June 2007 Archives
Both images, are from a fresco on an interior wall of a dwelling at Pompeii. Medea is the subject. Look closely at the images and write about what you see. What do you know about Pompeii? How might that knowledge affect the way you view the images? What about the fact that they're on an interior wall of a house?
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GUIDING QUESTION: Look closely at the two images. The first, a vase painting depicting the abduction of Orithyia, dates from 460 BCE, 417 years before Ovid, and is presently housed in the Milwaukee Art Museum. The second, a sculpture by seventeenth-century French artist Gaspard Marsy, and housed in the Getty Museum in California, portrays the same subject. Comment on either of the two, or both. To what extent are they faithful to Ovid's version? What do they emphasize or leave out?
Guiding Question: Look closely at "The Pierides" by nineteenth century symbolist Gustave Moreau as you listen to "Parade of the Pierides" by Mike Westbrook. Any connections? Does one support or illuminate the other? How about the fidelity of the two to their source, the "Metamorphoses"?
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Same as previous "Journal Option—Book IV" post but as downloadable PowerPoint. View the painting and listen to the interview. Write about either or both. What is the connection with Book IV?
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Examine the painting "Civil Serpent" by Scott Greene, and listen to the PodCast interview of the artist. Write about the painting and its origin in myth. Where is Ovid in the painting? Is there anything in the interview that catches your ear or directs your eye back to the work and back to "Metamorphoses"?
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Examine the two images, which take the story of Actaeon in Book III of the "Metamorphoses" as their subject. Write about similarities and differences between these works. The first, Slide #1, shows an oil painting by Giuseppe Cesari (1603–06), "Diana and Actaeon," now on exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. The second presents a bronze sculpture by Paul Manship, "Actaeon" (1924), a permanent installation at Brookgreen Gardens in Pawley's Island, South Carolina. Among your considerations, you may include details in Ovid's descriptions, details in the derivative works, the media chosen by the artists, and the location of the pieces.
You're off to a great start, IB C/O 2010! Download the document to see the stats from Book I.
You're off to an excellent start, IB C/O 2010! Take a look at the stats.
Listen to the piece. The composer had a specific story in mind when composing this work. Which story or character do you think it depicts? Why?
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Summer Reading Online Journal: Overview of Assignment (etiquette, procedures, requirements)
When Dad adds a link for a downloadable document, it might be helpful to right-click (control-click, Mac) on the link and save the 'linked file as' and choose where you'd like the document to live on your computer. If you simply single-click on it, depending on your browser, the browser might try to open the linked document, which won't work, and will display very strange looking code on the page. So, if this happens, go back to the link and do the right-click trick. I hope that's not too confusing... If you have trouble, please email me:
benjie at westafer dot com.
