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Building 1 Room 1111 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:10 - 9:00 AM
Required Text:
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages: A Global History, Volume II
Other text will be distributed as handouts or online accordingly.
Course Goals:
1.To introduce the chronology and historical context, characteristics, and problems of major works of art from the infant stages of the Renaissance to the emergence and development of Post-Modernism and contemporary art practices.
2.To explore and investigate how these works of art manifest and/or served the cultural values and ideas of their respective civilizations.
3.To teach methods in examining and experiencing art, learning how to analyze the formal characteristics of a work of art, and how to communicate and discuss the issues and ideas that surround it.
Requirements:
1.Attendance. Every student is responsible for all material covered during the class period; this will include content outside of the text. Coming to class is the best way to insure you don’t miss anything. If you miss a lecture, make certain you get good notes from a classmate. Homework and adjustments to the course schedule will also be announced only in class; therefore your attentiveness to any day(s) missed will be crucial. Three unexcused absences will lead to the lowering of your grade by 100 points; an A would become a B, a C would then be a D.
2.Preparation. This is a fast moving course. We cover a vast amount of millennia in a matter of months. It is necessary to read assigned material before class, in order to keep up with content and details of studied images and reading. Quizzes will be given periodically on images and their reference. These will be considered as a low part of your grade, as their true function will be to prepare you for the exams. Two typed essays will also be assigned. Late papers will lose 100 points per day late, unless arranged in advance.
3.Participation. This class meets very early in the morning, and much of our time will be amidst dim lighting. In order for all of us to stay awake and invested in the course material I will engage the class in group discussions throughout the lecture. A crucial focus of this course is to communicate and express what has just been learned or discovered, and the best way to absorb new information is to apply it, whether in writing or in dialogue.
4.Student Honesty Policy
Cheating of any kind whether it is on an exam, homework, or presenting someone else’s work, phrasing and/or ideas as one’s own will result in a 0 for the assignment, and may result in an F for the course.
Course Outline
Reading Assignments and other exercises will be introduced at the beginning of the week. Make sure you observe the images as well as what is written, both will be applied in class and then reviewed through quizzes and exams. We will not study every artwork mentioned in the book and some artworks we will investigate further than what is discovered in the book. Stay up to speed and things will be easier to retain and learn.
*All dates and assignments are tentative and subject to change.
Aug. 19 Introduction to course and content (Formal Analysis and Ways of Seeing.)
21Gothic to Early Renaissance / Chapter 19
24Flanders in the Fifteenth Century / Chapter 20
26France, Spain, and Germany in the Fifteenth century / Chapter 20
28Italy in the Fifteenth century / Chapter 21
31Italy in the Fifteenth century / Chapter 21
Sept.2Field Trip / Legion of Honor
4Italy in the Fifteenth century / Chapter 21
7Holiday Labor Day
9Italian High Renaissance and Mannerism / Chapter 22
11Italian High Renaissance and Mannerism / Chapter 22
14Italian High Renaissance and Mannerism / Chapter 22
16Italian High Renaissance and Mannerism / Chapter 22
18Review for Exam 1
21Exam 1
23Age of Reformation / Chapter 23
25Age of Reformation / Chapter 23
28Baroque and Rococo / Chapter 24
30Baroque and Rococo / Chapter 24
Oct.2Baroque and Rococo / Chapter 24
5Baroque and Rococo / Chapter 24
7African Form / Chapter 32
9Field Trip / De Young Museum
12Native America / Chapter 30
14Oceania / Chapter 31
16Change in Southern Asia / Chapter 25
19China and Korea / Chapter 26
21Japan / Chapter 27
23Review for Exam 2
26Exam 2
28Age of Enlightenment / Chapter 28
30Age of Enlightenment / Chapter 28
Nov.2Age of Enlightenment / Chapter 28
4Age of Enlightenment / Chapter 28
6Into Modernism/ Chapter 29
9Into Modernism/ Chapter 29
11Flex Day
13Into Modernism/ Chapter 29
16Into Modernism/ Chapter 29
18Modern Form / Chapter 33
20Modern Form / Chapter 33
23Modern Form / Chapter 33
25Modern Form / Chapter 33
27Holiday - Thanksgiving
30Critical Views / Chapter 34
Dec.2Critical Views / Chapter 34
4Field Trip / SFMOMA
7Critical Views / Chapter 34
9Critical Views / Chapter 34
11Review for Final
??Final Exam
Skyline College
ART 102 – History of Western Art II:
Pre-Renaissance to Post-Modernism
Fall 2009 Syllabus
Michael Ryan
Office – 1101B
Email: ryanm@smccd.edu
Website: www.michaeljryan.com
Phone: 650-738-7301 extension: 19428
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 7:30 – 8 AM, or by appointment.
