Argumentative Essay
Argumentative Essay
In this essay you will have to demonstrate knowledge of the artist, the times, the weather and climate, and the particular cloud forms or optical or meteorological phenomena (e. g., rainbows, precipitation, floods, wind, tornadoes, glaciers, sand dunes, vegetation, land forms, etc.). Your primary reading reference should be my text. Everything (writing with references and figures) should be put into a single Powerpoint Presentation.
Deadline for choosing a topic: Tuesday, 01 Nov. Date of approval: Thursday 03 Nov
Professor Gedzelman must approve your topic.
The topics below are suggestive and many can be done by focusing on a single climate zone, nation, time period or artist. If, for example you choose
Topic #1, a particular theme could be,
“In many paintings, the clouds (or phenomena) are painted in such a general way that it is not possible to tell if they were painted directly from observation, but in some paintings, the cloud forms (or phenomena) are so unusual that they could only have been painted from direct observation and could not have been created by imagination alone.
Topic #4, a particular theme could be,
In optimistic times such as the 15th century Renaissance, artists almost exclusively painted scenes with high atmospheric visibility and tranquil weather. In pessimistic or troubled times visibility in paintings was generally poor, with much fog, mist, or haze.
Topics
1. Can you tell if an artist has painted the sky from Nature?
2. Should landscape artists be constrained by Nature?
3. Has religion had a positive (negative) influence on sky painting?
4. Are the themes of sky painting (haze, storm, clear) affected by the times the artist lives in?
5. Are the themes of sky painting (haze, storm, clear) affected by the climate the artist lives in?
6. Do the times (e. g. via career opportunities) affect the type of person who becomes an artist?
7. Does scientific knowledge of the atmosphere
In this essay you will have to demonstrate knowledge of the artist, the times, the weather and climate, and the particular cloud forms or optical or meteorological phenomena (e. g., rainbows, precipitation, floods, wind, tornadoes, glaciers, sand dunes, vegetation, land forms, etc.). Your primary reading reference should be my text. Everything (writing with references and figures) should be put into a single Powerpoint Presentation.
Deadline for choosing a topic: Tuesday, 01 Nov. Date of approval: Thursday 03 Nov
Professor Gedzelman must approve your topic.
The topics below are suggestive and many can be done by focusing on a single climate zone, nation, time period or artist. If, for example you choose
Topic #1, a particular theme could be,
“In many paintings, the clouds (or phenomena) are painted in such a general way that it is not possible to tell if they were painted directly from observation, but in some paintings, the cloud forms (or phenomena) are so unusual that they could only have been painted from direct observation and could not have been created by imagination alone.
Topic #4, a particular theme could be,
In optimistic times such as the 15th century Renaissance, artists almost exclusively painted scenes with high atmospheric visibility and tranquil weather. In pessimistic or troubled times visibility in paintings was generally poor, with much fog, mist, or haze.
Topics
1. Can you tell if an artist has painted the sky from Nature?
2. Should landscape artists be constrained by Nature?
3. Has religion had a positive (negative) influence on sky painting?
4. Are the themes of sky painting (haze, storm, clear) affected by the times the artist lives in?
5. Are the themes of sky painting (haze, storm, clear) affected by the climate the artist lives in?
6. Do the times (e. g. via career opportunities) affect the type of person who becomes an artist?
7. Does scientific knowledge of the atmosphere