Works recommended for Freshman Studies from the fine arts
Works of visual art
- The Augustus of Prima Porta (sculpture)
- Donatello's David and Michelangelo's David (sculptures)
- Utagawa Hiroshige, Landscape prints (prints from LU collection)
- Paul Klee, Rising Sun
- Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (sculpture)
- Pablo Picasso, Demoiselles d'Avignon (painting)
- Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist (painting)
- Polykleitos, Doryphoros (sculpture)
- Diego Velasquez, Maids of Honor (painting)
Plays
- Aristophanes, Frogs
- Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
- Bertolt Brecht, Life of Galileo
- Sophocles, Oedipus the King
- Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler
- Tony Kushner, Angels in America
- William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1; Midsummer Night's Dream; Othello; The Tempest
Films
- Charles Chaplin, Modern Times
- Terry Gilliam, Brazil
- Akira Kurosawa, Roshomon
- Fritz Lang, Metropolis
- Orson Welles, Citizen Kane
Special offerings
Each year, the Director of Freshman Studies should review the offerings planned by the Conservatory, Theatre Department, Wriston Gallery, and visiting theater companies to see if any of them might be appropriate for Freshman Studies.
This list was prepared by Lawrence's fine arts faculty and revised in March of 2007. There are five divisional lists, and the syllabus for Freshman Studies must include at least one work from each of them.
