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HISTORY OF ART I
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AIM This course will provide the student with an overview of major developments in the field of painting, sculpture, and architecture, ever since the cave drawings of 15,000 BC upto the Romanesque basilicas of 1140 AD. Although we will study Western art in the most detail, we also look at the art of the Near East, Egypt, Persia, and the Indian Sub-continent. CLASS NOTES Students are responsible for preparing their own class notes. Due to the extensive material covered in this course, at the begining of each lecture, students will be given an outline listing the art works discussed in that lecture. This outline will also include black & white reproductions of slides that are shown in the lecture. READINGS Students must read the specified readings for each topic before the lecture. Unless noted otherwise, the readings are from the text, Gardner's Art Through the Ages (10th Edition). There is also a reader on reserve in the Architecture Library which includes articles for optional readings. ASSIGNMENTS This course requires the students to write three term papers, each contributing 20% of the final grade. In these papers, students must give references to articles and books that they consult. The library research for each topic should include the use of Art Index and articles published in different in Art Journals.
EXAMS There are two exams which together constitute 40% of you final grade. The first exam (mid-term) is on November 12 and is based on the material covered in Lectures 1-8. The second exam will be scheduled in the Finals week (December 14-19) and is based on the material covered in Lectures 9-16. Two weeks before the mid-term and the final exam, important art works will be identified and slides of these works will be on display at the Architecture Library, located on the first floor of the New Architecture Building. The art works for slide identification in the mid term and the final exam will be picked from these set of slides. EVALUATION CRITERIA 3 Term Papers 60% |