In 1857, Flaubert and Baudelaire B the two enfants terribles with whom we begin our literary journey B were brought before the high court of Paris on changes of blasphemy and obscenity. Romanticism and Realism are literary movements that promote two very different ways of seeing the world, and in turn, suggest radically different purposes with regard to artistic expression. This Winter Term project will introduce students to literary and cultural movements that developed and blossomed in European Coffee Houses between the 1880s and the 1940s, a time during which the locus of literary production shifted from private to public domain. We will simulate a literary, artistic, and cultural experience in as genuine and authentic a way as is possible, and students will develop a sense of how nourishing and stimulating this particular environment was and continues to be. Much of what is known about African mathematics comes from African art.
Geometry is seen in fabric patterns, house painting, and tattoos.
Numbering systems and counting issues are found in oral histories, currencies, and gold and bronze weights. The African sense of time is influenced by the religious significance of numbers. There is no mathematics prerequisite for this project. This Winter Term project to Ghana will emphasize hands-on experience of Ghanaian art forms and culture. Classes taught by local experts will emphasize the decorative arts and music in their cultural context.