Open with description.
Not description of you or your reaction or your feelings or understandings! Description of the speaker.
- Quote (direct or indirect) the speaker.
- Describe audience reaction.
- Explain lessons or tales the speaker offered.
Third person only! Third person adds an academic, scholarly tone. It gives you the rhetorical distance (rhetorical means a mode of language or speech) that an intelligent discourse requires.
You are on your way to college where third person will be expected at nearly all times.
Brief. No more than half a page.
Top it with a clever title!
10 pts
Friday, October 5, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Pantheon: marble, granite and bronze
Temple of Seven Gods: the original Pantheon
1. Granite columns of the __ style.
2. It has the world's largest, unreinforced __ dome.
3. Columns were quarried in the nation of __ .
4. The __ __ sculpture originally installed in the pediment was lost ages ago.
5. The drum of the building surrounds a room called the __ .
6. The oculus on the roof is matched by a __ in the marble floor.
7. The height and diameter of the interior are __ in proportion.
8. The horizontal space above the capitals and below the pediment is called the __ ; it contains the name Marcus Agrippa.
9. It was rebuilt and dedicated to Agrippa by the Emperor __ .
10. Agrippa's military success, acc to Wikipedia, was connected with the death of one of the most famous rulers of Egypt: __ .
11. Sunken panels called __ decorate and strengthen the dome.
12. The Greek letter of the Golden ratio, 1.61, is widely used in math, art and architecture: __ .
13. The Greek letter which refers to the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter: __ .
14. The language of the ancient Lebanese, or __, was the father to the Greek language.
15. In the European world the Greek alphabet was succeeded by the __ alphabet.
16. In 3 sentences describe the impressive features of the Pantheon as well as the influence of the temple's design.
1. Granite columns of the __ style.
2. It has the world's largest, unreinforced __ dome.
3. Columns were quarried in the nation of __ .
4. The __ __ sculpture originally installed in the pediment was lost ages ago.
5. The drum of the building surrounds a room called the __ .
6. The oculus on the roof is matched by a __ in the marble floor.
7. The height and diameter of the interior are __ in proportion.
8. The horizontal space above the capitals and below the pediment is called the __ ; it contains the name Marcus Agrippa.
9. It was rebuilt and dedicated to Agrippa by the Emperor __ .
10. Agrippa's military success, acc to Wikipedia, was connected with the death of one of the most famous rulers of Egypt: __ .
11. Sunken panels called __ decorate and strengthen the dome.
12. The Greek letter of the Golden ratio, 1.61, is widely used in math, art and architecture: __ .
13. The Greek letter which refers to the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter: __ .
14. The language of the ancient Lebanese, or __, was the father to the Greek language.
15. In the European world the Greek alphabet was succeeded by the __ alphabet.
16. In 3 sentences describe the impressive features of the Pantheon as well as the influence of the temple's design.
Filmmaker and illustrator David Macaulay: over 2 million books sold
Born in Lancashire, UK, David Macaulay moved to Bloomfield, New Jersey at the age of eleven, says Wikipedia.
At the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) he received a bachelor's degree in architecture. He spent his fifth year at RISD in the European Honors Program, studying in Rome, Herculaneum and Pompeii.
Macaulay's books have sold more than two million copies in the United States, been translated into a dozen languages, and been widely praised.
Time magazine said of his work, "What [Macaulay] draws, he draws better than any other pen-and-ink illustrator in the world". His numerous awards include the MacArthur Fellows Program award and the Caldecott Medal.
At the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) he received a bachelor's degree in architecture. He spent his fifth year at RISD in the European Honors Program, studying in Rome, Herculaneum and Pompeii.
Macaulay's books have sold more than two million copies in the United States, been translated into a dozen languages, and been widely praised.
Time magazine said of his work, "What [Macaulay] draws, he draws better than any other pen-and-ink illustrator in the world". His numerous awards include the MacArthur Fellows Program award and the Caldecott Medal.
