Assignment 2: Vampires and Art
Objective:
Students will be able to provide the history and context of a vampire as presented in art. They will provide both an image and the context for understanding an image of a vampire in some type of visual medium.
Directions:
For this assignment, I want to demonstrate the variety of vampires across the world. To help accomplish that, you need only do two things:
- Provide a brief (1 paragraph) overview of a vampire myth an eastern European vampire. Students will identify one vampire myth from Romania, Serbia, etc., and provide some information about that legend. How old is it? What does this monster do? Does it align with or deviate from the standard understanding or behaviors of vampires?
- Provide us a picture of that vampire. This can be of a painting, a sculpture, a still from a film, or from any other type of visual medium. If students have any trouble finding visual representations, I am happy to help. I have a number of student-to-student forums in this class, so this forum will not require students respond to one another. Written feedback will focus on how thoroughly they explained their myth and what it reflects on their country of choice.
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