2.1
First, go read the introductory website for the Islamic Art Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments/islamic-art. Imagine that you have been hired to lead a tour of these Galleries. Your goal is to teach the tour group about the range of artistic forms and media employed in the art of the Islamic World. Choose five objects from the galleries to include in your tour. To see the objects in the galleries, you can browse all of the Islamic art objects here: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search?deptids=14&ft=*, or you can look at the objects the museum considers the “highlights” of its Islamic art collection here: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/highlights-of-the-collection?pg=1&deptids=14.
Next, please click “create blog entry,” enter a descriptive title for your new blog post, and then type a post of at least 150 words. Your post must:
To comment on a classmate’s blog entry, click “comment” underneath that entry. When writing comments for this assignment, click on the links to look at the objects they have chosen. You might want to suggest alternate objects from the galleries that would better fulfill their goals or interest the group they describe.
This is a graded assignment. See the associated rubric for grading details (click “View Rubric” in the Blog Grade section to display the rubric).
2.2
First, visit the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 110th St. (take the 1 train to 110th St. and walk east one block to Amsterdam). The Cathedral is open 7:30-6pm daily; for more information, go to http://www.stjohndivine.org/visit. There are donation boxes and signs encouraging visitors to make donations at the doors, but you do not have to pay to enter. The Cathedral is a medieval-style building; for more information about its architecture, go here: http://www.nyc-architecture.com/HAR/HAR002.htm.
When you visit the Cathedral:
Next, please click “create blog entry,” enter a descriptive title for your new blog post, and then type a post of at least 100 words. Your post must:
To attach an image to your blog entry, first make sure that the image is saved to your computer. Then, when writing the blog, click the “Browse My Computer ”under “ 2. Blog Entry Files” and follow the instructions. To save an image of your floor plan, you can take a photograph of it and upload it to your computer, or you can create a floor plan on your computer by using a drawing program.
To comment on a classmate’s blog entry, click “comment” underneath that entry.
This is a graded assignment. See the associated rubric for grading details (click “View Rubric” in the Blog Grade section to display the rubric).