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Wk7 Discussion: TV as Art

Wk7 Discussion: TV as Art

Wk7 Discussion: TV as Art

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapter 13, 14
  • Minimum of 1 primary or scholarly source (from actor/director or critic – either will count as your scholarly source requirement for discussions)

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Initial Post Instructions
Many people would say that the 1999 premier of The Sopranos was a turning point in the development of television as an art form. Choose a television or streaming show that you feel perpetuates the idea that television is indeed a form of art. For the initial post, address the following:

  • Include the name of the show and the director.
  • Explain why you think this program is art.
  • What impact does the example have on viewers’ lives?
  • What were some influences of this work?
  • Include a statement from an actor, director, or critic of the program that supports your points.

Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least one peer. Respond to one peer who chose an option different from yours. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.

Follow up post:

Dora

Hello Class and Professor,

I am going to be the stereotypical nursing student here by talking about Grey’s Anatomy. This television show has been airing for 17 seasons. Many shows struggle to maintain approval for further seasons and episodes while this is one that has done so without difficulty. This show proves itself as an art form as it emotionally moves its viewers: as Martin and Jacobus state, “The power of the image to excite a viewer, combined with music and sound, is more and more becoming an intense experience as the technology of the medium develops” (2019, pp. 331). The show emotionally draw’s many in as it expresses a multitude of issues such as health problems, addiction, death of loved ones, racial inequalities. Wk7 Discussion: TV as Art

This show has impacted viewers’ lives as it provides a relation to such issues and shows people they are not alone in their struggles. They advocate for change and improvement in healthcare and overall in public issues. One professor from the University of Illinois performed a study on the impact of Grey’s Anatomy and stated, “the more episodes viewers watched, the more likely they were to perceive the show as credible, and then the more likely they were to perceive the show as credible, the more likely they were to perceive real world doctors as their doctors to be courageous, which that led to patient satisfaction” (2020). The show recently had its focal point for season 17 set on COVID-19 and I myself found the episodes highly realistic. I saw personal protective equipment shortages, healthcare workers struggling with burnout, healthcare workers emotionally processing the constant deaths of their patients: all of these I had dealt with during the COVID outbreak and it moved me. This moved me to know that someone was shining a light on the difficulties we faced every day when we clocked in. Wk7 Discussion: TV as Art

Grey’s Anatomy has been influenced by many real life diseases and occurrences for episodes. The show has shown real diseases ranging anywhere from cancer to Kawasaki’s disease. Some may be rare and some are ever so common. The show has been a major influence for further medical shows to go on and have a fan base to continue seasons. The show has realistic outcomes and not every episode is a happy ending which furthers the connection viewer’s have with the show. When the creator and executive producer was asked about how the show relates to real world diversity, Shonda Rhimes states, “It’s who is telling the stories,” she says, “because the people telling the stories are the people deciding who you see onscreen, they’re the people who are deciding who are in the writers rooms, they’re the people deciding on the crew” (Shonda Rhimes on Raising the Next Generation of TV Producers, 2021).

Martin, F. D., & Jacobus, L. A. (2019). The humanities through the arts.  New York: McGraw-Hill Education.

Author, G. (2020, September 3). Grey’s Anatomy’s Real World Effect. Prospective Doctor. https://www.prospectivedoctor.com/greys-anatomys-real-world-effect/ (Links to an external site.)

Shonda Rhimes on Raising the Next Generation of TV Producers. (2021). TIME.Com. https://time.com/collection-post/4081997/shonda-rhimes-viola-davis-scandal-kerry-washington/

Writing Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
  • Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source)
  • APA format for in-text citations and list of references
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    HumanitiesthroughtheArts.pdf

    THE HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS

    T e n t h E d i t i o n

    Lee A. Jacobus Professor of English Emeritus

    University of Connecticut

    F. David Martin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus

    Bucknell University

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    THE HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS, TENTH EDITION

    Published by McGraw-Hill Education, 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10121. Copyright © 2019 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Previous editions © 2015, 2011, and 2008. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education, including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.

    Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States.

    This book is printed on acid-free paper.

