For Wednesday, 9/2/09:

• 1st reading response: What is the most important difference between the approach taken by J.J.G. Alexander ("Labeur and Paresse: Ideological Representations of Medieval Peasant Labor," Art Bulletin 72 (1990), 436-52) toward the calendar pages in the Très Riches Heures, and that taken by James Snyder in our textbook? (one paragraph)

For Monday, 10/5/09:

• 2nd reading response (due Monday, 10/5/09): What is the most significant difference between the approach taken by Julia Miller ("Miraculous Childbirth and the Portinari Altarpiece," Art Bulletin 77 (1995), 249-61) toward Hugo van der Goes' "Portinari Altarpiece," and that taken by James Snyder et al in our textbook (one or two paragraphs)

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