RUBRIC: VISA 1Q99 Seminar Discussion Forum #3
Due Thursday, May 25th, 11:55 pm
The discussion assignment has two components and is worth 5% of your grade:
1. Students will be assigned a topic in their seminar groups. Students are asked to consider the
topic and write, in your own words, a minimum 300 word entry. Your entry should offer your
own critical perspective, but may be conversational in tone. You may give your response to the
topic, but you must go beyond just stating your opinion to consider its larger significance.
Posts should demonstrate a command of course material. Students should be going beyond
giving their personal opinion in these posts. Try to avoid using phrases like “in my personal
opinion” and, instead, focus on writing about how the course material applies to the question or
example being discussed. Bring in specific and relevant course vocabulary and examples where
possible. Show us how you are connecting your ideas back to course concepts. You will need to
post your entry before you are able to read the posts of other group members. This part of the
seminars are worth 4 points.
2. After posting an entry each student will read through the other student entries in their seminar
group. Before the deadline each student will chose to write a response to at least one other
student’s entry. The response must be unique (not repeating another student’s ideas) and
consist of a minimum of 75 words. This is meant as an exercise to consider the broader issues
within this course and to engage with fellow students. This part of the assignment is worth 1
point.
You are responsible for ensuring your entry is submitted on SAKAI on time. Your total
submission will be marked out of 5 points. Late submissions are not accepted.
✦Posts should be directly related to the given topic and address the question(s) clearly
✦Posts should demonstrate consideration and understanding of course material. You may use
the first person in your writing of the post but it is to be more than just your opinion, you must
go beyond just stating whether or not you agree, etc.
✦Posts should be thoughtful and engaged as well as edited for errors and clarity
**Remember to answer the question related to your seminar group #!
RUBRIC: VISA 1Q99 Seminar Discussion Forum #3
Due Thursday, May 25th, 11:55 pm
TOPICS: Look for your Seminar Group #
Seminar Group #1
Choose one of the following options for your post:
1. Who were the primary patrons for Italian art in the fifteenth century? Discuss similarities and
differences in their motivations and the types of works commissioned. Give at least two
different examples.
OR
2. Explain how Poussin’s landscape (Fig. 14-35) can be seen as an example of seventeenthcentury
Classicism. Define and explain the characteristics of Classicism in your answer.
Seminar Group #2
Choose one of the following options for your post:
1. Describe the types of patronage available in fifteenth-century Flanders. Was the Church the
only option? What types or genres of paintings were popular during this period in Flanders?
OR
2. Choose two paintings of monarchs in Chapter 14/Module 8 and explain how the artists who
painted them signified the ruler’s prestige and power.
Seminar Group #3
Choose one of the following options for your post:
1. Identify a specific commission that drew artists to Rome in the fifteenth century. Name an
artist that was part of this commission and describe his contribution to the project. Discuss
why such commissions were important.
OR
2. Discuss the impact of the Reformation on the visual arts in northern Europe. What types of
subject matter were popular with Protestant patrons?
Seminar Group #4
Choose one of the following options for your post:
1. What did the term “Renaissance” mean for artists and patrons in fifteenth -century Italy?
OR
2. Discuss the development of portraiture, still life, and genre painting in the Dutch Republic
during the seventeenth century. What accounts for the increased importance of these
subjects at this time?
RUBRIC: VISA 1Q99 Seminar Discussion Forum #3
Due Thursday, May 25th, 11:55 pm
Criterion A (A+, A, A-) B (B+, B, B-) C (C+, C, C-) D (D+, D, D-) F
Student
identifies key
issues and
responds
accurately to
seminar topic
in his/her own
words.
4 points
Detailed
summary of
key issues
written in own
words.
Demonstrated
knowledge of
course material
and use of
appropriate
terms.
Partial
summary of
key issues
written in own
words. Some
demonstrated
knowledge of
course material
and use of
appropriate
terms.
Incomplete
summary of
key issues
written in own
words. Lacks
knowledge of
course material
and use of
appropriate
terms.
Poor summary
of key issues or
not written
enough in own
words. Poor
knowledge of
course material
and use of
appropriate
terms.
Does not
complete a
summary of
key issues or
demonstrate
knowledge of
course material
and terms.
Post is not
written in own
words.
Response to
another
student’s post
within seminar
group.
1 point
Clearly
specifies what
is interesting
about other
student’s post
and what has
been learned
from it.
Partially
specifies what
is interesting
about other
student’s post
and what has
been learned
from it.
Incomplete
response to
what is
interesting
about other
student’s post
and what has
been learned
from it.
Poor summary
of what is
interesting
about other
student’s post
and little or no
mention of
what has been
learned from it.
Fails to post a
response or
response is
inappropriate to
topic.