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    Martin, F. David, 1920- author. | Jacobus, Lee A., author.  The humanities through the arts/F. David Martin, Professor of  Philosophy Emeritus, Bucknell University; Lee A. Jacobus, Professor of  English Emeritus, University of Connecticut.  Tenth edition. | New York : McGraw-Hill Education, 2018. | Includes index.  LCCN 2017051530 | ISBN 9781259916878 (alk. paper)  LCSH: Arts–Psychological aspects. | Art appreciation.  LCC NX165 .M37 2018 | DDC 701/.18–dc23 LC record available  at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017051530

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    iii

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

    Lee A. Jacobus (PhD, Claremont Graduate University) taught at Western Con- necticut State University and then at the University of Connecticut (Storrs) until he retired in 2001. He held a Danforth Teachers Grant while earning his doctor- ate. His publications include Shakespeare and the Dialectic of Certainty (St. Martin’s Press, 1992); Sudden Apprehension: Aspects of Knowledge in Paradise Lost (Mouton, 1976); John Cleveland: A Critical Study (G. K. Hall, 1975); Aesthetics and the Arts (McGraw-Hill, 1968); The Bedford Introduction to Drama (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2018); and A World of Ideas (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2017). Wk7 Discussion: TV as Art

    F. David Martin (PhD, University of Chicago) taught at the University of Chicago and then at Bucknell University until his retirement in 1983. He was a Fulbright Research Scholar in Florence and Rome from 1957 through 1959 and received seven other major research grants during his career, as well as the Christian Lind- back Award for Distinguished Teaching. Dr. Martin’s publications include Art and the Religious Experience (Associated University Presses, 1972); Sculpture and the En- livened Space (The University Press of Kentucky, 1981); and Facing Death: Theme and Variations (Associated University Presses, 2006). Professor Martin died in 2014. Wk7 Discussion: TV as Art

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    We dedicate this study to teachers and students of the humanities.

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    BRIEF CONTENTS

    PREFACE xi

    Part 1 FUNDAMENTALS

    1 The Humanities: An Introduction 1 2 What Is a Work of Art? 17

    3 Being a Critic of the Arts 42

    Part 2 THE ARTS

    4 Painting 58 5 Sculpture 91

    6 Architecture 121 7 Literature 163 8 Theater 196 9 Music 224

    10 Dance 254 11 Photography 276

    12 Cinema 299 13 Television and Video Art 330

    Part 3 INTERRELATIONSHIPS

    14 Is It Art or Something Like It? 352 15 The Interrelationships of the Arts 378

    16 The Interrelationships of the Humanities 397

    GLOSSARY G-1

    INDEX I-1

    Source: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979/The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    CONTENTS

    Subject Matter and Content 34

    EXPERIENCING: Interpretations of the Female Nude 40

    Further Thoughts on Artistic Form 41 Summary 41

    3 Being a Critic of the Arts 42 You Are Already an Art Critic 42 Participation and Criticism 43 Three Kinds of Criticism 43 Descriptive Criticism 44 Interpretive Criticism 48 Evaluative Criticism 52

    EXPERIENCING: The Polish Rider 55 Summary 56

    Part 2 THE ARTS

    4 Painting 58 Our Visual Powers 58 The Media of Painting 59 Tempera 59 Fresco 61 Oil 62 Watercolor 64 Acrylic 64 Other Media and Mixed Media 65

    Elements of Painting 68

    PREFACE xi

    Part 1 FUNDAMENTALS

    1  The Humanities: An Introduction 1

    The Humanities: A Study of Values 1 Art, Commerce, and Taste 4 Responses to Art 5

    EXPERIENCING: The Mona Lisa 9

    Structure and Artistic Form 10 Perception 11

    Abstract Ideas and Concrete Images 12 Summary 16

    2 What Is a Work of Art? 17 Identifying Art Conceptually 18 Identifying Art Perceptually 18 Artistic Form 19 Participation 23 Participation and Artistic Form 25 Content 26 Subject Matter 28 Subject Matter and Artistic Form 28 Participation, Artistic Form, and Content 29 Artistic Form: Examples 30

    Photo: Kira Perov. Courtesy Bill Viola Studio

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    CONTENTS  vii

    6 Architecture 121 Centered Space 121 Space and Architecture 122 Chartres 123 Living Space 125 Four Necessities of Architecture 126 Technical Requirements of Architecture 126 Functional Requirements of Architecture 127 Spatial Requirements of Architecture 131 Revelatory Requirements of Architecture 131

