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Jacobus, L. (2022). Humanities through the Arts (11th ed.). McGraw-Hill Higher Education (US).

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

  • Textbook: Chapter 7, 8
  • Lesson
  • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook for historical/political influences)
  • Examine a specific artwork influenced by a literary work and how the artist captured the subject or story. Discuss how the art piece reflects themes that defined the literary movement. Here are a few examples, but you are not restricted to this list:
    • Asher B. Durand’s Thanatopsis (influenced by William Cullen Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”)
    • John William Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott (influenced by Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shalott”)
    • Sir John Everett Millais’s Ophelia (influenced by Shakespeare’s Ophelia from Hamlet)
    • Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne or The Rape of Prosperina (influenced by ancient myths)
    • Ancient Greek vase painting (influenced by various ancient myths)
    • Writing Requirements

      • Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source)
      • APA format for in-text citations and list of references