HUMN 303 Week 2 DQ1 Judaism, Christianity and Islam HUMN 303 Introduction to the Humanities Last week, you discussed two of the five major world religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. This week, you will examine the rise, spread, and development of the remaining three in particular: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Please review this week’s lesson, Chapter […]
HUMN 303 Week 4 DQ2 SPANISH COLONIZATION OF THE AMERICAS HUMN 303 Introduction to the Humanities We’ve spent a great deal of time discussing the events of Europe the last few weeks. Now it is time to turn our attention to other parts of the world and how the European invasion and colonization affected these […]
HUMN 303 Week 4 DQ1 THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION AND ART HUMN 303 Introduction to the Humanities This week, you’re reading Chapter 8: Renaissance and Reformation in the North, which is about the Protestant Reformation in Europe and the ripple effect this event had in art and religion. What were the events leading up to the […]
HUMN 303 Week 2 DQ2 Capellanus and Courtly Love HUMN 303 Introduction to the Humanities In Chapter 5 of your textbook as well as in this week’s lesson, you began reading about the medieval period (also referred to as the Middle Ages or the Dark Ages). To get started, briefly discuss the feudal system of […]
HUMN 303 Week 5 DQ1 ART AND THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION HUMN 303 Introduction to the Humanities In your textbook reading this week (Chapters 10 and 11), you’ll be reading about the Scientific Revolution, as well as looking at several styles of art. Please begin by discussing the Scientific Revolution. What was it? How did it […]
HUMN 303 Week 5 DQ2 ABSOLUTISM AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT HUMN 303 Introduction to the Humanities Religious and monarchical absolutism were the hallmarks of the periods you’re reading about this week. What is absolutism? How did the social theories of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau call absolutism into question? Remember to use concrete examples from the […]
HUMN 303 Week 3 DQ2 RENAISSANCE ART ANALYSIS – RENAISSANCE TEAM 2 HUMN 303 Introduction to the Humanities This week, your goal is to help one another create a narrated presentation discussing a Renaissance painting or sculpture. You’ll be divided into groups. In each group discussion, please begin by reading the section in the lesson […]
HUMN 303 Week 6 DQ2 COLONIALISM AND SLAVERY HUMN303 Introduction to the Humanities This week, you’ll be studying more about powerful nations, such as Britain and France, colonizing other parts of the world. You’ll also be reading some hard things about slavery as part of trade and colonization. Let’s begin with discussing William Blake’s engraving, […]
HUMN 303 Week 6 DQ1 NEOCLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM HUMN 303 Introduction to the Humanities Neoclassicism and romanticism are two movements in art that overlap in Europe. Please read about each in Chapter 12: The Age of Revolution and discuss the time frame, defining characteristics, and ideology of each. Please provide lots of visual examples so […]
HUMN 303 Week 8 Discussion LOOKING AHEAD HUMN 303 Introduction to the Humanities Whew! What a whirlwind this 8 weeks has been. To have made it this far, you’ve had to work very hard and been willing to think about new ideas and new cultures. What was the most meaningful thing to you that we […]