Torcs: Celts and the Romans in David Macaulays "Roman City"
Notes from Macaulay's Roman City
Pompeii / Herculaneum 79 AD
- ash & volcanic mud inundate the coastal resort cities.
- highest standard of living in western world
* Roman city design has distinct impact on western world to this day.
* Pax Romana: "Peace of the Romans," 150-year period of stability and relative peace in Mediterranean world.
* Romulus & Remus and the mother wolf legend in founding of Roma.
* Collapse of empire about 400 AD.
* City of Roma at peak: 1 million inhabitants; noisy, congested, expensive.
* Forum at heart of city: politics, temples, marketplace.
- Julius Caesar defeats Gauls (Celts) after generations of struggle in Gaul.
- Augustus Caesar builds cities in Gaul (France) to solidify the conquest.
- "The Romans have spanned the sacred river." Druids, the Celtic priest class, oppose the Latins.
* Aqueducts: movement of water via gravity. Water to reservoir. Thence to public fountains, bathhouses, homes of the wealthy.
* Thermae: bathhouses based on 3 pools:
- tepidarium (tepid)
- caldarium (hot)
- frigidarium (frigid)
- additionally: exercise, news, eating, laundry.
* Concrete developed by Romans.
- Stone and cement.
- Was a plastic building material.
* Roman villa
- atrium: central hall, open to sky.
- impluvium: pool in floor of atrium; water to house's reservoir.
- house oriented inward.
- peristyle: shaded area surrounds garden.
- slave labor.
* Ostia - city on Mediterranean close to Rome.
* Insulae: apartment buildings ("islands")
* Circus Maximus: chariot races in enormous stadium.
* epicurian skills: care for food.
* portents: symbols of future happenings seen in natural events.
* Greeks: source of ideas, sense of style, art, for Romans.
*Depraved entertainment in coliseum:
- crowds cheered deaths of prisoners, defeated enemies, minority groups.
- sense of order maintained.
- militaristic spirit satisfied.
- death at a symbolic level for the audience.
Pompeii / Herculaneum 79 AD
- ash & volcanic mud inundate the coastal resort cities.
- highest standard of living in western world
* Roman city design has distinct impact on western world to this day.
* Pax Romana: "Peace of the Romans," 150-year period of stability and relative peace in Mediterranean world.
* Romulus & Remus and the mother wolf legend in founding of Roma.
* Collapse of empire about 400 AD.
* City of Roma at peak: 1 million inhabitants; noisy, congested, expensive.
* Forum at heart of city: politics, temples, marketplace.
- Julius Caesar defeats Gauls (Celts) after generations of struggle in Gaul.
- Augustus Caesar builds cities in Gaul (France) to solidify the conquest.
- "The Romans have spanned the sacred river." Druids, the Celtic priest class, oppose the Latins.
* Aqueducts: movement of water via gravity. Water to reservoir. Thence to public fountains, bathhouses, homes of the wealthy.
* Thermae: bathhouses based on 3 pools:
- tepidarium (tepid)
- caldarium (hot)
- frigidarium (frigid)
- additionally: exercise, news, eating, laundry.
* Concrete developed by Romans.
- Stone and cement.
- Was a plastic building material.
* Roman villa
- atrium: central hall, open to sky.
- impluvium: pool in floor of atrium; water to house's reservoir.
- house oriented inward.
- peristyle: shaded area surrounds garden.
- slave labor.
* Ostia - city on Mediterranean close to Rome.
* Insulae: apartment buildings ("islands")
* Circus Maximus: chariot races in enormous stadium.
* epicurian skills: care for food.
* portents: symbols of future happenings seen in natural events.
* Greeks: source of ideas, sense of style, art, for Romans.
*Depraved entertainment in coliseum:
- crowds cheered deaths of prisoners, defeated enemies, minority groups.
- sense of order maintained.
- militaristic spirit satisfied.
- death at a symbolic level for the audience.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Espresso is the basis for a Cappucino or Latte
Espresso is a concentrated beverage brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans.
