s12 _ nature, knowledge, technology

Nature, Knowledge, and Technology;Entertainment and Visual CultureSession 12

Exploring Art: A Global Thematic ApproachChapters 14 and 15

Colosseum

Theater at Epidaurus

“Houses” for the Arts

“Houses” for the Arts

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Opera House

Claude Monet

Brushstrokes became more important than imagery.

The Impressionists’ emphasis on observation paralleled the ideas of scientists and philosophers of the day, who argued that reality was only what could be sensed, measured and analyzed.Do you agree with this definition of

reality?

Nature and Photography Famous black

and white photographer, Ansel Adams

(Nature untouched by humans)

Terje Sorgje, a famous (present day) time lapse photographer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk6_hdRtJOE

José Clemente Orozco

José Clemente Orozco. Gods of the Modern World, 1932-1934. Fresco.One panel in a cycle of murals entitled An Epic of American Civilization. Baker Memorial Library, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA.

The Critique of Learning

The artist Orozco presents the argument against the pursuit of sterile knowledge.

sterile: adj. unable to produce children/totally clean/free from bacteria or any other living microorganism.

The Critique of Learning

This painting is a warning against the academic (teacher/student of higher education) who is completely occupied with sterile research or learning that has no value outside of academia.

academia: n. the environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship.

How’s Ms. Beka doing? Is her course about things that have no value outside of

school?

The Critique of Learning

Orozco believed that sterile education passes for knowledge, but it actually keeps the young busy without giving them any real wisdom or understanding.

WHAT IS REAL WISDOM

OR UNDERSTANDING?!

The Critique of Learning

The rhythm of the lines is strong, from the verticals of the academic robes, to the black and white of the skeleton’s ribs, to the book spines below.

José Clemente Orozco. An Epic American Civilization, 1932-1934. Fresco.A 20-panel cycle in Baker Memorial Library, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA.

José’s thoughts… “The American continental races are now becoming aware of their

own personality, as it emerges from two cultural currents—the indigenous and the European. The great American myth of Quetzalcoatl is a living one embracing both elements and pointing clearly, by its prophetic nature, to the responsibility shared equally by the two Americas of creating here an authentic New World civilization. I feel that this subject has a special significance for an institution such as Dartmouth College which has its origin in a continental rather than in a local outlook—the foundation of Dartmouth, I understand, predating the foundation of the United States.”

As Orozco surely had been told, Dartmouth College was chartered for the purpose of “the education and instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land . . . and also of English Youth and any others.”

West Wing

East Wing

Reading Room: West and East Wings

1. Migration

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

Is there a “Rat Race” in Vietnam?

2. Snakes and Spears

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

3. Ancient Human Sacrifice

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

“Man was afraid and alone.”So man

created idols of gods…

and sacrificed to those idols

to keep them from

getting angry.

Do you think

man is still

afraid and

alone?Afraid of

what?

Do relationships satisfy?

4. Aztec Warriors

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

5. Coming of Quetzalcoatl

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

5. Coming of Quetzalcoatl

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

From what “bad manners” or “uncivilized behavior” have your teachers rescued

you?Describe a moment in your education when you felt like you “woke up”.

6. The Pre-Columbian Golden Age

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

7. Departure of Quetzalcoatl

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

7. Departure of Quetzalcoatl

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

8. The Prophecy

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

8. The Prophecy

The West Wing: The Coming and Departure of Quetzalcoatl

9. Totem Poles

The West and East Wings

10. Cortez and the Cross

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

10. Cortez and the Cross

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

12. The Machine

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

13. Anglo-America

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

The Teacher

13. Anglo-America

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

o If there was one word you would use to describe “education,” what word would you choose?

o Think back through all of your past and current teachers and professors. Who has made the biggest impact on your life?o Talk about a teacher that made a negative impact. …Why?o Talk about a teacher that made a positive impact. …Why?

The Teacher

What is your main goal in life?Why are you going to school?

…Why?...

14. Hispano-America

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

14. Hispano-America

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

Will those who pursue wealth ever be satisfied? Why do so many people pursue

money?

15. Gods of the Modern World

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

How would you compare YOUR educational experience with the painting below?

16. Symbols of Nationalism

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

17. Modern Human Sacrifice

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

(Catharsis, Mexico,1934.)

A separate painting by Orozco. He totally opposed modernization that continued the cycle of war.

18. Modern Migration of the Spirit

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

Based on the title and painting,to where do you think the spirit is

migrating?

18. Modern Migration of the Spirit

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

18. Modern Migration of the Spirit

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

19. Chains of the Spirit

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

19. Chains of the Spirit

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

20. Modern Industrial Man (3 part)

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

20a. Modern Industrial Man I

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

20b. Modern Industrial Man II

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

20c. Modern Industrial Man III

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

20. Modern Industrial Man (3 part)

The East Wing: Cortez and the Modern Era

Compare and contrastthe modern industrial men.

The Mirrors

The Mirrors: Coming of Quetzalcoatl, Cortez and the Cross

Compare and contrast the leaders who came.

The Mirrors: Ancient Human Sacrifice, Modern Human Sacrifice

Which one is worse/more ridiculous? Why?

The Mirrors: Migration,Modern Migration of the Spirit

Compare and contrastthe two leaders of migrations.

What has been your biggest takeaway from the lecture

today?