Art History I Fall 2015

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1 Art History I Fall 2015 Description: This semester-length course is the first half of a year-long survey of Art History. Either this course, or the second half, Art History II, may be taken in fulfillment of the Art History requirement in the Arts/Music/Technology discipline. Using a geographical and chronological approach, Art History I examines the major forms of human artistic expression architecture, ceramics, jewelry, painting, sculpture, textiles, as well as other handicrafts as cultural artifacts: creations of a particular people in a particular time and place, from the Paleolithic to the Baroque Era. We will use a combination of textbook reading selections, slides, films, and museum visits to: place ourselves within the context and culture that gave rise to a particular work of art; look at works of art critically, evaluating and discussing form, function, and techniques; and, make connections between artworks of the same periods/cultures as well to works of other periods and cultures. Assessments could include: individual architectural photos and photo essays; graphic organizers; time-lines; written responses; flashcards; oral presentations on eras and/or artists; museum visitation sheets; and, curatorial projects--selecting a work of art and sharing with the class such issues as methods, materials, patronage, sociopolitical situations, and the functions and effects of art in history, culture, and society. Objectives: At the end of the semester, the successful student will be able to: Develop visual literacy skills using art terminology to analyze and describe the visual properties of a work of art or architectural style; Apply art history methods to his/her visual environment to create an understanding of how images encode social ideologies to promote cultural attitudes towards families, religious beliefs, governments, etc.; Analyze works of art/architecture, relating the works to their cultural and historical origins and synthesizing knowledge about those cultures based on the works analyzed; Recognize common characteristics among diverse artworks based on material, methods, periods, styles, and themes; Identify distinguishing features of structural units of architecture, such as the column, vault, rib, and the buttress, and the variations within these units; Characterize major innovations in art/architecture and identify artists/architects associated with these innovations; Build a personal canon of western images and architecture based on personal preferences as well as technical achievements; Select a work of art/architecture and curate that work for a general audience; and, 1

2 Seek out opportunities to experience art and architecture with a new appreciation and understanding of how a course in art history can add depth to the study of any subject. Texts/Media The Agony and the Ecstasy [1965]. Directed by Carol Reed. Performers: Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison. Twentieth Century Fox, DVD. Run time: 138 minutes. [1989]. Presented by Michael Wood. Acorn Media, DVD box set 3 discs. Run time: 513 minutes. ISBN: The Book of Kells: The Work of Angels? [2006]. Directed by Murray Grigor. Kultur International Films, Ltd., DVD. Run time: 60 minutes. ISBN: The Dark Ages: An Age of Light [2012]. Directed by Waldemar Januszczak. Athena Learning/RLJ Entertainment, Inc., DVD. Run Time: 240 minutes. ISBN: Every Picture Tells a Story [2003]. Directed by James Bluemel. Acorn Media Group, DVD. Run Time: 187 minutes. ISBN: The Fine Art of Life with Daphne Maxwell Reid [2004]. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, DVD. Run time: 30 minutes. ISBN: Girl with a Pearl Earring [2003]. Directed by Peter Webber. Performers: Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson. Lions Gate Home Entertainment, DVD. Run time: 100 minutes. ISBN: How Art Made the Word: How Humans Made Art and Art Made Us Human [2006]. Presented by Dr. Nigel Spivey. BBC/Warner Home Video, DVD box set 2 discs. Run time: 290 minutes. ISBN: Piper, David. The Illustrated History of Art: Art Through the Ages. London: Octopus Publishing Group, Ltd., Simon Schama s Power of Art: Eight Works that Exploded on to an Unsuspecting World [2006]. Directed by Claire Beavan, et al. BBC/Warner Home Video, DVD box set 3 discs. Run time: 400 minutes. ISBN: Unlocking the Great Pyramid [2008]. National Geographic/Warner Home Video, DVD. Run time: 50 minutes. ISBN:

3 Proposed Schedule Week 1 September 1 st and 3 rd [A week] Introduction and Syllabus anthropological approach Pablo Picasso: Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. o --Do you agree? Why? o --Do you disagree? Why? Art cards select one that speaks to you and tell us why Picture It looking at the everyday in a new way [due Thursday, September 17 th ] How Art Made the World [DVD]: More Human than Human Ancient Worlds Forward Map Paleolithic Art Week 2 September 8 th and 10 th [A week] Ancient Worlds African Art I: Prehistoric and Historic African Art 2: Tribal Pre-Columbian Art A Tlingit House Post Oceanic Art Egyptian Art I: The Old Kingdom Egyptian Art II: The New Kingdom Unlocking the Great Pyramid [DVD] Week 3 September 15 th and 17 th [A week] Picture It assignment due on Thursday, September 17 th Ancient Worlds Western Asian Art The Lion Hunt Reliefs from Ninevah Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean Art Archaic Greek and Etruscan Art How Art Made the World [DVD] The Day Pictures were Born The Art of Persuasion Once Upon a Time 3

4 Week 4 September 22 nd and 24 th [A week] Ancient Worlds The Artemisium Zeus/Poseidon Classical Greek Art Fourth-Century Greek Art Hellenistic Art The Lost Riches of Classical Painting Roman Art I Trajan s Column, Rome Roman Art II: The Hadriatic Period Late Antiquity and Early Christian Art Episode One: The Classical Ideal [DVD] Miniature Masterpieces: Treasures from the Ancient World Egypt, Greece, and Rome [due on Friday, October 9 th, see the assignment sheet for this activity!] Week 5 September 29 th and October 1 st [A week] Medieval and Early Renaissance Art Forward Map Byzantine Art I: Justinian Byzantine Art II: Revival and Diffusion The Virgin of Vladimir Christ in Chora, Constantinople Celtic or Insular Art o illuminating the Celtic alphabet o The Book of Kells: The Work of Angels? [DVD] Week 6 October 6 th, 8 th, and 9 th [B week] Medieval and Early Renaissance Art Carolingian and Ottonian Art Romanesque Sculpture Giselbertus: the Sculpture at Autun Romanesque Painting Gothic Art in Northern Europe Episode Two: A White Garment of Churches: Romanesque and Gothic Art 4

5 Week 7 October 13 th and 15 th [A week US testing on Wednesday morning] Miniature Masterpieces: Treasures from the Ancient World Egypt, