participation • Attendance will impact your ability to participate and to get the most from this class • Missing more than 1 class is unacceptable • Your overall grade will be affected with 2 or more absences • All assignments are due the night before the class meets at 11 PM Eastern Standard Time • Late assignments are accepted but they lose 10% for each week they are late • Read the chapters before we discuss them in class, work ahead do not try to catch up • This class involves a lot of reading and a lot of work outside of class to succeed, be prepared to work 10 hours a week outside of class time (2 hours reading, 2 hours on discussions, 2 hours on quizzes, and 4 hours on research and papers) • There is no midterm examination and there is no final examination

Humanities and The Arts • COURSE REQUIREMENTS (CONT): • Tardies: Habitual lateness (3 or more) will also effect your participation grade negatively. Tardy = arriving between 11 – 15 minutes late. At 16 – 30 minute, it will count as ½ an absence so please take care to watch the time. Later than 40 minutes will count as not attending, same as being absent • Individual emergencies, pre-arranged appointments, etc. will be determined on a 1 to 1 basis. • If lateness becomes an issue with several students I will change this policy to one of zero tolerance and will not allow students to enter late at all and therefore miss an entire class session

Humanities and The Arts • ASSIGNMENTS: • It is expected that you will complete any and all reading assignments prior their discussion in class. • Questions on the readings and during discussions are encouraged, there is no such thing as a stupid question • Quizzes: There will be 5 quizzes, each covering 4 chapters. Each quiz is 8 % or 80 points. These make up 40% (400 points) of your final grade. • Papers: There will be 3 research papers due this semester. Essay Paper 1 (due Week 4) is worth 10% (100 points). Project Paper 2 (due Week 8) is worth 20% (200 points). Cultural Event Paper 3 (due Week 10) is worth 10% (100 points). All papers combined are worth 40% (400 points) of your final grade. • Discussions: Each week (except the last week which has only 1) will have 2 discussions. Each discussion is worth 1% (10 points). So most weeks you will be earning 2% (20 points) on the discussions. These make up 21% (210 points of your final grade. • There is a total of 101% (1010 points) to be earned

Humanities and The Arts • GRADING CRITERIA: • Discussions ( 2 each week) – 210 points/21% • Quizzes (5 at 80 points/8% each) – 400 points/40% • Paper 1 – 10 points/10% • Paper 2 – 20 points/20% • Paper 3 – 10 points/10% • Total possible points = 1010 points /101%

# OF POINTS 1010 – 895 894 – 795 794 – 695 694 – 60 599 - 0 GRADE YOU WILL RECEIVE A – 89.5 -101% B – 79.5 – 89.4% C – 69.5 -79.4% D – 60.0 – 69.4% F – 0 – 59.9% Humanities and The ArtsHOW POINTS = GRADES

Humanities and The Arts • PAPERS: There will be 3 writing assignments that will be assigned early in the course so that you can begin on them sooner rather than later. • Paper 1: An Essay Paper due Week 4 • Paper 2: A Project Paper due week 8 • Paper 3: A Cultural Event Paper due week 10 • Each paper drops an entire grade for each week that it is late

Paper 1 – Essay PaperDue Week 4 – 10%/100 Points • Choose 1 of the 3 reading selections from the topics given: • A) Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (Part IV) • B) Swift’s A Modest Proposal • C) Voltaire’s Candide(selections)

Paper 1 – Essay PaperDue Week 4 – 10%/100 Points • After you choose 1, in 250 words (4-5 paragraphs): • Clearly state, in your own words, the ‘surprise ending’ in the reading which you selected. Identify the point in the reading when you realized that the ending would be different from what the beginning of the reading suggested that it would be. • Since you were expecting a different ending, evaluate how successful the author was in convincing you to accept the validity of the ‘surprise ending’ that was not clearly suggested at the beginning. • A rubric is attached and the assignments details are also found in the course syllabus

Paper 2 – Project PaperDue Week 8 – 20%/200 points • The project paper focuses on a suggested topic (next slide) related to art, architecture, history, music, or literature. The project must reflect your views and interpretation of the topic. This project allows you to use your creative and innovative side as well as to develop your critical thinking skills.

Paper 2 – Project PaperDue Week 8 – 20%/200 points • Choose 1 of the 4 topics below (more detailed descriptions are on the syllabus): • A) Office Art Memo – Identify 3 works of Impressionist paintings or sculptures and 3 post-impressionist works and explain how these works fit into their categories; in a memo describe the appearance of each object, explain why they are significant, and how each piece fits into your company’s image • B) New Composition – write a speech convincing a famous composer (alive or dead) to write a song for your uncle’s birthday; choose 3 composers, narrow it down to one, explain why the other 2 were ultimately not selected, identify the musical elements of the composer you did choose, discuss emotional aspect of the work • C) Harlem Renaissance Poets – choose 2 poems by different Harlem Renaissance authors. Discuss each author’s role and importance during the period; identify the elements in each poem that contains ‘double-consciousness’; discuss primary themes that you see, refer to specific lines in poem; write your own poem that expresses the same themes • D) Women’s Roles Then & Now – write a script/dialogue between two notable women from the 18th or 19th centuries discussing the roles that women should have in society; it should include: biographical information on each woman; the historical status of women in general during the time period in which each woman lived; what opinions each woman may have on the role women should play in their lifetime; and what each woman would think of the current role of modern women • A rubric is attached and more details are with the syllabus

Paper 3 – Cultural Event ReportDue Week 10 – 10%/100 points • To aid in understanding how the Humanities affects you outside the classroom, you are required to attend a ‘cultural event’ and report on your experience before week 10. • You can choose one of the following: • A) Attend a museum or art gallery • B) Attend a theater event (play or Broadway musical) • C) Attend a dance performance (ballet, flamenco, tango) • D) Attend a musical performance (opera, classical, jazz)

