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ProVisions Writing in the Disciplines October 11, 2011

Looking and Writing: Teaching Writing in the Discipline Teaching Writing in the Discipline

• f Art History

Robert R. Shane, Ph.D. Art Department

John C Bean Engaging Ideas: The John C. Bean, Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking and Active Learning in Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom (San Francisco: Jossey- Bass 2001) Bass, 2001).

Free-writing: Writing to learn learning to write Writing to learn, learning to write

• Looking

Looking

• Free-writing

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• Discussing

Woman from Willendorf Austria

• c. 22,000-21,000bc

Limestone 4 3/8” h 4 3/8” h

Looking at form: Jot down a few words describing the way the artist has rendered the artist has rendered the human figure. How is the treatment of How is the treatment of the human figure different from other sculptures you may y y have seen?

Thinking about cultural context: context: What might this sculpture meant to a sculpture meant to a Paleolithic viewer? What purposes might it have served?

Thinking about cultural context: This sculpture was

• riginally named “Venus of
• riginally named Venus of

Willendorf” when it was discovered in the early 20th century. More recently art historians and archaeologists have been referring to this work been referring to this work as “Woman from Willendorf.” Wh d thi k th t Why do you think that recent scholars had a problem with the old title?

Free-writing: Writing to learn learning to write Writing to learn, learning to write

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Looking

• Free-writing

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Assignment description for an argumentative script

Assignment description for an argumentative script for an argumentative script

• The Situation

The Situation

• The Task

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• Role and Audience
• Purpose of the Assignment
• Process Stages for the Assignment
• Criteria for Evaluation

Criteria for Evaluation