"The Arts and Royalty; Philosophers Debate Politics" Please respond to
one (1)
of the following,
using sources under the Explore heading
as the basis of your response:
In this week’s readings, a dispute in the French royal court is described about whether Poussin or Rubens was the better painter. Take a painting by each, either from our book or a Website below, and compare them and explain which you prefer. There is another conflict between the playwright Moliere and a well-born Parisian; Louis XIV stepped in. Explain how Louis XIV used the various arts and his motives for doing so. Identify one (1) example of a modern political leader approaching the arts this way.
The philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed on the understanding of political authority, with Locke taking what is commonly called the “liberal” view. Choose a side (be brave perhaps; take a side you actually disagree with). Using the writings of each given in our class text or at the Websites below, make your case for the side you chose and against the other side. Identify one (1) modern situation in the world where these issues are significant.
Explore:
The Arts and Royalty
Chapter 23 (pp. 730-741); Rubens; Poussin; Moliere; royalty using the arts
Rubens and Poussin at
http://www.visitmuseums.com/exhibition/from-baroque-to-classicism-rubens-poussin-and-17th-85
and
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/p/poussin/biograph.html
Philosophers Debate Politics
Chapter 24 (pp. 768-9)
Hobbes: text at
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html
; summary at
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/
; also
http://jim.com/hobbes.htm
Locke: text at
http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Locke-2ndTreatise.html
; General background of the concept at
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit1_12.pdf
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The Arts and Royalty; Philosophers Debate Politics Please respond .docx
1. "The Arts and Royalty; Philosophers Debate Politics" Please
respond to
one (1)
of the following,
using sources under the Explore heading
as the basis of your response:
In this week’s readings, a dispute in the French royal court is
described about whether Poussin or Rubens was the better
painter. Take a painting by each, either from our book or a
Website below, and compare them and explain which you
prefer. There is another conflict between the playwright Moliere
and a well-born Parisian; Louis XIV stepped in. Explain how
Louis XIV used the various arts and his motives for doing so.
Identify one (1) example of a modern political leader
approaching the arts this way.
The philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed on
the understanding of political authority, with Locke taking what
is commonly called the “liberal” view. Choose a side (be brave
perhaps; take a side you actually disagree with). Using the
writings of each given in our class text or at the Websites
below, make your case for the side you chose and against the
other side. Identify one (1) modern situation in the world where
these issues are significant.
Explore:
The Arts and Royalty
Chapter 23 (pp. 730-741); Rubens; Poussin; Moliere; royalty
using the arts
Rubens and Poussin at
http://www.visitmuseums.com/exhibition/from-baroque-to-
classicism-rubens-poussin-and-17th-85
and
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/p/poussin/biograph.html
Philosophers Debate Politics
Chapter 24 (pp. 768-9)
Hobbes: text at
