Art 408 Readings
in Art
Thr 6-9pm
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:
This
class is formatted as a seminar discussion setting for analyzing and
interpreting writings about art. We will focus on writings by artists about
their work as well as critical writings about current art works.
Required
Text:
Theories
and Documents of Contemporary Art, A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings, by
Kristine Stiles and Peter Selz
Course
Goals:
1. To appreciate the social, cultural, historical, political, religious and economic factors which
impact artists' choices
in subject, symbolism, and style across time and geography.
2.
To investigate issues of gender, race, patronage, etc. as they relate to the
role of the artist.
3. 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...
4.
To develop the skills to write about and discuss ones own work.
Course
Requirements:
As
this class is a seminar/discussion based format, attendance and participation
are a must. You will be required to keep a journal of continuous writings based
on your own work as well as in class assignments. There will be group
assignments, where everyone’s grades are effected by what you do as part of
the group.
As
part of the class assignments, we will be attending shows and lectures when ever
possible. We will try to make these group outings, If you are not able to attend
as part of the group you will still be expected to attend as they will be
considered assignments. We will then use these experiences for in-class
discussions as well as topics of research.
Serious
emergency situations; i.e.. illness or family emergencies. (Dr.'s note
may be necessary) need to be made up immediately and by appointment only.