User:Npetilli

Nicole Petilli

Overview

The paragraph should give a three to five sentence abstract about your entire London HUA experience including 1) a summary of the aims of your project, 2) your prior experience with humanities and arts courses and disciplines, and 3) your major takeaways from the experience.

Milestone 1

Preservation of Medieval Art
Objective: How is Medieval Art and architecture conserved and to what extent?

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Milestone 2

Mapping Harry Potter to London
Objective: Finding inspiration for the setting in Harry Potter and possible what has been added to London because of Harry Potter

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Milestone 3

Art in Medieval Sword Forging
Objective: How Art was factored into the making of medieval swords

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Activity Journal

The activity journal represents an ongoing log of reflections gained through each and every project activity on the calendar.

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Activity #1 Westminster Abbey

The relation had an indirect connection to my second milestone because part of Harry Potter was filmed in the halls. I thought a lot of the architecture was cool. since my other two milestones are based in the medieval time period it didn't relate too much but I found how the design was meant to make people look up for prayer was interesting. Overall it didn't relate to much to my milestones but I liked seeing all the historic graves. My favorite was either Newton's or Darwin's because they're both contributed a lot to science. I think it's kind of weird that there are churches not really controlled by the local bishop. The tour guide had mentioned that the royal family was very connected to the church but I do not think they should necessarily be running it. I like the system of separation between church and state in the U.S. much better. All the other churches I've been to have had a separate graveyard. It was interesting how they had people even burred in the church floor instead of in a separate location or in the catacombs. I liked how it kind of removed the separation between people and a typical graveyard. I had not previously realized why places have there different unknown solider monuments and graves Read More . I had a hard time understanding how having the one grave for everyone made sense. Having the prospective of one of the royal family member putting there bouquet on the grave because it could be their loved one really helped make those kind of monuments make sense for me. Read More

Activity #2 Tower of London

The Tower of London Directly related to my first Milestone. They had a lot of Medieval architecture and had two separate restoration projects going on. One was on the White tower and the other was on Edward I's bedroom. They also had a couple of ornate medieval swords in the crowned jewels exhibit which relates to my third Milestone. I had mostly picked my third milestone because I need ed something that I could relate to the deliverable of forging a sword while being related to art. seeing some of the ceremonial and more decorative swords actually got me fairly excited for my third milestone beyond the sword making. I had't known they got so ornate or where really ever used for purposes other than fighting in that time period. The ravens and the Bloody tower we're also interesting because of the history and superstition around them. I'm glad the royal family doesn't seem to be as violent towards each other anymore.

Activity #3 St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Paul's Cathedral was too modern for my first and third milestones. The architecture and design could have had an indirect impact on the setting of Harry Potter. The Great Hall in Hogwarts seemed to open up in a similar manner as the Nave in the Cathedral. I think it is going to be difficult to get anything that directly relates to my second milestone.

Activity #4 The British Museum

The Museum had a section on medieval art. It did not have any information on the the art was being preserved. There were sensors in the display cases that seemed to be measuring temperature and humidity in the case. They did have a sword with some decoration on it that would be relevant to my third milestone.

Activity #5 The Natural History Museum

None of my milestones are really directly related to nature. some of the older environments could have had an effect on how castles weathered and J.K. Roweling could have visited the museum at some point and had it influence her work. I spent a lot of time in the bird section. My favorite animals are owls so learning how their bones and feathers are put together was interesting. They also had some models of extinct birds and birds that actually don't exist which was kind of funny.

Add a paragraph about this experience noting the ways in which it related to one or more of your milestone aims. Did this experience directly relate to your milestones, or was the relation more indirect? In what ways did this experience cause you to think differently about your milestone aims? What were some of your other takeaways from the experience? For each site-specific term that you enter, check to see if there is a page in this wiki that exists and link to it. For example, if your reflection mentions William Shakespeare, check to see if William Shakespeare exists on this site. If an article page does exist, 1) link to it here, and 2) edit the page with a section or just a few sentences to ensure that the content on that page relates to this activity journal entry. For example, if while writing your activity journal reflection about your trip to Westminster Abbey, you recall seeing the headstone of William Shakespeare, note it in your reflection, and then edit the William Shakespeare with, at least, a sentence or two in an appropriate section about having a memorial site in Westminster Abbey. While your at it, edit the entry for Westminster Abbey with the relevant information. Did you take some interesting pictures or videos at those sites? Add those to the relevant pages. If an article page does not exist, create the page for the missing topic (link from main menu) and add some general information. For each activity scheduled on our calendar, you should 1) create an Active Journal Entry here, and 2) add/edit at least three related articles. The tone of this article can be personal, but still quality professional writing; the tone of article pages that you edit should be objective professional writing.
Think of this process as building a platform or a case that will help you make particular claims and conclusions through your project milestones.

My Complete Contributions

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