STRAYER HUM111 WEEK 6 DISCUSSION BOTH

"Cathedral Architecture" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

• Identify the key functions of stained glass windows in the Gothic style. Identify two (2) differences between the Romanesque and Gothic cathedral structures, and discuss which you prefer and the reasons why. Identify one (1) existing structure (the closer to your home the better) that is Romanesque or Gothic, and explain the features that support your identification.

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Gothic Style of Cathedral Architecture

• Chapter 12 (pp. 405-9), Stained glass windows
• Stained glass windows at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9727p6ozlYo
• Key differences between Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D20tG65TWic

WEEK 6 DISS B

"Art, Literature, and Plague" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

• Quote a one (1) or two (2) line section that you enjoy from Petrarch, Chaucer, Boccaccio, or Christine de Pisan, and provide your reason(s) for the choice. Next, describe the historical significance of the writer whose work you have chosen. Comment on the degree to which the Black Death epidemic (1347-1350 CE) impacted that writer’s work. Compare the writer you chose to a specific writer (whether prose writer or poet or lyricist) of modern times.

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Early Renaissance Writers

• Chapter 13 (pp. 443-7, 450, 455-7), Boccaccio; (pp. 447-8), Petrarch; (pp. 448-450), Chaucer; (pp. 447-451), Christine de Pisan
• Chapter 13 (pp. 443-44), The Plague
• The Plague at http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/black_death_of_1348_to_1350.htm