Monday, January 30, 2017




 Mickey Day visits BYU

Curriculum currere A course to be run?

 Choosing the Enduring Ideas:  For example,  identity, death, change, ritual.

From an art work in the MOA
Jesus at the fountain of Bethesda: the unnoticed, the forgotten; compassion, suffering, healing; belief and doubt
Right to the Jaw (Mohonri Young) Conflict, Machismo: what does it mean to be manly? Survival, Fighting and Competition, Sports and Contests, Energy, Using the human figure to portray an idea
Spring Landscape by John Twachtman  Humans and Nature; Beauty and Nature; Seasons: the Sublime
Fallen Monarch by William Bliss Baker: Coming of Age,
 Pocohantas and John Smith: Compassion and the Natural Man; Power and Privilege, Stereotypes, Culture and Color
Blanket Tower: Stories, Community, Memory, Collecting Comfort
China Golden Arches (Li Lihong) Commerce, Materialism, Globalism meets Ancient Culture

Consider:
a. how important is the idea for students? 
b. How is it connected to art or visual culture?
c.  What is its significance for contemporary culture? 

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