As a result of the pressurized brewing process, says Wikipdia, the flavours and chemicals in a typical cup of coffee are very concentrated.
Espresso is the base for other drinks, such as a latte, cappuccino, macchiato, mocha, or americano. Espresso has more caffeine per unit volume than most beverages, but the usual serving size is smaller.
Espresso machines were developed in Italy about 1900. In Italy, the rise of espresso consumption was associated with urbanization, espresso bars providing a place for socialization.
In the English-speaking world, espresso became popular, particularly in the form of cappuccino, due to the tradition of drinking coffee with milk and the exotic appeal of the foam; in the United States, this was more often in the form of lattes, particularly with flavored syrups added.
The latte is claimed to have been invented in the 1950s by Italian American Lino Meiorin of Caffe Mediterraneum in Berkeley, California, as a long cappuccino, and was then popularized in Seattle,[10] and then nationally and internationally by Seattle-based Starbucks in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Intelligentsia Coffee, Venice, California, is featured in an informative series: http://vimeo.com/8709313.
The typical serving cup? A demi-tasse; literally, a "half cup."
And a video on how a barista (Italian word) uses the steam infuser tube (wand) to froth and warm the milk for a cappucino or latte. How to froth Milk.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Paper Pantheon project: labeled exterior and interior
Terms to be added to the paper Pantheon model:
- portico
- Corinthian columns of granite
- pediment
- vestibule
- rotunda
- dome of concrete
- oculus
- height and diameter of dome are equal
- continuous use for 2000 years
- Campus Martius, outskirts of city of Roma.
- Baths of Agrippa nearby.
- Converted to Christian church in medieval period, saving the structure.
- Bas relief on pediment looted during Dark Ages.
- Granite for columns quarried in Egypt.
- Thickness of dome is 21 ft at base, graduating to 4 ft at oculus.
- Hidden chambers engineered within the rotunda form a sophisticated honeycomb structure.
- Drains at center route water underground.
- Coffers, sunken panels, decorate dome interior.
- Influential form in architecture: example at U of Va, designed by Jefferson.
- Marcus Agrippa (63 BC – 12 BC) was a Roman statesman and general.[2] Defence minister to Octavian, the future Emperor Caesar Augustus and father-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, maternal grandfather of the Emperor Caligula, and maternal great-grandfather of the Emperor Nero.
He was responsible for most of Octavian’s military victories, most notably winning the naval Battle of Actium against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
- portico
- Corinthian columns of granite
- pediment
- vestibule
- rotunda
- dome of concrete
- oculus
- height and diameter of dome are equal
- continuous use for 2000 years
- Campus Martius, outskirts of city of Roma.
- Baths of Agrippa nearby.
- Converted to Christian church in medieval period, saving the structure.
- Bas relief on pediment looted during Dark Ages.
- Granite for columns quarried in Egypt.
- Thickness of dome is 21 ft at base, graduating to 4 ft at oculus.
- Hidden chambers engineered within the rotunda form a sophisticated honeycomb structure.
- Drains at center route water underground.
- Coffers, sunken panels, decorate dome interior.
- Influential form in architecture: example at U of Va, designed by Jefferson.
- Marcus Agrippa (63 BC – 12 BC) was a Roman statesman and general.[2] Defence minister to Octavian, the future Emperor Caesar Augustus and father-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, maternal grandfather of the Emperor Caligula, and maternal great-grandfather of the Emperor Nero.
He was responsible for most of Octavian’s military victories, most notably winning the naval Battle of Actium against the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
Teotihuacan to Attica summary test
Teotihuacan is the city of stone pyramids which is outside of today's Mexico City.
Attica is the region around Athens.
1. Stone pyramids were created by indigenous peoples in the Baja peninsula as well as the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. T / F False: there are none in the Baja.
