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Touchstone 4: Art and Architecture: Uniting Culture, Innovation, and Religious Ideals

Overview

What You Will Learn: You will explore how art and architecture intersect with culture, innovation, and religious expression.

Why It Matters: This paper will demonstrate your ability to put a work of art or piece of architecture in its historical context by

a. explaining how earlier works of art bring about artistic innovation.

b. how works reflect the religious culture that produced them.

What You Will Hand In: A 4 – 5 page (1,000 – 1,200 word) paper saved as a Microsoft Word (.docx or .doc) file.

Keys to Success:

• Develop and submit original work.
• Select four works of art or architecture described in the tutorials; two that exemplify innovation and two that exemplify religious expression.
• Put the works in an appropriate historical context, two in the context of innovation and two in the context of religious significance.
• Use only the Sophia tutorials as source material. No external sources are allowed.

Helpful Links:

Instructions

Step 1: Review the Tutorials and Select Four Examples

• Select two works of art from the list below that exemplify innovation; this innovation may be stylistic, technological, or both.

• Select two works of art from the list below that exemplify religious expression.

Step 2: Write the Touchstone

• Write your paper about the four works, following this basic structure:

1. Introduction (100-200 words): provide a broad overview of the paper, the claims you will defend, and the works of art you will describe.
2. Innovation (300-500 words): give the historical and cultural context for each of the works of art you have selected and describe how these works both emerged from existing traditions and introduced new ideas in either style or technology. Compare and contrast the two works.
3. Religious Expression (300-500 words): give the historical and cultural context for each of the works of art you have selected and describe how these works represent the religious ideals of the culture that produced them. Compare and contrast the two works.
4. Conclusion (100-200 words): Summarize your analysis and provide closure to the paper.

hint

To build the skill of correctly citing your sources in academic writing, you should cite each tutorial with the four examples you describe in your paper. Because all of your sources will be Sophia tutorials, the in-text and reference page citations will look like this:

• In-text citation: (Sophia Learning, n.d.)
• Reference: Sophia Learning. (n.d.) Romanesque Architecture [Cathedral of Saint James]. Art History I.

Adjust to identify the tutorial you are referencing. Visit the resource for more assistance.

Step 3: Review and Submit Your Work

• Review your work carefully and check the rubric to make sure you have met all the requirements. Submit as a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) file.

We hope this assignment gives you a chance to reflect further on the works of art and architecture that struck a chord with you. Have fun, and good luck!

Implicit bias (also called unconscious bias) refers to attitudes and beliefs that occur outside of our conscious awareness and control. In healthcare, it is important for nurses and all healthcare professionals to practice without bias to ensure excellent quality and equitable healthcare is being delivered to all. In healthcare, nurses (along with all healthcare professionals) need to be aware of their implicit biases so that they can acknowledge, reflect, and find ways to overcome the impact of their biases. This is one strategy to mitigate healthcare disparities. This assignment may seem familiar to you; however, two tests are new. Some of you are repeating the tests to determine if there is a difference in earlier findings. The assignment requires students to complete the Implicit Association Test by Harvard University. Link to the Implicit Association Test by Harvard University website: Select a Test (harvard.edu)

The following tests should be completed in full (about 10 minutes each).

1.

Race

2.

Sexuality

3.

Weight

4.

Weapons

5.

Disability

6.

Transgender

7.

Arab

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Muslim

Upon completion of the tests, students should review and save their findings and complete a reflection about insights into the findings, compare and contrast previous years findings for the same tests, and future steps that you personally will take to address what you discovered. Reflective papers should be written in first person and use of subheadings to follow APA. Assignment GenAI Guidelines: You must not use AI at any point during this assignment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge (Perkins, et al., 2024). While working in a trusting and collegial atmosphere it is preferred, if, for any reason, your work appears to be driven by or assisted by GenAI tools, there will be consequences for that action. Consequences may include, among others, discussion with faculty, an opportunity to re-do the assignment, an automatic loss of points or failing grade on the assignment, and/or elevation to university-level consequences for academic dishonesty.

I expect each component to be well written starting with an overall interpretation of your results, how they compare with prior results and your prespective as to what experiences or thoughts may have contributed to the results, who you are as an individal. Include a title page with APA format.

Use these results below and reflect on all 7 of them with future strategies for growth:

You were about equally fast at sorting ‘Fat people’ with ‘Bad words’ and ‘Thin people’ with ‘Good words’ and at sorting ‘Thin people’ with ‘Bad words’ and ‘Fat people’ with ‘Good words’.

You were much faster at sorting ‘Black people’ with ‘Bad’ and ‘White people’ with ‘Good’ than ‘White people’ with ‘Bad’ and ‘Black people’ with ‘Good’

You were about equally fast at sorting ‘Gay people’ with ‘Bad’ and ‘Straight people’ with ‘Good’ and at sorting ‘Straight people’ with ‘Bad’ and ‘Gay people’ with ‘Good’.

You were about equally fast at sorting ‘White Americas’ with ‘Harmless objects and ‘Black Americans’ with ‘Weapons’ and at sorting ‘Black Americans’ with ‘Harmless objects and ‘White Americans’ with ‘Weapons’.

You were about equally fast at sorting ‘Disabled Persons’ with ‘Bad’ and ‘Abled Persons’ with ‘Good’ and at sorting ‘Abled Persons’ with ‘Bad’ and ‘Disabled Persons’ with ‘Good’.

You were about equally fast at sorting ‘Arab Muslims’ with ‘Bad’ and ‘Other People’ with ‘Good’ and at sorting ‘Other People’ with ‘Bad’ and ‘Arab Muslims’ with ‘Good’.

You were much faster at sorting ‘Transgender People’ with ‘Bad words’ and ‘Cisgender people’ with ‘Good words’ than ‘Cisgender People’ with ‘Bad Words’ and ‘Transgender People with ‘Good Words’