Category Archives: Humanities & Arts

Sixteenth-Century Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts in Italy

ART 236 Taught by: Jacqueline Marie Musacchio The Course ART 236, Sixteenth-Century Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts in Italy, is an intermediate level survey of sixteenth-century Italian art. This course has been taught at Vassar for many years and always … Continue reading

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The Social Life of Fashion

FREN 280 Taught by: Susan Hiner The Course In French 280, The Social Life of Fashion, students analyze the social aspects of fashion, the relation between fashion and the construction of femininity in the nineteenth century, and the influences of … Continue reading

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Ancient Money: Greek and Roman Coins in the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

CLAS 300 Taught by: J. Bert Lott The Course Oldmoney began with the discovery of an unstudied collection of around one thousand Greek and Roman Coins in the Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center. I saw the collection both as an … Continue reading

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Computer Animation, Art, Science, and Criticism

CMPU/ART/MEDS 388 Taught by: Tom Ellman and Harry Roseman The Course What is your course “Art, Science and Criticism” about? Tom: The course is about exploring the relationship between art and science in the context of computer animation. We addressed … Continue reading

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Andiamo in Italia & Ritorniamo in Italia

ITAL 205-206 and ITAL 270 Taught by: Roberta Antognini and Eugenio Giusti The Course What are the courses “Andiamo in Italia” & “Ritorniamo in Italia” about? “Andiamo in Italia” and “Ritorniamo in Italia” are two multimedia interactive projects, which offerd … Continue reading

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My Second Life in Art

Drama 337 Taught by: Denise Walen The Course What is the course in which you use instructional technologies about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. The course is a seminar in paratheater, which basically means that we study … Continue reading

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Making Connections: Videoconferencing in the Classroom

GERM 230 & 355 and CLCS 301 Taught by: Silke von der Emde The Course What is the course in which you use instructional technologies about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. I have used video conferencing in … Continue reading

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Digital Storytelling in Intermediate French

FREN 205 Taught by: Tom Parker and Susan Hiner The Course What is the course in which you use instructional technologies about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. Our goal in French 205 is to teach basic language … Continue reading

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Being There

ART 105, 220, 221, 320 Taught by: Andrew Tallon The Course What is the course in which you use instructional technologies about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. Most of my courses deal with space—the nave space of … Continue reading

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A Day in the Life of a Buddhist Temple

RELI 152 & 235 Taught by: Michael Walsh The Course What is the course in which you use instructional technologies about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. I use instructional technologies in most of my courses — Religions … Continue reading

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