Art, Power, and Politics: The Role of Royal Patronage in Shaping Culture and Leadership
This assignment explores how royal patronage influenced art, culture, and political power.
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Art, Power, and Politics: The Role of Royal Patronage in Shaping Culture and
Leadership
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.
Explore:
The Arts and Royalty
Chapter 23 (pp. 742-755); Rubens; Poussin; Moliere; royalty using the arts; review the Week 1 “Music
Folder” #2
Rubens and Poussin at http://www.visitmuseums.com/exhibition/from-baroque-to-classicism-rubens-
poussin-and-17th-85 and http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/p/poussin/biograph.html
Philosophers Debate Politics
Chapter 24 (pp. 776-7; 803-805)
Hobbes: text at http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html; summary
athttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/; also http://jim.com/hobbes.htm
Locke: text at http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Locke-2ndTreatise.html; General
background of the concept
at http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit1_12.pdf
Leadership
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.
Explore:
The Arts and Royalty
Chapter 23 (pp. 742-755); Rubens; Poussin; Moliere; royalty using the arts; review the Week 1 “Music
Folder” #2
Rubens and Poussin at http://www.visitmuseums.com/exhibition/from-baroque-to-classicism-rubens-
poussin-and-17th-85 and http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/p/poussin/biograph.html
Philosophers Debate Politics
Chapter 24 (pp. 776-7; 803-805)
Hobbes: text at http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html; summary
athttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/; also http://jim.com/hobbes.htm
Locke: text at http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Locke-2ndTreatise.html; General
background of the concept
at http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit1_12.pdf
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