Final Exam

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Warren Hedges' Lecture Notes on Haraway's Manifesto for Cyborg

Diggeth it here at Warren's Immanent Domain!

Art In The Swingin' Lil' Age O' Mechanical Reproduction, Girlfriend

Here's a link to Walter Benjamin's influential essay, Art In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction. It'll make your epoch.

Timeline to the Soul

Here is the timeline for you to memorize in good ol' pre-multiple intelligences, early 20th Century educational fashion.

You don't have any additional reading to do for this class (yes, thank you, thank you). Spend the weekend catching up with the previous reading and/or going over your notes. Cheers.

Bernays-style manipulation

In today's NYTimes-- an article of drug companies ghost writing scientific studies. Yow.

Century Of The Self

Adam Curtis' Century of the Self can be seen online at this link.

Reading for Week 3

Hobsbawm Chap 6, 10, 11 The Arts 1914-45, The Social Revolution 1945-1990, Cultural Revolution
Hughes 5 Threshold of Liberty & 7 Culture as Nature.

Browse back through the blog for lecture notes from spring quarter until I get the new ones rolling.

Howdy, Summer People

Jeff Koons (American, b. 1955). Michael Jackson and Bubbles, 1988. Ceramic. 42 x 70 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.

Okay, here we are. It's July. Let's have some fun.

What you already lost your syllabus? Not to worry, for here it is. Behold, the power of the internet!

Here's a link to a nice blog on contemporary art by Illustrator Kim DeMarco. It gives a quick sense of the crazy breadth of the contemporary art world.

Notes on The 20th Century "Golden Age"

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Final Question and Images

1. Memorize artist, date, title of the 3 images below.
2. Use the images to structure a discussion of the development of art, culture, and technology in the 20th century.
3. Use the readings, documentary, and discussion to support your observations.

Final Countdown

The final exam is Wednesday, June 10 at 3:30 p.m. in our regular room. It will be two parts--

1. Timeline -- Part 2. Click to see printable version.

2. An essay asking you to use 3-4 images to relate the theme of "the self" to art, culture, and technology in the 20th/21st century. We'll discuss the images next week.

I'll post my lecture notes and some images this weekend/next week.
Do the reading. Review the reading. There's lots of good stuff in there to help you sound brilliant.

Special Guest Star-- Warren Hedges!

Here's a link to Warren's Website- Immanent Domain-good stuffs.

New Capa photos!

NYTimes article on Times

Reading Schedule For Remainder of Term

Midterms will be back on MONDAY, May 11.

Hughes Chapter 7 & Hobsbawm 257-286 by Wednesday, May 13

Hobsbawm 287-343 Hughes Chaps 5 & 6 (212-227, 237-255, 265- 268, 269-285) by Wednesday, May 20

Hobs 500-521, Hughes Chapter 8 by Wednesday, May 27

Hobs 558-585 by Wednesday, June 3

Simple Text Timeline

Here's a printable version o' the timeline.
Use your right-click ability to download the file!

Midterm Review

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Hobsbawm Economic Abyss & Fall of Liberalism Notes

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Picasso Lecture Notes

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Perspective Lecture Notes

The joy. Click on the image to advance the slides.

Lecture Notes for Uses of Pre Modernist Painting

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Industrial Materials Lecture Notes

Lecture notes for Industrial Revolution buildings. Click on the slides to advance.

WWI Lecture Notes

Here are the new and improved (non-cropped, bigger) lecture notes for WWI.

Reading Assignments for weeks 4 & 5

Reading assignments up to ye olde midterm.

By Wednesday, April 22
Hobsbawm 86-141
Hughes Chapter 2

By Wednesday, April 29
Hughes Chapter 3
Hobsbawm 178-198

Midterm Review is Wednesday, April 29
Midterm Test is Monday, May 4

UPDATED! Miles' Lecture Notes on Hobsbawm Intro

Here's a prototype of the lecture notes. I'll work on the formatting so the movie isn't so wonky looking. UPDATE: IT LIVES! Click on the slides to advance them. Enjoy.

Ashland Film Festival Starts Thursday!

Ashland Independent Film Festival student tickets are only $6 per screening--so GO. A unique opportunity to see things you likely won't see anywhere else. April 2-6. Anyone even vaguely interested in film/video should go and check this out.

Syllabus

Here's a link to the syllabus .doc file.
The horror. The horror.

Exam Times

Midterm Review:
Wednesday, April 29 at 2:00


Midterm Exam:
Monday, May 4 at 2:00.

Our Final Exam:
Wednesday, June 10 at 3:30 p.m.