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Nature, Knowledge, and Technology; Entertainment and Visual Culture Session 12 Exploring Art: A Global Thematic Approach Chapters 14 and 15
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Nature, Knowledge, and Technology;Entertainment and Visual CultureSession 12
Exploring Art: A Global Thematic ApproachChapters 14 and 15
Colosseum
Theater at Epidaurus
“Houses” for the Arts
“Houses” for the Arts
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Opera House
Claude Monet
Brushstrokes became more important than imagery.
The Impressionists’ emphasis on observation paralleled the ideas of scientists and philosophers of the day, who argued that reality was only what could be sensed, measured and analyzed.Do you agree with this definition of
reality?
Nature and Photography Famous black
and white photographer, Ansel Adams
(Nature untouched by humans)
Terje Sorgje, a famous (present day) time lapse photographer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk6_hdRtJOE
José Clemente Orozco
José Clemente Orozco. Gods of the Modern World, 1932-1934. Fresco.One panel in a cycle of murals entitled An Epic of American Civilization. Baker Memorial Library, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA.
The Critique of Learning
The artist Orozco presents the argument against the pursuit of sterile knowledge.
sterile: adj. unable to produce children/totally clean/free from bacteria or any other living microorganism.
The Critique of Learning
This painting is a warning against the academic (teacher/student of higher education) who is completely occupied with sterile research or learning that has no value outside of academia.
academia: n. the environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship.
How’s Ms. Beka doing? Is her course about things that have no value outside of
school?
The Critique of Learning
Orozco believed that sterile education passes for knowledge, but it actually keeps the young busy without giving them any real wisdom or understanding.
WHAT IS REAL WISDOM
OR UNDERSTANDING?!
The Critique of Learning
The rhythm of the lines is strong, from the verticals of the academic robes, to the black and white of the skeleton’s ribs, to the book spines below.
José Clemente Orozco. An Epic American Civilization, 1932-1934. Fresco.A 20-panel cycle in Baker Memorial Library, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA.
José’s thoughts… “The American continental races are now becoming aware of their
own personality, as it emerges from two cultural currents—the indigenous and the European. The great American myth of Quetzalcoatl is a living one embracing both elements and pointing clearly, by its prophetic nature, to the responsibility shared equally by the two Americas of creating here an authentic New World civilization. I feel that this subject has a special significance for an institution such as Dartmouth College which has its origin in a continental rather than in a local outlook—the foundation of Dartmouth, I understand, predating the foundation of the United States.”
As Orozco surely had been told, Dartmouth College was chartered for the purpose of “the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land . . . and also of English Youth and any others.”
West Wing
East Wing
Reading Room: West and East Wings
1. Migration
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
Is there a “Rat Race” in Vietnam?
2. Snakes and Spears
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
3. Ancient Human Sacrifice
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
“Man was afraid and alone.”So man
created idols of gods…
and sacrificed to those idols
to keep them from
getting angry.
Do you think
man is still
afraid and
alone?Afraid of
what?
Do relationships satisfy?
4. Aztec Warriors
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
5. Coming of Quetzalcoatl
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
5. Coming of Quetzalcoatl
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
From what “bad manners” or “uncivilized behavior” have your teachers rescued
you?Describe a moment in your education when you felt like you “woke up”.
6. The Pre-Columbian Golden Age
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
7. Departure of Quetzalcoatl
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
7. Departure of Quetzalcoatl
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
8. The Prophecy
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
8. The Prophecy
The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl
9. Totem Poles
The West and East Wings
10. Cortez and the Cross
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
10. Cortez and the Cross
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
12. The Machine
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
13. Anglo-America
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
The Teacher
13. Anglo-America
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
o If there was one word you would use to describe “education,” what word would you choose?
o Think back through all of your past and current teachers and professors. Who has made the biggest impact on your life?o Talk about a teacher that made a negative impact. …Why?o Talk about a teacher that made a positive impact. …Why?
The Teacher
What is your main goal in life?Why are you going to school?
…Why?...
14. Hispano-America
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
14. Hispano-America
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
Will those who pursue wealth ever be satisfied? Why do so many people pursue
money?
15. Gods of the Modern World
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
How would you compare YOUR educational experience with the painting below?
16. Symbols of Nationalism
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
17. Modern Human Sacrifice
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
(Catharsis, Mexico,1934.)
A separate painting by Orozco. He totally opposed modernization that continued the cycle of war.
18. Modern Migration of the Spirit
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
Based on the title and painting,to where do you think the spirit is
migrating?
18. Modern Migration of the Spirit
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
18. Modern Migration of the Spirit
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
19. Chains of the Spirit
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
19. Chains of the Spirit
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
20. Modern Industrial Man (3 part)
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
20a. Modern Industrial Man I
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
20b. Modern Industrial Man II
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
20c. Modern Industrial Man III
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
20. Modern Industrial Man (3 part)
The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era
Compare and contrastthe modern industrial men.
The Mirrors
The Mirrors: Coming of Quetzalcoatl, Cortez and the Cross
Compare and contrast the leaders who came.
The Mirrors: Ancient Human Sacrifice, Modern Human Sacrifice
Which one is worse/more ridiculous? Why?
The Mirrors: Migration,Modern Migration of the Spirit
Compare and contrastthe two leaders of migrations.
What has been your biggest takeaway from the lecture
today?
