Art 207 Survey
Western Art: Ancient to Medieval
Tue/Thr 11:00am-12:15pm
Fall 2000
Ron
Medina
AA
108
Office
hours will be by sign-up posted on office door, or by appointment.
Office
phone 885-4758 (messages also)
e-mail:
[email protected]
Course
Description:
Historical
survey of the visual arts and architecture from pre-history to around 1450 in
the Mediterranean world and Europe, Asia, Africa, and the pre-Columbian
Americas.
Required
Text:
Art
History, revised edition Vol. 1, by Marilyn Stokstad.
Course
Goals:
1. To Recognize works of art from major world art traditions from pre-history through the Middle
Ages, including the
title, period, date and artist if known.
2. To appreciate the social, cultural, historical, political, religious and economic factors which
impact artists' choices
in subject, symbolism, and style across time and geography.
3.
To investigate issues of gender, race, patronage, etc. as they relate to the
role of the artist.
4. To develop skills for evaluating and analyzing works of art, both in terms of visual analysis
(line, color,
composistion, etc.) and in their expressive content, their subject matter...
Course
Requirements:
Points ea. Total Points
2
Midterm exams (multiple choice, slide ID)
100
200
Final
exam (multiple choice, slide ID)
100
100
In-class
writing (compare contrast)
100
100
Total
400
Make
up exams will only be allowed for serious emergency situations; i.e.. illness
or family emergencies. (Dr.'s note may be necessary)They need to be made up
immediately and by appointment only.
The
exams and the in-class writing are require to complete the class requirements.
Failure to complete any two will result in and automatic F, and failure of the
class. Cheating is considered a grave offenses, and will result in
Departmental/University review for punishment. Take this seriously. You earn
your grade, there is no curve, no extra credit and there are no retakes.
Lecture
schedule is subject to adjustment. Topics of discussion may flow into each
other. You are responsible to have reading assignments done on required dates.
Test dates will be confirmed one week ahead of time.
Scale:
Final
Grade In-class writing and Exams
Points:
400
100 ea.
A
4.0
372-400
93-100
A-
3.7
360-371
90-92
B+
3.3
348-359
87-89
B
3.0
332-347
83-86
B-
2.7
320-331
80-82
C+
2.3
308-319
77-79
C
2.0
292-307
73-76
C-
1.7
280-291
70-72
D+
1.3
268-279
67-69
D
1.0
260-267
65-66
F
0.0
0-259
0-64
Course Outline
Topics:
Readings in Stoksatd:
8/29
Introduction
8/31
Prehistory/ European
34-47
9/5
Neolithic/ Bronze Age
47-58
9/7
Ancient Near East
62-76
9/12
Ancient Near East
76-89
9/14
Egypt
90-108
9/19
Egypt
108-125
9/21
India
366-393
9/26
China
394-419
9/28
Exam #1
Bring Scantron Sheet
10/3
Aegean
126-149
10/5
Greece- Archaic
150-176
10/10
Greece- Classical
177-208
10/12
Greece- Hellenistic
209-219
10/17
Etruscan/Roman
220-251
10/19
Roman
252/285
10/24
Early Christian
286-307
10/26
Byzantine
308-335
10/31
Islam
336-363
11/2
Exam#2
Bring Scantron Sheet
11/7
Announce slides and discuss format for in-class writing
11/9
Japan
420-441
11/14
Pre-Columbian Americas
442-463
11/16
In-Class writing
Sheet will be supplied
11/18-11/26
Thanksgiving Break
Rest your brain
11/28
Africa
464-477
11/30
Early Medieval
478-497
12/5
Early Medieval/Romanesque
497-534
12/7
Romanesque
535-543
12/12
Gothic
544-584
12/14
Gothic
584-608
12/20
FINAL EXAM 10-12pm
Bring Scantron Sheet