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Choose at least six of the following topics and discuss it. Use your textbook as well as the video links below. All of these questions can be answered using your textbook. I have added a few video and other online resources for your viewing and learning pleasure.

1. According to the Roman historian Pliny the Elder, how was glassmaking discovered?
2. How does Kiff Slemmons's Transport bridge the gulf between fine art and the functional object?
3. Contrast the attitude of the ancient Greek philosophers regarding the distinction between fine art and functional objects with that of a nineteenth-century French philosopher. Explain why you do or do not agree with either point of view.
4. Discuss how Robert Arneson's Jackson Pollock blurs the line between craft and fine art. How does the glaze relate to the subject? 
5. Compare and contrast Claudi Casanovas's Block #43 and Harumi Nakashima's Porcelain Form.
6. Describe the setting and visual effect of Dale Chihuly's Icicle Creek Chandelier.
7. Discuss the allegorical significance of Benvenuto Cellini's gold Saltcellar of Francis I.
8. Compare and contrast Melvyn Firmager's Untitled and David Ellsworth's Vessel in terms of the versatility of wood.
9. Explain how the magnificent Roman Portland Vase was created.