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Week 10 Discussion Option A

"Global Encounters: Achievements and Exploitation" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

Explain at least two (2) possible reasons for the differences between the results of exploration and trade by the Chinese and by the European states. Consider the reach of the Chinese Treasure Fleet and the global empires that Spain and Portugal established. The connections and cultural learning of China's fleet sound exciting; explain the possible motives for ending these voyages, and discuss any lessons you see for modern world leaders.

Global Encounters: Achievements

Chapter 20 (pp. 606-8), China’s Treasure Fleet

Chinese explorers at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/ancient-chinese-explorers.html and http://www.alrahalah.com/2010/09/zheng-he/

Large ship replica: http://www.alrahalah.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/TreasureShip.jpg

Chapter 20 (pp. 591-3), Spain and Portugal: empire building

Chap 20 (pp. 601-4),Taj Mahal o Explore Taj Mahal at http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_agratajmahal.asp and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppAQDPb8DYM

Global Encounters: Exploitation

Chapter 20 (pp. 591-5), Spain and Portugal: the quick conquest

Chapter 20 (pp. 597-8, 600-601), transatlantic slave trade

Transatlantic slave trade at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html

Week 9 Discussion Option A

"Reform" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

Compare Erasmus and Luther in their attempts to bring about religious reform. Consider the role of the printing press and the actions of German princes in helping Luther to succeed. Next, identify one (1) example of the Protestant Reformation’s impact on visual arts. Pretend you are in a company or some other group in which you feel there is corruption. (Use a real incident if you wish). You have the option of remaining and working for reform from within, or of leaving and hoping to start or land something new. Describe your decision and the "dangers" of that decision, and describe the factors that you had to consider.

o Chapter 17 (pp. 563-564), Erasmus; (pp. 564-66), Reformation and the princes; (pp. 570-74), printing

press; (pp. 578-83), visual arts

Week 8 Discussion Option A

"Analyzing Art and Literature in the Northern Renaissance" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

Explain whether you agree with the interpretation of either Sayre or Koster of Van Eyck’s Arnolfini double portrait, identifying the most persuasive part of that interpretation. Describe two (2) symbolic elements of the painting and any other features that stand out to you. Pretend you are having a portrait done of you and a significant other; describe at least four (4) symbolic elements that you might include in the painting, and explain why.

Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Double Portrait

Henry Sayre’s interpretation in Chapter 16, (pp. 540-3, Figs. 16.7-8)

Margaret Koster's interpretation at http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Arnolfini+double+portrait%3A+a+simple+solution.-a0109131988

Week 7 Discussion Option A

"Grand Masters of the Renaissance" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

Describe the moment captured in Leonardo’s Last Supper painting, and discuss the reasons why disciples are shown on the same side of the table. Describe the most well-known techniques that Leonardo used to give more realism to the painting. Next, discuss one (1) of Leonardo’s inventions (or proposed inventions) that most fascinates or surprises you, and explain why. Compare Leonardo to some modern figure of the 20th or 21st century.

Leonardo da Vinci

Chapter 14 (pp. 481-486), art of da Vinci

Partial restoration of the Last Supper at http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/LeonardoLastSupper.htm

Images, article, and 16th century copy of the Last Supper at http://www.abcgallery.com/L/leonardo/leonardo4.html

Leonardo’s work in science and invention at http://www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/models-exhibited (scroll down to thumbnail photos; click to enlarge and read more information)

Week 6 Discussion Option B

"Art, Literature, and Plague" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

Quote a one (1) or two (2) line section that you enjoy from Petrarch, Chaucer, Boccaccio, or Christine de Pisan, and provide your reason(s) for the choice. Next, describe the historical significance of the writer whose work you have chosen. Comment on the degree to which the Black Death epidemic (1347-1350 CE) impacted that writer’s work. Compare the writer you chose to a specific writer (whether prose writer or poet or lyricist) of modern times.

Early Renaissance Writers

Chapter 13 (pp. 443-7, 450, 455-7), Boccaccio; (pp. 447-8), Petrarch; (pp. 448-450), Chaucer; (pp. 447-451), Christine de Pisan

Chapter 13 (pp. 443-44), The Plague

The Plague at http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/black_death_of_1348_to_1350.htm

Week 5 Discussion Option A

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"Muslim Structures and Pilgrimage" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

Describe the main purpose of the Hajj in the Muslim faith, and identify two (2) specific aspects of the Hajj that you find fascinating or significant. Next, explain the association between Muhammad and the area of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Lastly, describe the sacred art of Islam’s key qualities, and explain the fundamental reasons why Muslim artists of sacred works are reluctant to include images of humans (i.e., at least in sacred areas). Think of a place of worship (of any religion) today, and explain which type of artistic tradition would be more conducive to worship: Byzantine art (chap. 8), Hindu art (chap. 7), or Muslim art (chap. 9).

Muslim Structures and Pilgrimage

Chapter 9 (pp. 284-291, 303-4), Dome of the Rock, Hajj, calligraphy, art (pp. 270-3), Christian mosaics in Ravenna

National Geographic on the Hajj at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM81wroj_MQ

Walking tour of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock and structures around it at http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200901/al-haram/tour.htm. (Focus on what you wish; the entire tour is lengthy)

Week 4 Discussion Option A

"Rome’s Major Urban Structures" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

Select one (1) of the following famous ancient Roman structures that you find most fascinating: Colosseum, Circus Maximus, Pantheon, insulae, or bath complexes. After exploring the related resource(s) below on Rome, describe one (1) structure that you found most fascinating. Identify two (2) specific aspects of the structure in question, and make a comparison to specific aspects of modern urban life.

Rome's Major Urban Structures

Chapter 6 (pp. 174-5, 191-207), Roman architecture

Colosseum images at http://www.the-colosseum.net/architecture/amphitheatrum-en.htm

Circus Maximus images at http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/circus.html and http://romancolosseum.org/circus-maximus-in-rome/

Circus Maximus article at http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/circusmaximus/circusmaximus.html

Roman bath complexes at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/day.html Click on the numbers for a stroll through the Baths of Caracalla