2. The best-known of all Mexican artists is not Frida Kahlo. It is the muralist Diego Rivera.
3. Indigenous peoples of Mexico: the Olmecs, Toltecs, Aztecs and the _Mayans .
4. Black pepper, along with the vanilla bean and cacao bean, are foods that originate in Mexico. T / F False: Black pepper is from Asia. Chili peppers are Central American.
5. Mexico has a _Caribbean_ coastline as well as one on the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.
6. Mexico's eastern mountain range: _Sierra Madre Oriental_ .
7. The most notable street in Lower Manhattan: _Wall_ .
8. Carnegie Hall and the Plaza Hotel are in _midtown_ Manhattan.
9. To the east of Columbia Univ is the borough called _the Bronx_ .
10. Impecunious Chinese, Jews and Italians historically settled in the _Lower East Side_ of Manhattan.
11. In his early career Basquiat was as much an aficionado of images, a designer, as a graffiti artist. False: he was a poet, not designer.
12. Part of Basquiat's success was due to his location: a) Manhattan b) Brooklyn c) Harlem d) SoHo. Born in B'lyn, he flourished in lower Manhattan, A).
13. If Basquiat had wanted to attend college, it would have been easiest for him to enroll at _NYU_. NYU is part of Lower Manhattan.
14. West of the Bronx is a famous Manhattan neighborhood called _Harlem_ .
15. Basquiat constantly used famous pieces of art as a basis for his paintings. That sort of taking of ideas is called _appropriation_ in the art world.
16. Basquiat loved a kind of jazz that was not popular in the 1980's: a) cool jazz b) bebop c) hip hop d) Dixieland. B) Dizzy Gillespie, etc; bebop.
17. Langston Hughes wrote a poem that seemed to apply very well to Basquiat. It is called " _Genius Child_ ."
18. As a child confined to a the hospital bed Basquiat's mother bought him a copy of a med school text: _Gray's Anatomy_ .
19. Basquiat spoke French, Spanish and _Creole_ , among several languages, because his father was from Haiti .
20. Opaque means not _translucent_ .
21. Incised sculpture is raised above the background to a moderate, not extreme, height. T / False: incised means "cut into."
22. Austria has a small town famous for a sculpture that has been given the Roman title of a __ . Roman title: a Venus.
23. Lockets or other small objects meant to insure safety: __ . amulets or talismans.
24. Akhenaten upset Egyptian art, architecture and religion. One of his many sons was known as _Tutankhamun_ .
25. An exquisite, realistic bust of Queen _Nefertiti_ is part of the legacy of the pharaoh known as Akhenaten.
26. Athens has a fortified district known as the _acropolis_ .
27. Cretans of the earliest era are referred to as _Minoans_.
28. Lesbos and Santorini are in the _Aegean_ Sea.
29. Mesopotamia, the "land between the rivers," is today's a) Iraq b) Saudi Arabia c) Lebanon d) Iran. A) Iraq. Since the US invasion of Iraq, US soldiers have fought and died on the banks of Mesopotamia.
30. Corinth, Olympia and Sparta have a location in common: the _Peloponnesus_ .
31. Homer's Iliad refers to the __ culture. a) Greek b) Turkish c) Minoan d) Mycenaean. c) Life on the isle of Crete.
32. A fresco is created via wet _plaster_ .
33. Minoans were the first Western peoples to build large structures called _palaces_ .
34. The Minoan preceded the Greek which preceded the Egyptian but followed the Phoenician. T / False: ridiculous.
35. Female equality of some degree was seen in the poetic endeavors of people on the isle of _Lesvos or Lesbos_ .
36. A letter O with a horizontal bar in the center: _theta_ .
37. A small table is the symbol for the Greek letter _Pi_ .
38. The symbol for Eta: _H_ .
39. A capital I integrated into a wine glass: _Psi_ .
40. Fraternity which requests membership of the elite: _Phi Beta Kappa, the national honorary society for high grades and ethics_ .
Attica is the region around Athens.
1. Stone pyramids were created by indigenous peoples in the Baja peninsula as well as the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. T / F False: there are none in the Baja.
