Academia

I got up this morning, put on my wellies, and headed down to breakfast. As soon as I was done, I walked over to the Arts building for what I thought was my Italian Tutorial. Unfortunately, the class was not supposed to start until Tuesday, as I found out by reading the fine print on an email when I realized nobody was coming. After that, I went to the library for an hour.

It drizzled for a little while, not like the straightforward drizzle at home, but little droplets that circled about like gnats before falling to the ground. I went to my Art History Tutorial, which was very helpful and a nice first class to have at St. Andrews. There were supposed to be nine of us, but only five showed up for some reason. I was assigned a project to work on and present in the 6th week. I will "identify and compare the contributions of Masaccio and Masolino in the Brancacci Chapel" (which we touched upon briefly in AP Euro).

After the tutorial, I walked over to Barnardo's to see if any used Art History books were available. None were, so I checked the prices on Amazon then headed over to Blackwells to how they compared. Blackwells had approximately the same prices that I found on Amazon, so I decided to buy the books there. I now am the proud owner of: Art in Renaissance Italy, Northern Renaissance Art, and Renaissance Art Reconsidered.

My new Art History textbooks

Next, I went to the Buchanan Lecture Theater to go to my Art History Lecture. It was quite different from the tutorial setting, with well over 100 students. The instructor went over some guidelines, what to expect, and some key ideas. I've found already that the 60 minute classes pass very quickly compared to the 90 minute block schedule classes at San Marcos I'm used to.

I went over to Waterstone's Books and Salisbury's in the hour between Art History and Social Anthropology, then went back to Buchanan. The Anthropology instructor was quite amusing, and I could tell from how he described the class that it will be really exciting and interesting.

I walked back to my dorm in the rain, hopping into a few shops on the way. I stopped back in Waterstone's to get a Moleskine journal I was thinking about buying. I thought the journal would be very useful for keeping organized in Art History class, as it is specifically designed for writing down comments about art, and has pre-formatted pages where you can write the artist, year, where it is located, about the artist, your associations, "at first sight", "after a deeper look", "what you took away", notes, or draw a sketch.

When I got back to my dorm, I took care of some business online with my calendar and tutorial signups, then made rice for dinner, Skyped my dad and Bridget, wrote this blog post, and went to sleep.

classes walking