An Art Blog

Tonight Joe, Molly, Beth and Lauren joined the zoom call that we had organised and put all our parts of the presentation into one big google doc. We were able to get a hold of Mayasa who sent her part over too but was unable to join the run through that allowed us to time ourselves. For this reason, Joe read Mayasa’s part so we could still get an accurate time and we were right on the fifteen minute mark!

We also gathered our bibliographies into one and have posted them to the blog, sorting out any overlapping sources.

1. Abosch, Sara (2004) “We are not only English Jews—we are Jewish Englishmen”: The making of an Anglo -Jewish identity, 1840–1880. PhD Dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo 

2. Arts and Culture (n.d.) Samson [online] Available at:  https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/samson-solomon-j-solomon/6AFRiIReWUH60g?hl=en [Accessed: 22nd November 2020]  

3. "Delilah". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved October 31, 2017.- 

4. Exum, J. Cheryl (1996) Plotted, shot and painted: cultural representations of biblical women

5. Feldman, David (2015) ‘Evangelicals, Jews, and anti-Catholicism in Britain, c. 1840-1900’ in Jewish Historical Studies, Vol. 47, pp. 91-104 

6. Meyer, Joyce (2006). The Everyday Life Bible: The Power of God's Word for Everyday Living. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

7. Goodman, Susan Tumarkin (ed.) (2001) The Emergence of Jewish Artists in Nineteenth-Century Europe, Merrell Publishing, London 

8. Miller, I. (2009) "Samson" by Solomon J. Solomon: Victorian academy and Jewish identity, Jewish Historical Studies [online] v. 42, pp. 121-138. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/29780125?seq=5#metadata_info_tab_contents [Accessed: 23rd November 2020] 

9. Murray, John (1979) Halls dictionary of subjects and symbols in art 

10. Valentine, Helen (ed.) (1999) Art in the Age of Queen Victoria: Treasures from the Royal Academy of Arts Permanent Collection, Yale University Press, London

Since our last meeting, to incorporate the fact that a few of our group are really struggling with connection issues we decided that we would continue to use whatsapp as our main method of communication.

Over the past week and a half we have all managed to share our written parts of the presentation, compare notes and suggest potential edits to each other. This evening we are going over the presentation, bringing all elements together and doing trial runs to ensure we are within the recommended time frame.

We managed a zoom call with three out of five members this evening, connection issues prevented everyone from joining.

Joe Molly and Lauren discussed progress on their individual pieces and compared notes/sources to help bolster our different parts of the presentation. We are hoping for better luck with wifi throughout the next week so we feel prepared but in the meantime whatsapp is our main source of communication.

On Friday we had intended to have another zoom call to go over the work we had done so far, however due to not hearing from one team member and another not feeling great we postponed until over the weekend, with the suggestion that we try to still keep each other updated through whatsapp. Joe and Lauren posted their work so far in the group chat and gave some comments and critiques. We hope to have a catch-up with everyone today (Monday 23rd) 

12/11/20 

Our second decision made through a zoom chat with Joe, Beth, and Lauren, with decisions supported by Mayasa and Molly though our whatsapp group, is Solomon J Solomon’s Samson, as it once again feels as if it is a painting rich in possible readings. This evening we are all on zoom discussing what we have found to be interesting potential lenses to do readings through.

11/11/20

After hearing back from the other two members of our group Mayasa and Beth we realised that one of our team had already written an assignment on our chosen piece, which is against the recommendation in the brief. Therefore this evening we are going to have a group Zoom to decide on an alternative piece and then divide tasks between ourselves. 

Once again, Joe Molly and Lauren had a quick zoom call to see how we were getting on with our agreed aspects of the presentation. We have formed a google doc to allow each other to see exactly what we will be talking about to ensure a smoother presentation that works as a whole. So far progress is looking good!

26/10/20 

This evening we (Lauren, Molly and Joe) had our first Zoom meeting to discuss which piece of art we would like to present. We decided on Evelyn de Morgan’s Life and Thought Emerging From the Tomb from 1893. 

It seems like a painting with plenty of opportunity for critical analysis. Having looked into possible themes we have decided to each take on an element of discourse and do some preliminary research, and will regroup at some point in the week to catch up on our collective findings.