Thursday, April 18, 2013

Blog Post #7: Baroque Impact on Japan

Blog Post #7: Baroque Impact on Japan

DUE: 05/01 [extended to LAST DAY OF CLASS, 5/15]

For this seventh blog homework, you will explain the Baroque influences on Japanese Teen Fashion. Please answer the following essay questions:

What is Baroque Art? How did Japanese teenagers learn about the Baroque style? How accurate are their representations of Baroque cultures?

PLEASE ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS BY USING WHAT YOU LEARNED AT LAGCC EVENT IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE 4/24 PANEL EVENT.

250 words (minimum).

Your finished writing needs to be at least 250 words. It should have an introduction, three body paragraphs and a conclusion. Post the writing on your Blogger page under the title, “Baroque Impact on Japan” and label the post "Baroque Art," "Japanese teen fashion," and "Comics."

This topic is about Baroque Art, Chapter 19 (pg 333-366), and a few topics related to international cultures are covered in Chapter 31: Continuity, Innovation, and Globalization (pg 550-581) in the textbook.

Please properly cite your sources if you borrow ideas from the textbook or the video.
Bronx CC information on How To Avoid Plagiarism: < http://bcc-libweb.bcc.cuny.edu/docs/howtoavoidplagiarism.pdf >.
My course follows MLA citation: < http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/07/ >. If you are not sure about the MLA, click on the "MLA Help" tub.

At the end of your post, cite two photographs that you took at the event. Alternatively, you can cite an image from a database in the following format. The label information is generally available in the database in the following format:

Artist’s Full Name
“Title of Work” written in quotations*
Medium
Year Completed

*When referencing the work in the body of your writing, also be sure to write the titles in quotations.