2. The best-known of all Mexican artists is not Frida Kahlo. It is the muralist Diego Rivera.
3. Indigenous peoples of Mexico: the Olmecs, Toltecs, Aztecs and the _Mayans .
4. Black pepper, along with the vanilla bean and cacao bean, are foods that originate in Mexico. T / F False: Black pepper is from Asia. Chili peppers are Central American.
5. Mexico has a _Caribbean_ coastline as well as one on the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.
6. Mexico's eastern mountain range: _Sierra Madre Oriental_ .
7. The most notable street in Lower Manhattan: _Wall_ .
8. Carnegie Hall and the Plaza Hotel are in _midtown_ Manhattan.
9. To the east of Columbia Univ is the borough called _the Bronx_ .
10. Impecunious Chinese, Jews and Italians historically settled in the _Lower East Side_ of Manhattan.
11. In his early career Basquiat was as much an aficionado of images, a designer, as a graffiti artist. False: he was a poet, not designer.
12. Part of Basquiat's success was due to his location: a) Manhattan b) Brooklyn c) Harlem d) SoHo. Born in B'lyn, he flourished in lower Manhattan, A).
13. If Basquiat had wanted to attend college, it would have been easiest for him to enroll at _NYU_. NYU is part of Lower Manhattan.
14. West of the Bronx is a famous Manhattan neighborhood called _Harlem_ .
15. Basquiat constantly used famous pieces of art as a basis for his paintings. That sort of taking of ideas is called _appropriation_ in the art world.
16. Basquiat loved a kind of jazz that was not popular in the 1980's: a) cool jazz b) bebop c) hip hop d) Dixieland. B) Dizzy Gillespie, etc; bebop.
17. Langston Hughes wrote a poem that seemed to apply very well to Basquiat. It is called " _Genius Child_ ."
18. As a child confined to a the hospital bed Basquiat's mother bought him a copy of a med school text: _Gray's Anatomy_ .
19. Basquiat spoke French, Spanish and _Creole_ , among several languages, because his father was from Haiti .
20. Opaque means not _translucent_ .
21. Incised sculpture is raised above the background to a moderate, not extreme, height. T / False: incised means "cut into."
22. Austria has a small town famous for a sculpture that has been given the Roman title of a __ . Roman title: a Venus.
23. Lockets or other small objects meant to insure safety: __ . amulets or talismans.
24. Akhenaten upset Egyptian art, architecture and religion. One of his many sons was known as _Tutankhamun_ .
25. An exquisite, realistic bust of Queen _Nefertiti_ is part of the legacy of the pharaoh known as Akhenaten.
26. Athens has a fortified district known as the _acropolis_ .
27. Cretans of the earliest era are referred to as _Minoans_.
28. Lesbos and Santorini are in the _Aegean_ Sea.
29. Mesopotamia, the "land between the rivers," is today's a) Iraq b) Saudi Arabia c) Lebanon d) Iran. A) Iraq. Since the US invasion of Iraq, US soldiers have fought and died on the banks of Mesopotamia.
30. Corinth, Olympia and Sparta have a location in common: the _Peloponnesus_ .
31. Homer's Iliad refers to the __ culture. a) Greek b) Turkish c) Minoan d) Mycenaean. c) Life on the isle of Crete.
32. A fresco is created via wet _plaster_ .
33. Minoans were the first Western peoples to build large structures called _palaces_ .
34. The Minoan preceded the Greek which preceded the Egyptian but followed the Phoenician. T / False: ridiculous.
35. Female equality of some degree was seen in the poetic endeavors of people on the isle of _Lesvos or Lesbos_ .
36. A letter O with a horizontal bar in the center: _theta_ .
37. A small table is the symbol for the Greek letter _Pi_ .
38. The symbol for Eta: _H_ .
39. A capital I integrated into a wine glass: _Psi_ .
40. Fraternity which requests membership of the elite: _Phi Beta Kappa, the national honorary society for high grades and ethics_ .
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