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Latest update: October 24, 2000.
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Behavioral Objective: Understanding the Social Context of LovingThe resources for this interactive project were garnered from:
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University In this project we are hoping to capture the spirit of the illumination in early manuscripts. They were often prayer books, and they represented ways in which humans reached out to God and to one another. As such their illuminations captured feelings that were as yet unexpressed in human relationships. It is to that end that we have undertaken to do our first project on loving from this perspective.
Donna Maria Woods is going to direct this project.
- Review the sources above so that you will have some understanding of how Donna is organizing the project. Pause long enough just to look at the art and see what you feel at the main page of the Oxford Site. Look at the art the way we have taught you to look at graphs and tables. Let the art speak to you alone at first. Does it make you feel happy, sad? There is one manuscript at the Getty that reminds me of a comic book. I have the same reaction to it. Can you imagine why?
- We are going to do our first project on loving on illuminated parchment - imitation, to be sure. How does that set a context? Why would we want to set a context? Think of how unusual the use of the term "loving" is in an educational institution. Consider how agency depends on our ability to make our own decisions within the constraints of our interdependency with the social structure. Reread Agency and Structural Context.