Unit Seven Reading Icons

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Unit SevenReading Icons
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Icons Study
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Lesson Class Study of an IconMarilyn Monroe
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Response 1Write down everything you know about
Marilyn Monroe.
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Assignment See handoutsRead The Death of
Marilyn Monroe by Sharon Olds.Listen to Candle
in the Wind by Elton John.
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Response 2In the poem by Olds, what do you make
of the line just an ordinary woman breathing?
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Response 3How do the lyrics of Elton John
differ from the verses of the poem by Sharon Olds?
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Now, consider the following photographs of
Marilyn Monroe
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Response 4In what manner do the poem, the song,
and the photographs remind you of the ways in
which we turn celebrities into icons?
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Response 5What do the following celebrities
have in common?Write down the names of any you
recognize.
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Assignment Journal 2Choose a celebrity who
has passed away, and write a response in which
you argue for or against the proposition that
celebrities are granted an even greater iconic
status after they die. Use at least two specific
examples in your response.
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Lesson Holly Brubach
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Assignment Read The Age of the Female Icon by
Holly Brubach. See handout.
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Response 1 BrubachBrubach defines the modern
icon as a human sound bite, an individual
reduced to a name, a face, and an idea. How
does she argue that the nature and impact of
human icons have changed over time? What other
definitions of the term icon does she work with
in this essay?
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Response 2 BrubachWhat distinctions does
Brubach draw between the ways in which women and
men relate to female and male icons,
respectively? How do her assertions resonate
with, or differ from, your own experiences with
male and female icons?
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Examples of iconic celebrities
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Assignment JOURNAL 3Explain how the current
era of visual information has changed our
relationship with the role of icons, models, and
celebrities in American culture, citing as
examples the male and female icons you find most
important.
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The Artwork of Andy Warhol
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Consider these three paintings by Warhol
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Response 1 WarholWhat shared characteristics
can you identify among the Warhol paintings?
What does he gain or lose by repeating the images?
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Assignment Andy WarholJournal 4Using the
Warhol painting you find, write a response to the
following questions 1) what role do you think
originality and uniqueness play in Warhols
aesthetics? 2)What cultural virtues and values
seem to be privileged in his art?
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Definition Gothic Revival Style

• Identifying features of Gothic Revival are
  steeply pitched roofs, usually with steep cross
  gables intricately carved verge boards (barge
  boards) along the eaves and gable edges (beyond
  the mid-1860's, intricate vergeboards were
  replaced by decorative cross bracing at the
  uppermost point of the gable) vertical
  board-and-batten siding in gray and earthy tones
  tall diamond-paned windows most often placed in
  gables, having pointed arches or two or three
  arches grouped together.
• Most often there is a one-story porch which may
  be full-width or only situated at the entry. The
  porches are supported by flattened Gothic style
  arches.

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Definition Parody

• A parody is a work that closely mimics another
  work's style and manner for the purpose of
  ridicule a spoof or take-off.

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Examine the painting entitled American Gothic
by Grant Wood.
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Response 1 American GothicThe upper window of
the house in the background of this image is
designed in the Gothic revival style. What
qualities and characteristics can you see in the
house that define this style? What does the
Gothic revival house contribute to the overall
effect of the painting?
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Grant Wood's painting has become a familiar and
popular icon in American culture.  One way that
this phenomena has manifested itself is through
PARODY of Grant's familiar image in advertising
and popular culture.
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Note the following parodies
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Assignment JOURNAL 5 Using the parody you
brought to class with you of Grant Woods famous
painting American Gothic, write three fully
developed paragraphs, one for each of the
following 1) Explain which aspects of Woods
original it draws on, 2) explain what is being
parodied and 3) why you find it humorous