1. Watch the J. Paul Getty Museum’s videos on sculpture at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AR_KftDRs4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWUuGDovHEI2. Learn about printmaking, including the ancient art of woodblock carving and printing, from a contemporary artist at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2hguBvmZb4 and from the Museum of Modern Art at: http://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/2001/whatisaprint/flash.html3. Learn about the history of, and differences between, tempera and oil paint at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUmzLewk5dk and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyhoPD3hA9M4. Visit http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org and click on the “Time” tab to access the menu for “1400-1500 Renaissance in Italy & the North” and then click on the “Florence” tab on the left. View the pages and videos for each of the following: Brunelleschi, Linear Perspective (2 pages), and the Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore; The Sacrifice of Isaac; Masaccio’s Trinity and The Tribute Money; Botticelli; the page and video for Donatello’s “David” and the video on “Representations of David in the Florentine Renaissance.” 5. Read about the dome of Florence Cathedral at http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ARTH-206-Dome.pdfand listen to a podcast about its construction at https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/arts-facts-podcast/id469401360 (scroll down to #44, called “Arts and Facts: Brunelleschi’s Dome - the Pretty Boy vs. the Genius”)  SHORT ANSWERS: After watching the videos on media and techniques, write at least a paragraph on each medium that answers the questions below. Some of the answers will come directly from the videos, and others ask you to draw conclusions based on what you’ve been watching and reading 1. Sculpture: What are some of the tools and materials used by sculptors? How does additive sculpture differ from subtractive sculpture? What are some of the difficulties sculptors face when working with materials like stone and bronze? 2. Printmaking: In many ways, artists working in this medium must think in “reverse”; why is this, and what difficulties does it pose? What are some of the advantages of printmaking? Painting: What are the components of oil and tempera paints? How do paintings in tempera differ in appearance from those in oil? When was oil paint first used and why was it appealing to later artists? How did the invention of linear perspective revolutionize art? What does it reveal about the values and interests of the artists and viewers in the time and place of its discovery? 

Concept Check: How death changes over time Two types of statistical data can be used to illustrate changes in encounters with death in American society: death rates and average life expectancy. How have these sets of data changed over the last hundred years in the United States? People in American society a hundred years ago often died of communicable diseases; today they often die of degenerative diseases. How do we distinguish these two types of death, and what are the patterns of dying that are associated with them typically like? This concept check should be at least 300 words in length and formatted per APA style requirements. You should cite your textbook and include a reference page, however a title page is not necessary for this assignment.