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What does race as a social / historical construct mean? Explain it by giving two different examples. What does gender is performative mean?
Explain which society gave women the most amount of rights and which society gave women the least amount of rights.
Discuss with the class what modern historians know about his biography? How do modern historians look at him as a historian in comparison to Herodotus?
What do these new versions/representations of old myths offer today's society, and how do they demonstrate the continued popularity of myth?
Discuss the differences between Baroque art produced in Italy and those created in parts of Northern Europe such as The Netherlands.
How can the theory of Helene P. Foley: Reinforcing social norms explain the myth given in the story above?
Prometheus is an unusual character-among other reasons, for defying both his fellow Titans and, later, Zeus. What do you make of his actions?
Do you agree or disagree with this write-up? Did they make any points that perhaps you did not consider? Can you add to their comments in a meaningful way?
What role did cognitive memory play in the transfer of African art forms to North America during and after the Middle Passage?
What is the term for the study of signs and symbols which are culturally specific and often religious or spiritual in meaning and comes from the Greek word?
Which modern pop star is often compared to Dali in terms of her designs, and what is the common theme between these two artists?
How did Munch apply an aging technique to his work? How does the real story of the landscape contribute to the painting's theme?
What were the individual contributions of Cezanne, Seurat, and Van Gogh to the genre of post-impressionism?
What interest led Georges Seurat to innovate in A Sunday on La Grande Jatte? What artistic strategy is used in Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte?
What were the conventions for depicting pharaohs? How did the Egyptian religious beliefs affect their art and architecture?
Why did so many people make pilgrimages during the Middle Ages? How did church plans change to accommodate the growing number of pilgrims?
Describe a specific example of one way the Ten Commandments have influenced the creation of art in the history of Islam.
Explain what the 'Herm conspiracy' was. Then explain what's significant about this painting: what is it? What does it imply about the people involved in event?
What caused the fall of the Roman Empire in the West? Identify at least one political, economic, and social force that contributed to the demise of Rome.
What is the difference between wanax and basileus? How did each rule their respective cities? Was Agamemmnon considered wanax or basileus in the Iliad of Homer?
I suggested that the success of feudalism led to the fall of feudalism. What changed in Western Europe that contributed to the fall of the fall of feudalism?
Discuss the influence of Greek and Roman architecture on modern architecture that you see in your daily life.
What about the selection strikes you as perhaps the most surprising about the Ninth Circle of Hell and Dante's description of Satan?
The city of Athens was destroyed in 480 BC by the Persians. What did Pericles do to beautify and strengthen Athens during his lengthy tenure as leader?
What larger trends are you noticing in the visual arts moving forward out of the Middle Ages, to the Renaissance, Baroque, the Age of Reason and Revolution?