The document provides a guide for analyzing three high baroque works: J.S. Bach's 'Magnificat', Giovanni Bellini's 'St. Francis in the Desert', and the church at Melk Abbey. It encourages readers to explore the historical context and artistic intentions behind these pieces, emphasizing the importance of citing sources to avoid plagiarism. Finally, it asks for a written analysis reflecting on the values expressed by the artists and their relevance today.

1. Examine each of these items, which are available on the
internet:
1) for music, listen to the first movement of J.S. Bach's
MAGNIFICAT; this is the High Baroque era. If you can find a
performance with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi
Choir and the English Baroque soloists, go for it.
2) For art, find Giovanni Bellini's ST. FRANCIS IN THE
DESERT; you might want to read up on the background of this
wonderful painting. Not only St. Francis, but what else do you
notice i the painting?
3) For architecture, look at the church at Melk Abbey, Austria;
BE SURE to look at the interior shots. Again,
this is high Baroque--but in post-Reformation Catholicism, it
had a political aim, too; can you figure it out?
After you have analyzed these, telling what you think the
artists/musicians valued and were trying to express, tell me
what
YOU think about them! Remember, if you read up on these
items, LIST THE WORKS YOU CONSULTED! That way, you
avoid plagiarism.
write a 1-page paper on each of these three, telling 1) where
they found this value, 2) why it was important “back then,” and
3) is it still around today.