1250 Words Essay 10 Hrs

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Browse the 1897 Sears catalog. Choose three different objects that relate to movements, themes, or trends we have discussed in the course (in lectures or the textbook) from weeks one through five. Use the suggested resources listed on the syllabus and other books to conduct research into the relevant movements, styles, or trends. Make informed connections between the object in Sears catalogue and your research. For each object, explain how it is representative of the time period. In other words, what does the object (its materials, construction, appearance, or textual description in Sears) tell us about the state of the U.S. in the late nineteenth century? Choose a range of objects and be sure to explain your analysis. 

Guidelines:

At the top of your paper, include your name, the name of the class, the instructors name, and the date of submission.

On the next line, include a creative title centered on the page.

Include brief introductory and closing paragraphs. 

Format your paper with one-inch margins on all sides, 12-point Times New Roman type, double spacing with no extra lines between paragraphs, and numbered pages.

Your paper should be 4-5 pages of text. 

Include images of the Sears objects you discuss and any other relevant images at the end of the paper. Supplemental images must be from museum databases or books. Include figure captions with a figure number, makers name, title, date, medium, source (book or museum name), page number or URL.

Use MLA in-text citations and a works cited page at the end of your paper. Cite heavily.*

You must cite at least two book sources, one of which may be your textbook.

Online sources are not required, but if you use any, they must be museum websites or educational websites (.edu). 

Your paper will be graded for grammar and structure.

Principles of Marketing

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Chapter 6 – A.  Recall an occasion when you experienced cognitive dissonance about a purchase. Describe the event, and explain what you did about it.

Chapter 8 – B. Choose a product category (e.g., blue jeans) and identify at least three different brands and their respective positioning strategies. How is each position communicated to the target audience? 

Topic One Assignment: Fundamental Questions about Politics

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Introducing Assignment One
The objectives of this assignment are to identify and compare the American political ideologies and to evaluate the question of who should rule.

Questions:

1. In the Topic 1 PowerPoint, you will notice several slides that have to do with ideological controversies involving the role of government in society.  For example, what should be the future of health care in America?  Was it a good idea to legalize marijuana in California?    Choose an issue that allows you to present a debate about a topic.  Write a dialogue (a conversation) in script form.  Make your different characters have different ideologies such as a conversation among a liberal, a conservative, a socialist, and a libertarian.  (Have a minimum of two ideologies)  Be creative!  If you want to act out and send it to me a Youtube link, feel free (really good ones will get extra credit and I’ll post them)  (fifty points, about two to three pages or 500-800 words)

2. A second fundamental debate about politics is the question of who should rule.  Watch a thought-provoking comparison from TED talks of the Chinese vs. American models of politics by Eric Li. (Links to an external site.)  First, clearly define the elitist vs. democratic models. Second, discuss who you believe should rule. Discuss your reactions to the Ted Talk.  Third, use examples from American or Californian politics to support your perspective.  For example, should the president be elected by popular vote or do you want to keep the electoral college?    Should scientists dictate policy regarding addressing the challenge of global warming or should the people have a say?  Feel free to discuss any issue that helps you address this question about who should rule  (three hundred words approximately) (fifty points). (A note about format: essays should be in a standard format, such as MLA with a works-cited page.  If a question is rather short, or “creative” like a dialogue, don’t worry about MLA.)

Comparing and Contrasting

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Compare and Contrast Raphael’s High Renaissance fresco Galatea [9’8″ x 7’5″] with Botticelli’s Early Renaissance painting Birth of Venus [5’8″ x 9’1″]. Be sure and discuss the formal differences such as the artists’ use of light, line, color and composition.

Compare and Contrast questions are intended to stimulate you to explore the similarities and differences between the period styles of the two works of art compared, and /or the individual styles of the two artists who created them. You may also explore not only the stylistic differences between the two works but discuss the effect that these stylistic differences had on the subject matter, theme or symbolism of the works. Comparing involves looking for similarities while contrasting is about differences.

In any compare and contrast analysis you ought to begin with the basics such as identifying the work of art (artist, title, period/style) and giving a description of the work and its special features.

The following is a list of issues to consider in your analysis:
culture/artist (who produced it?)
period/style (when and where was it produced?)
function (what was its purpose?)
physical context (how was it used?)
how does it relate to its environment? where was it located?)
medium/material (what is it made of?)
scale (what size is it?)
subject matter (who or what is the subject? Doesn’t apply to architecture)
sacred or secular (is it religious or non-religious in function and/or subject?)
artistic conventions (what reoccurring techniques, devices or motifs are used?)
abstraction/realism (how are the figures and forms rendered?)
cultural context (what was going on historically, socially, politically, religiously during the period in which it was produced?)
symbolism/theme (why was it produced? What symbolic meaning or message does it convey to the viewer?)