1. Select an image that represents the art of Ancient Rome, or after, as defined

1. Select an image that represents the art of Ancient Rome, or after, as defined in week 10-13 of this course. Select either from the modules or from your text book. Select an image that you can respond to and that is relevant to the topic. After that I want you to do two things. Firstly, I want you to write a PERSONAL reflection about the image you selected, that is an essay which addresses some PERSONAL CONTENT the work has for you. Images in this course are not interior decoration, they mean something. Respond to that meaning with some meaning of your own. I want to know what YOU think, not some guy who writes for wikipedia, not Robbie the robot. In the context of this discussion, I don’t care what they think.
Secondly, I’d like to see you unite this personal idea with some aspect that you learned in class.
To be clear, essays that do not address these parameters will fair very badly in the point totals.
DO NOT write a high school book report about the image or the artist that throws together some sterile facts cribbed off the net. That isn’t what this discussion is about. This essay that is about you, your experiences and how that resonates something you discovered in this course.
Traditional testing tells me which facts about the course content you have have acquired, but discussions tell me how you are applying that knowledge. Both are vital, and weigh equally in your grade assessment. In fact, no student may pass this course without the ability to put thoughts into writing .
Unlike many professors, I LOVE writing that is simple, direct, and terse.
3. Post the image you selected along with your personal reflection essay of 550 – 750 words, in the discussion window. The word limit will be observed.Icon
– Christ Pantocrator, 12th century
Icon – The Nativity, 16th century
Icon, Baptism of Christ, 12th century
Icon, Christ seated in Majesty, 13th century
Barbarian Jewelry Design, 8th century
A shipload of Viking raiders, ready to rock…. Taking advantage of social chaos in the West, the Vikings moved in.
The terror weapon of the 9th century….
Early Christian, Ornamental Page from the Book of Kells, 800
Adam and Eve (top), and heavenly Jerusalem (below), 10th century
Islamic” Mihrab” – c. 700 CE (a semi-circular niche in the wall of a mosque for prayer and contemplation).
Persisk Panel c. 1000
Detail of Mosaic tiles from Isfahan Mosque, Iran. c.1000