Question 1: Write a question that is grounded firmly in the sciences.

Question 1:

Write a question that is grounded firmly in the sciences. That is, write a question that can be best addressed using the methods of scientific inquiry.

Question 2:

Now write a question that is grounded firmly in the humanities. That is, write a question that can be best addressed using the methods of inquiry most often used in the humanities.

Question 3:

In your own words, what does it mean to “write to learn”?

Question 4:

Choose one work of art and explain what it means in terms of being both a product of its specific context and also an expression of the universal human experience.

Question 5:

Name a creative work that you feel conveys the human emotion of pride.

Question 6:

Think about what you’ve learned about the context of one of the works you’re focusing on in this course. What is important to know about that context?

Question 7:

The villain Gap

The Villain Gap: Why Soviet Movies Rarely Had American Bad Guys

The author states, “As the Americans made fantasies of threat, the USSR made fantasies of stability and global standing. “ How does this help explain the different ways each side portrayed the other in films?

Question 8:

Give one Example of how Van Gogh’s use of colors suggests a new reading of Pieta.

Question 9:

Give one example of how Van Gogh’s reversal of the image in The Good Samaritan changes how we read the painting.

Question 10:

List some characteristics of Van Gogh’s style or visual language.

Question 11:

Behind the scenes of a painting: Part One

https://youtu.be/13KGlabG0pA.

Tim Rollins says that this was the third attempt at this painting because the first two “didn’t feel right.” What can you think of in your life that you’ve redone because it just “didn’t feel right.”

Question 12:

Please share a time when some kind of art changed the way you thought about some situation or perspective.

Question 13:

Guernica by Pablo Picasso

Choices in Visual Art by James Romaine

What surprised you about this story behind the painting

Question 14:

The 12-bar blues progression is one of the standard elements that makes music sound “blues-like.” Based on the country mashup video, what are three specific standards that tie country songs together?

Https://youtu.be/FY8Swlvxj8o.

Question 15:

Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin

Why do you think Baldwin chose to tell this story out of order? What impact does that choice have on the experience of the reader?

Question 16:

Where else in this story did you see symbolic use of light or dark?

Question 17:

Baldwin chooses to end not on the most recent event, but on that night in the club. Why do you think he made this choice?

Question 18:

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Golderg

What is Goldberg’s advice about questions?

Question 19:

Write about an especially impactful presentation and what made it have such an impact on you.