Week 1 Module

Tribute Money, Brancacci Chapel. Ca 1425, Masaccio

In Class 3/16:

1. Introduction to our course, the Course Companion Website (CCW), and Blackboard (Bb)
2. Introduction and Before 1300 (lecture)
3. Receive Group Project assignment and explanation

Reading:

1. Read “Before 1300” and skim the introduction for terms mentioned in lecture
2. Read Chapters 19, 21-22
3. Please read the course syllabus.

Key Works and Terms:

1. PPT of Key Works from Introduction and Before 1300
2. PPT of Key Works from Italy 1200 to 1600 (Updated 3/20 2pm) (Please do not look at the PowerPoint until after you have completed your Discussion Questions, because I want to see your thoughts on the DQs. You are on your honor.)
1. A pdf of all of the terms for the semester may be found at the top of the Resources subpage.
2. Pdf slide lists for all of the Key Works are also located on the Resources subpage. ^

Discussion Questions:

Part 1: Write a 150 to 200-word response to one of the following questions, and post it as a reply to the appropriate thread in the Discussion Forum in Blackboard.

1. Find a sculpture or painting produced in Italy that was designed on a Classical model, and describe how it displays Classical influence or conscious citation. (You must choose a unique work. So, if a classmate has already discussed a particular Italian Renaissance work, you will need to pick another. Classical models may be duplicated if necessary, because often, multiple Renaissance works were modeled after the same Classical model.)
2. Find an architectural structure (church, public building, monument, etc.) from the Italian Renaissance that is based on a Classical model. Compare the two structures, pointing out what aspects of the Classical model are imitated and what aspects are innovative. (You must choose a unique work. So, if a classmate has already discussed a particular Italian Renaissance work, you will need to pick another. Classical models may be duplicated if necessary, because often, multiple Renaissance works were modeled after the same Classical model.)
3. Find a work that you would describe as characteristically "Renaissance", and discuss its various details, indicating the details that caused you to describe it as characteristically "Renaissance". (You must choose a unique work. So, if a classmate has already discussed a particular Italian Renaissance work for this discussion question, you will need to pick another.)

Please either upload image(s) of your work(s) to the thread to which you are replying, or link to Internet image(s), so that your classmates will have a visual aid when composing their replies.

Part 2: Comment on at least 2 of your classmates' responses

Guidelines for composing your Discussion Question response, and for replying to your classmates are provided in Blackboard.

Deliverables:

1. After reading the syllabus, complete the “Course Checklist and Agreement” quiz in Blackboard (Bb) under the Bb Quizzes and Final tab before next class (10am 3/23). You will have 2 attempts for this quiz.
2. By Tuesday at 5pm:
   1. Post your response to one of the Week 1 Discussion Questions (W1 DQ) in the
      1. Discussion Forum in Blackboard. (Do not create a new thread. Reply to the
      2. thread I have created for your Discussion Question.)
   2. Post your Self-Introduction in the Chatting Forum
3. By Thursday at 5pm: Post replies to at least 2 of your classmates’ W1 DQ responses
4. By Thursday at 5pm: Request your desired Group Project topic in the Group Project
   1. Forum in Bb.