Art 208 Survey Western Art: Renaissance to
Modern
Mon, Wed, Fri 11:30 am – 12:20 pm
Spring 2001
Ron
Medina
AA
108
Office
hours will be by appointment on M,W after 3:20 pm.
Office
phone 885-4758 (messages also)
e-mail:
[email protected]
Course
Description:
Historical
survey of the visual arts and architecture from the Renaissance to the present,
including; Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific.
Required
Text:
Art
History, revised edition Vol. 2, by Marilyn Stokstad.
Course
Goals:
1.
To Recognize works of art from major world art traditions from the Renaissance
to the
present, 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,
composition, 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 offense, 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.
Finals are scheduled for Finals Week and will be given accordingly.
Scale:
Final
Grade In-class writing and Exams
Points:
400
100 ea.
A
4.0
360-400
90-100
B
3.0
359-320
80-89
C
2.0
319-280
70-79
D
1.0
260-279
65-69
F
0.0
0-259
0-64
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.
Course Outline
Topics:
Readings in Stoksatd:
1/17
Personal introduction to class
Cover
syllabus, office hours, etc.
1/19
Introduction of Stokstad
Introduction, pgs 16-33
1/22
Early Renaissance – Emergence
Chap. 17, 612-18
1/24
Early Renaissance – Flemish
Chap. 17, 619-36
1/26
Early Renaissance – Florence
Chap. 17, 640-60
1/29
Early Renaissance – Outside Florence
Chap. 17, 660-77
1/31
High Renaissance – Florence
Chap. 18, 680-91
2/2
High Renaissance – Rome
Chap. 18, 691-704
2/5
High Renaissance – Venice
Chap. 18, 704-12
2/7
High Ren. – French, English, Spanish Court
Chap. 18, 719-24 and 741-47
2/9
High Ren. – Netherlands and Germany
Chap. 18, 724-40
2/12
Mannerism
Chap. 18, 712-19
2/14
Mannerism, High Renaissance
Chap. 18
2/16
EXAM # 1
Bring Scantron Sheet
2/19
Presidents'
Day
U of I closed
2/21
Italian Baroque
Chap. 19, 750-69
2/23
French Baroque
Chap. 19, 769-76
2/26
Spanish, Flemish Baroque
Chap. 19, 776-80 and 800-04
2/28
Dutch Baroque
Chap. 19, 786-800
3/2
Rococo, American Colonial
Chap. 19, 804-819
3/5
Art of India after 1000
Chap. 20
3/7
Art of India after 1000
Chap. 20
3/9
Discuss In-Class Writing
3/12
Art of China after 1280
Chap. 21
3/14
Art of China after 1280
Chap. 21
3/16
In-Class Writing
Bring black or blue
ink pen
3/17-25
Spring Break
Rest your brains
3/26
Art of China after 1280
Chap.
21
3/28
Art of Japan after 1392
Chap.
22
3/30
Art of Japan after 1392
Chap.
22
4/2
EXAM # 2
Bring Scantron Sheet
4/4
Indigenous Americas after 1400
Chap. 23
4/6
Indigenous Americas after 1400
Chap. 23
4/9
Indigenous Americas after
1400
Chap. 23
4/11
Pacific Cultures
Chap. 24
4/13
Pacific Cultures
Chap. 24
4/16
Modern African Art
Chap. 25
4/18
Modern African Art
Chap. 25
4/20
Neoclassicism
Chap. 26
4/23
Romanticism
Chap. 26
4/25
Realism
Chap. 27
4/27
Impressionism
Chap. 27
4/30
Rise of Modernism
Chap. 28, 1022-48
5/2
Cubism to Architecture
Chap. 28, 1048-73
5/4
Post WW I, American Art
Chap. 28, 1073-1105
5/7
Post WW II to Modernism
Chap. 29, 1108-35
5/9
Modernism to Postmodernism
Chap. 29, 1135-67
5/11
Postmodernism
TBA
Friday 5/18 10:00 am to 12:00 pm FINAL EXAM bring scantron