Contemporary Connections to Baroque Art

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Contemporary Connections to Baroque Art

Write a one to two paragraph article (a paragraph is minimum 150 words) that discusses the relevance of Baroque art to modern and contemporary art.

We’ve already drawn parallels between contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley and Renaissance sculpture. Wiley is also known to be inspired by the large and grand paintings of the Baroque period. See Kehinde Wiley’s New Baroque  (Links to an external site.)and this article from the National Portrait Gallery (Links to an external site.). Read on for more about other modern and contemporary artists whose work can be connected to the Baroque style:

Pablo Picasso, The Maids of Honor (Las Meninas, after Velzquez) (Les Mnines, vue densemble, daprs Velzquez), La Californie, August 17, 1957 (Links to an external site.)

High Contrast, High Drama: Finding the Baroque in Contemporary Art  (Links to an external site.)

Select one of the artists/artworks discussed in the articles above or research and identify a connection of your own to write about.

Effects of Incarceration on Post-Release Behavior

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REVIEW OF LITERATURE (MUST INCLUDE 10 REFERENCES) (3 PAGES)

This research uncovers how incarceration can affect post-release behavior. This research also identifies some of the potential barriers that ex-prisoners might face when reentering society from prison.

    Center this heading (Review of Literature) immediately following the introduction to the paper (and included subheadings); use the following instructions to write the literature review:

    The objective of a review of literature is to present a brief, but thorough, overview of previous work in the area of interest, or in a related area.  You need to demonstrate to your readers that your research is grounded in previous theoretical and/or empirical work.

    A literature review requires a plan and a clear idea of the topic.  When conducting a literature search, researchers use multiple strategies because each single way of conducting a search has weaknesses. 
    It is often necessary to consult with a reference librarian and use specialized publications called abstracts and indexes, such as SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS.  Computerized searches using electronic data bases are encouraged.  Go to the TSU Library webpage and access the alphabetized electronic data bases to begin conducting your search.  Use such sources as the American Periodical Series, Ebsco, and J-Stor, among others. You may ask your reference librarian for tips.  Once you have located relevant studies, take good notes and record and file details about the citation in a convenient location.

    Prepare a system in which you summarize information excerpted from articles, including in your notes the bibliographic citation; topic; research question(s) asked and/or hypothesis(es) tested; the research methods used; and the findings.  Information should be systematically organized.  You may want to try putting information together that represents common themes, noting agreements and/or disagreements, etc.  In the process of organizing notes, you may find that some references and notes do not fit and should be discarded as irrelevant.  Also, you may discover gaps and areas that are relevant but that you did not examine.  This will require an additional electronic search.

    The correct way to write a review of literature is to organize common findings or arguments together.  A well-accepted approach is to address the most important ideas first, to logically link statements or findings, and to note discrepancies among findings in the research. 

    Literature reviews let consumers of social science get at the information in research reports.  They show the reviewers familiarity with a body of knowledge; they show the path prior research has taken and how a current project is linked to it; they can integrate and summarize the current knowledge in a topic area; and they often stimulate new ideas and insights.

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Theoretical Framework (left margin) Ideas for a Theoretical Framework for your proposed research can be gleaned from the review of literature.  The selected theoretical framework for your study is included in this section of the paper under this subheading.

create a series of digital ads

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For this project, you are to create a series of digital ads. If you do not know a program to do the layout, you draw these out on paper and take a picture. You wont be judged on your graphic talents.

Create a series of ads for a fictional diet soda soft drink called Jazz. Jazz is being promoted to suburban moms as an alternative to their morning coffee.

Write up some copy that is short enough for the medium, pick an image or two, then layout what the ad would look like on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Include the actual dimensions of the ads, and if you would run them on a specific area of each (like in-feed, side areas) and make sure you are not using too much copy for each medium.

The Founding of the Transatlantic Partnership

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By necessity, the United States and European states forged a transatlantic partnership after World War II that required each to adopt new policies/practices in foreign relations, and to redefine their previous notions of national security. Agree or disagree?  (This thesis statement can adjusted, depending on your argument.  Your aim to prove or disprove this statement with the evidence presented in the readings of the last two weeks.)

Be specific in your answer, if you want to argue that the statement is true:  Explain why old policies had to be changed (was it by necessity?); Identify and analyze how and why a new approach was developed by both the US and European states, and for what purpose, (be specific in your explanation and analysis of the new institutions/ practices created and the reasons underlining post-war actions/policies.

On the other hand, if you want to argue that the postwar situation did not require new methods of foreign policy, explain how and why the specific policies and practices followed were continuations of earlier policies/ideas or that the changes made laid the groundwork for future conflict and a Cold War.