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HISTORY OF ART II
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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, from the Gothic period, the Renaissance, the Mannerist tendency, Baroque, Rococo to the eighteenth century Neo-Classicism and Romanticism in the arts. Although we will focus on Western art in the most detail, we will also study some parallel development of painting, sculpture, and architecture in other parts of the world, such as Turkey, Persia, India and Japan, during the same time period (thirteenth to eighteenth centuries AD). CLASS NOTES Students are responsible for preparing their own class notes. Due to the extensive material covered in this course, at the beginning of each lecture, students will be given an outline listing the art works discussed in that lecture. READINGS Students must read the specified readings for each topic before the lecture. Unless noted otherwise, the readings are from the text, Gardener's Art Through the Ages (10th Edition). There are additional books, listed below, that are on reserve in the Architecture Library. Select Chapters from these books will occasionally constitute required readings. ASSIGNMENTS This course requires the students to write two short term papers that make up 40% of the final grade (20% each paper). The first paper should critically analyze a selected work created in the period covered in this quarter (1300-1800). This paper should be based on thorough library research and include the use of Art Index and articles published in different Art Journals. The second paper should be on a work of art that constitutes the permanent collection of the High Museum of Atlanta. The students should focus on the physical characteristics of the selected work and discuss these features in relation to its artistic and symbolic value. While in the first paper students must give references to articles and books that they consult, the second paper is mainly the student's own perception and evaluation of the selected work CLASS PARTICIPATION In order to achieve an enhanced understanding of the stylistic tendencies of each period, the students are required to read specific pages from the Text before the lectures. Each week, at the end of every Thursday lecture, there will be a short (ten minute) quiz on the comparison of two works that are discussed during that week in relation to the major concepts and attributes that are explained in the Text. These tests (a total of 8 during the quarter), which are meant to ensure that students come prepared to lectures, constitutes 10% of the students overall grade. EXAMS There are two exams which together make up 50% of the final grade. The first exam (mid-term) is on February 6, 1997 and is based on the material covered in Lectures 1-8. The second exam will be scheduled in the Finals week (March 17-21, 1997) and is based on the material covered in Lectures 10-19. Slides will be the web at least two weeks before each exam. EVALUATION CRITERIA 2 Term Papers 40% |