“As is painting, so is poetry.”
Horace, Ars Poetica (19 BC)
Tuesday, August 18
- In class:
- Ice breaker:
- What forms does art take?
- Introductions: Name, where you’re from, major (or intended major), what art(s) do you practice?
- Syllabus and course format
- Frank O’Hara’s poem “Why I am Not a Painter“
- Michael Goldberg “Sardines“
- Ice breaker:
- Assignment:
- Sign up for class in Google Classroom. Class code: k4znkjh (you must be logged in to your @appstate.edu account).
- Introduce yourselves in our Google Classroom before Thursday (you will see the question).
- Add a profile pic to your Google Account and Zoom.
- Write a brief analysis of what you see in Michael Goldberg’s painting “Sardines” in Google Classroom.
Thursday, August 20
- Class meets via Zoom:
- Larry Rivers “Washington Crosses the Delaware” – Frank O’Hara “On Seeing Larry Rivers’ “Washington Crosses the Delaware” at the Museum of Modern Art“
- Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night” – “The Starry Night” by Anne Sexton
- Assignment
- Sign up for Hypothes.is
- Join this group.
- Here’s a quick start guide to Hypothes.is.
- Look at the paintings and annotate the following poems as part of the Hypothes.is group. Focus on identifying moments in which the poem references and or responds to the painting.
- Chagall “Equestrienne” – “Don’t let that horse…” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
- Marcel Duchamp “Nude Descending a Staircase” – “Nude Descending a Staircase” by X.J. Kennedy
- Claude Monet “Water lilies” – “Les Nympheas” by W.D. Snodgrass
