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"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.
Pick one (1) of the following music selections from the MUSIC FOLDER and listen to: either Henry Purcell Dido's Lament OR the Hallelujah
Chorus from Handel's Messiah. Then answer the following questions pertaining to your selection:
(1) What is the central theme of your music selection?
(2) How does the composer develop the theme musically?
Explore:
The Arts and Royalty
Chapter 23 (pp. 742-755); Rubens; Poussin; Moliere; royalty using the arts; review the Week 2 "Music Folder"
Rubens and Poussin at
https://www.visitmuseums.com/exhibition/from-baroque-to-classicism-rubens-poussin-and-17th-85 and
https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/p/poussin/biograph.html
Philosophers Debate Politics
Chapter 24 (pp. 776-7; 803-805)
Hobbes: text at
https://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html; summary at
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/; also https://jim.com/hobbes.htm
Locke: text at
https://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Locke-2ndTreatise.html;
General background of the concept at
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit1_12.pdf
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