    Earth-Rooted Architecture 132 Site 132 Gravity 133 Raw Materials 134 Centrality 136

    Sky-Oriented Architecture 138 Axis Mundi 141 Defiance of Gravity 142 Integration of Light 143

    Earth-Resting Architecture 144 Earth-Dominating Architecture 145 Combinations of Types 146 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and The Taj Mahal 147

    EXPERIENCING: The Taj Mahal 149

    High-Rises and Skyscrapers 150

    FOCUS ON: The Alhambra 155

    Urban Planning 157 Summary 161

    7 Literature 163 Spoken Language and Literature 163 Literary Structures 167 The Narrative and the Narrator 167 The Episodic Narrative 169 The Organic Narrative 171 The Quest Narrative 176 The Lyric 177

    EXPERIENCING: “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” 182

    Line 68 Color 72 Texture 73 Composition 73

    The Clarity of Painting 75 The “All-at-Onceness” of Painting 77 Abstract Painting 78 Intensity and Restfulness in Abstract Painting 80 Representational Painting 81 Comparison of Five Impressionist Paintings 81

    FOCUS ON: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 86

    Frames 88 EXPERIENCING: Frames 89

    Summary 90

    5 Sculpture 91 Sensory Interconnections 92 Sculpture and Painting Compared 92 Sculpture and Space 94 Sunken-Relief Sculpture 94 Low-Relief Sculpture 95 High-Relief Sculpture 96 Sculpture in the Round 97 Sculpture and Architecture Compared 98 Sensory Space 99 Sculpture and the Human Body 99 Sculpture in the Round and the

    Human Body 101 EXPERIENCING: Sculpture and Physical Size 103

    Contemporary Sculpture 104 Truth to Materials 104 Protest against Technology 108 Accommodation with Technology 110 Machine Sculpture 112 Earth Sculpture 113

    FOCUS ON: African Sculpture 114

    Sculpture in Public Places 117 Summary 120

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    viii  CONTENTS

    Literary Details 183 Image 184 Metaphor 185 Symbol 187 Irony 189 Diction 190

    FOCUS ON: Po Chü’i, Poet of the T’ang Dynasty 191 Summary 194

    8 Theater 196 Aristotle and the Elements of Drama 197 Dialogue and Soliloquy 198

    Archetypal Patterns 200 Genres of Drama: Tragedy 201 The Tragic Stage 202 Stage Scenery and Costumes 202 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 206

    Comedy: Old and New 209 Tragicomedy: The Mixed Genre 211 A Play for Study: Riders to the Sea 211

    EXPERIENCING: Riders to the Sea 218

    FOCUS ON: Musical Theater: Hamilton 218

    Experimental Drama 221 Summary 222

    9 Music 224 Hearing and Listening 224 The Elements of Music 225 Tone 225 Consonance 226 Dissonance 226 Rhythm 227 Tempo 227 Melodic Material: Melody, Theme, and Motive 227 Counterpoint 228 Harmony 228 Dynamics 229 Contrast 229

    The Subject Matter of Music 229 Feelings 230

    EXPERIENCING: Chopin’s Prelude 7 in A Major 231

    Two Theories: Formalism and Expressionism 233 Sound 233 Tonal Center 234 Musical Structures 236 Theme and Variations 236 Rondo 236 Fugue 237 Sonata Form 237 Symphony 238

    FOCUS ON:  Beethoven’s Symphony in E♭ Major, No. 3, Eroica 243

    Blues and Jazz: Popular American Music 248 Rock and Roll and Rap 251 Summary 253

    10 Dance 254 Subject Matter of Dance 254

    EXPERIENCING: Feeling and Dance 256

    Form 257 Dance and Ritual 258 Ritual Dance 258 Social Dance 259 The Court Dance 259

    Ballet 260 Swan Lake 262

    Modern Dance 265 Alvin Ailey’s Revelations 267 Martha Graham 269 Batsheva Dance Company 270 Pilobolus and Momix Dance Companies 271 Mark Morris Dance Group 272