Paper 3 – Cultural Event ReportDue Week 10 – 10%/100 points • Write a 2-3 page report (500-750 words) that describes your experience • Clearly identify the location, date attended and your initial reaction to the event (you can include a ticket stub as proof) • Provide specific information and a description of at least 2 pieces (of art or music) • Provide a summary of the event and describe your overall reaction after attending it • A rubric and the details are attached to the syllabus

Humanities and The Arts • ALL PAPERS: • APA Format • 12” font • Typed, Double Spaced • Title page – no fancy paper, no folders • Abstract • Just stapled together on white 8 ½ x 11 regular paper • 1” margins all around • All original – all your own work • Use proper citations • Unless you were born with the information you are writing about – it should be cited • Plagiarism will NOT be tolerated – You will get caught and you will get an F for the entire course – not just the assignment • I will not fail anyone for poor quality English, poor grammar or poor sentence structure so write it yourself

Humanities and The Arts • PREPARATION – WAYS TO SUCCEED • Do all reading assignments on time – be ready to discuss, ask questions and cover them in class • Bring a notebook and writing utensils • A dictionary and a highlighter are good to have as new terms and their usage will appear in your papers and on tests/quizzes • Do not plagiarize – you run the risk of failing the entire course and being expelled form school (cut & paste, etc) • Come to class ready to participate and ready to have fun • Do not speak over others – their ideas are as important as yours even if you don’t agree with them

Humanities and The Arts • Class Policies: • Cell phones on silent or vibrate only • If it is an important call – please leave the classroom and answer it • You do not need to ask to leave class for bathroom, drink, emergency, etc. just leave as quietly as possible and re-enter the same way – you will, of course, be responsible for what you missed • Please remember to turn in all tests, quizzes, papers, journals, etc. with your name on them so you can get proper credit • Turn in papers late rather than never – I will take all papers up to the next to last week of the semester – on the final week I cannot accept anything. • I want everyone to get an A – I will do my best to make this as fun as possible – so laugh at my terrible jokes

THE HUMANITIES • Some Definitions: • The creative contributions of mankind, past and present, from all cultures • What each of us expresses or creates • The systematic study of the formal disciplines: music, art, cinema, theater, literature, dance, philosophy, religion and history.

Beauty • Aesthetics – how we describe an experience in the arts or in life, that we value for no reason beyond itself • What is beautiful? In the Humanities – a pleasing arrangement of parts that affects us in a pleasing aesthetic manner. • What buildings? • What works of art? • What people?

Words to know • Aesthetic • Beauty • Humanism • Humanities • Rationalization • Review • Discipline

Types of Art Works • Painting -is an aesthetic work created by applying paint to a 2-D surface such as canvas, panel, or a wall in a variety of media like oil, water, glue, acrylic, fresco, etc.

Types of Art Works • Sculpture (also called sculpture in the round) – a 3 dimensional work of art formed by carving, modeling, casting, or Assembly in which all sides are supposed to be looked at

Types of Art Works • Relief sculpture - A sculpture which, intended to be viewed from one side which is attached to a background of which it is part of. There are 3 types of relief : (1) high; (2) low and ; (3) sunken (also called hollow or intaglio)

High relief – a relief sculpture in which the image greatly protrudes from the surrounding surface

Low relief - a relief sculpture in which the image protrudes only slightly from the surrounding surface material

Sunken relief (aka hollow and intaglio) - A technique of stylized engraving which is carved beneath the surface layer of a hard material, often stone or metal

Types of Art Works • Architecture - is the art and science of designing buildings and structures

Types of Art Works • Illuminated Manuscript - a manuscript which has been decorated with colored paints and gold leaf or gold paint, a common practice for luxury books produced in the Middle Ages

Types of Art Works • Textiles - any material made with yarns, cloth or fibers

Types of Art Works • Tapestry - a heavy hand-woven reversible textile used for hangings, curtains, and upholstery and characterized by complicated pictorial designs

Types of Art Works • Craft work - crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's own hands and skill – i.e jewelry

Types of Art Works • Pen and Ink – Use of pen with inkwell or even ball point pens on paper, usually a sketch

Types of Art Work • Mixed Media – use of more than one type of media (paint, stone, paper, mosaic, found art, etc) to create a unified art work.

Type of Art Works • Environmental Art – using nature or natural artifacts to create art

Types of Art Works • Mosaic - art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

Types of Art Works • Pottery – pottery is known as the ‘alphabet of archaeology’ because of its uniqueness to each culture that produces it. Pottery includes : plates, cups, jars, vases,e tc. That are made from earthenware (usually baked clay).

Types of Art Work • Stained Glass – any work of art (usually windows) that is made up of pieces of colored glass to make a whole composite scene

Types of Art Works • Glassware - any work that is made up of glass. Usually heavily decorated, but not always.

Types of Art Work • Photography – the use of film and camera, more modernly digital imaging to create an artistic image • Photoshop – altering an image to create an artwork

Types of Art Works • Found Art – taking everyday ordinary objects which are ‘found’ and turning them into art

Types of Art Works • Installation Art - Art that is installed (sometimes temporarily) in an exhibit space or room, or even outdoors . Large in size and usually very ordinary.

Types of Art • Assembled Art – pieces of odds and ends (even trash) assembled to create a whole cohesive work

Offensive Art • Art which has as it main purpose to show or offend the general public in order to get a reaction or make a statement about an issue, sometimes even used in advertising to increase sales.

HUM 112 – World Cultures Part 2