ESSAY

SYSTEMS OF KNOWLEDGE – 1ST TRIMESTRE 2005

1ST YEAR STUDENTS (2005-2007)

MODULE 2 AESTHETICS

GROUPS:  1.2  , 1.4,  1.5,  1.6,  1.8,  1.10, 1.13.

 

WRITE AN ESSAY (500 WORDS) ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

 

  1. The evolution of the Value of Aesthetics throughout the ages.
  2. Aesthetic achievements of Minoan Culture.
  3. A human form, so life-like and dynamic: aesthetic achievements of Ancient Greece.
  4. Write a detailed description of the Acropolis paying particular attention to parallels between architectural features and Democratic Value.
  5. Ascribe Aristotle’s organisation of the Arts.
  6. Give a detailed account of three Greek Mythological characters of your choice indicating their iconography in Greek Art.
  7. The influence of Homer’s Odyssey on Greek works of Art.
  8. Etruscan Art.
  9. Art treasures in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Hellenistic art that stood still in 79 AD.
  10. Art of Imperial Rome.
  11. Byzantine Art and the beginnings of Christianity.
  12. From the Romanesque to the Gothic: art and architecture of the middle ages.

 

i.    FEEL FREE TO INCLUDE PICTURES AND DRAWINGS TO SUPPORT YOUR ARGUMENTS.

ii.   ALSO PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT YOU WILL BE PENALISED IF YOU HAND IN YOUR WORK WITHOUT A BIBLIOGRAPHY.

iii   YOU CAN WRITE IN MALTESE OR ENGLISH.

 

 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ESSAYS

IS FRIDAY 9THDECEMBER 2005.

 

 

 

Stephen Florian

SOK-Aesthetics Teacher.