Please view the film: “Leonardo DaVinci The Man Who Wanted To Know Everything” (Feel free to skip the re-creation of his parachute and tank); Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rog5i2n1QVs    And read: Pamela O. Long, “Power, Patronage, and the Authorship of Ars: From Mechanical Know-How to Mechanical Knowledge in the Last Scribal Age,” Isis , Vol. 88, No. 1 (Mar., 1997), pp. 1-41, available in the Readings Folder and on […]

This assignment has several documents for you to read and view in order to answer the four required questions. Please follow any formatting guidelines and minimum length requirements as set by your professor. Please take your time to analyze these documents and submit thoughtful arguments supported by the evidence these documents provide. Documents: 1. “Virginian Luxuries” by unknown artist (ca. 1800) 2. Alexis de Tocqueville […]

Urbanization is one of the major criteria for the development of a civilization. When Europeans arrived in the Americas, the “New World,” they found few urban centers and determined that the peoples of the Americas were uncivilized. This, in part, justified conquest; however, they were wrong. There were a number of urban civilizations in the Americas, some of which rivaled the greatest cities of Europe, […]

QUESTION:-  We do think we know the Revolutionary War. We grow up hearing about it year after year in class, and celebrate our foundings with fireworks every July 4th . And yet, much of what we believe we know is not true. What is the traditional story of this era? How does the picture of our “founding fathers” painted by Zinn, Loewen, Brands and Lepore […]

 Visit any local museum or pick a work of art that you have seen and choose ONE work of art to formally analyze, place the name of the art work and identify the elements and principles of art work in addition to providing information about the artist and the style in which they usually create. Is this work done in the art piece that you […]

You are required to address one (1) of the following (and NO more) topics. Agree/disagree in whole or partially with either statement A or statement B.  Include an introduction body, and conclusion.  Write a well-developed, coherent essay supported with historical references.  Be specific.  Cover all relevant time periods from 1877 to the present.  You need to include at least 3 short quotes from Shi (page # in […]

In this assignment, you will choose a paragraph from a prose selection or a stanza from a poem and craft a close reading that explains what this passage reveals about the author’s understanding of what it means to be Black in their respective era. You may focus on explaining the passage’s theme or its form (novel, poem, etc). You may refer to other passages and/or key events […]

Write an essay of at least 450 words using 12 point font and double-spaced text) comparing the formal treatment and iconography of each work. Be sure to identify each object by indicating the artist, title, and date of production.  Your essay should address how similarities and differences contribute to your understanding of each work’s meaning or artistic significance. You should analyze these points: stylistic choices […]

One of the main jobs of historians is to interpret the past by reviewing primary documents, scholarly secondary sources, and then creating an analysis of this research. After reading your text and reviewing the assigned materials, submit an analysis of Reconstruction. You might want to consider the following questions, but you are not limited to them:  What were the differences between Lincoln’s and the Radical […]

Step One: Watch both of these videos on analyzing art: Formal Analysis and Contextual Analysis. Also, view these questions. Step Two: Visit any or all of the online museums listed here. • https://artsandculture.google.com/project/guggenheim-bilbao • https://www.guggenheim.org/collection-online • https://www.louvre.fr/en • https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/explore-getty-art-resources-closed-coronavirus/ • https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/accueil.html?tx_kleemobileredirection=1 • https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern/display/artist-and-society • http://m.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani-mobile/en.html • If you would like to use a different museum, please send the link to the museum for approval to […]