    FOCUS ON: Theater Dance 272

    Popular Dance 274 Summary 275

    11 Photography 276 Photography and Painting 276

    EXPERIENCING: Photography and Art 280

    Photography and Painting: The Pictorialists 281

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    CONTENTS  ix

    Straight Photography 283 The f/64 Group 284

    The Documentarists 286 The Modern Eye 292

    FOCUS ON: Digital Photography 296 Summary 298

    12 Cinema 299 The Subject Matter of Film 299 Directing and Editing 300 The Participative Experience and Film 303 The Film Image 305

    EXPERIENCING: Still Frames and Photography 305

    Camera Point of View 308 Violence and Film 310 Sound 312 Image and Action 313 Cinematic Structure 315 Cinematic Details 317 The Context of Film History 318 Two Great Films: The Godfather and

    Casablanca 319 The Narrative Structure of The Godfather Films 320 Coppola’s Images 321 Coppola’s Use of Sound 321 The Power of The Godfather 322

    FOCUS ON: Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca 323

    Experimentation 326 Animated Film 327 Summary 329

    13 Television and Video Art 330 The Evolution of Television 330 The Subject Matter of Television and

    Video Art 331 Commercial Television 332 The Television Series 333 The Structure of the Self-Contained Episode 334

    The Television Serial 335 Three Emmy Winners 339

    FOCUS ON: The Americans 342

    Video Art 344 EXPERIENCING: Jacopo Pontormo and Bill Viola: The

    Visitation 348 Summary 351

    Part 3 INTERRELATIONSHIPS

    14  Is It Art or Something Like It? 352

    Art and Artlike 352 Illustration 354 Realism 354 Folk Art 355 Popular Art 357 Propaganda 362

    EXPERIENCING: Propaganda Art 362

    FOCUS ON: Kitsch 363

    Decoration 365 Idea Art 370 Dada 370 Duchamp and His Legacy 371 Conceptual Art 372

    Performance Art 374 Virtual Art 376 Summary 377

    15  The Interrelationships of the Arts 378

    Appropriation 378 Interpretation 379 Film Interprets Literature: Howards End 380 Music Interprets Drama: The Marriage of Figaro 382 Painting Interprets Poetry: The Starry Night 385 Sculpture Interprets Poetry: Apollo and Daphne 387

    EXPERIENCING: Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne and Ovid’s The Metamorphoses 389

    Drama Interprets Painting 390

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    x  CONTENTS

    EXPERIENCING: The Humanities and Students of Medicine 399

    Values 400 FOCUS ON:  The Arts and History, the Arts and Philosophy,

    the Arts and Theology 402 Summary 406

    GLOSSARY G-1

    INDEX I-1

    FOCUS ON: Photography Interprets Fiction 391

    Architecture Interprets Dance: National Nederlanden Building 392 Painting Interprets Dance and Music: The Dance and Music 392

    EXPERIENCING: Death in Venice: Three Versions 395 Summary 396

    16  The Interrelationships of the Humanities 397

    The Humanities and the Sciences 397 The Arts and the Other Humanities 398

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    PREFACE

    Overview

    The Humanities through the Arts, tenth edition, explores the humanities with an em- phasis on the arts. Examining the relationship of the humanities to values, objects, and events important to people is central to this book. We make a distinction between artists and other humanists: Artists reveal values, while other humanists examine or reflect on values. We study how values are revealed in the arts while keeping in mind a basic question: “What is art?” Judging by the existence of ancient artifacts, we see that artistic expression is one of the most fundamental human activities. It binds us together as a people by revealing the most important values of our culture. Wk7 Discussion: TV as Art

    Our genre-based approach offers students the opportunity to understand the relationship of the arts to human values by examining, in-depth, each of the major artistic media. Subject matter, form, and content in each of the arts supply the framework for careful analysis. Painting and photography focus our eyes on the visual appearance of things. Sculpture reveals the textures, densities, and shapes of things. Architecture sharpens our perception of spatial relationships, both in- side and out. Literature, theater, cinema, and video explore values and make us more aware of the human condition. Our understanding of feelings is deepened by music. Our sensitivity to movement, especially of the human body, is enhanced by dance. The wide range of opportunities for criticism and analysis helps the reader synthesize the complexities of the arts and their interaction with values of many kinds. All of this is achieved with an exceptionally vivid and complete illustration program alongside detailed discussion and interactive responses to the problems inherent in a close study of the arts and values of our time. Wk7 Discussion: TV as Art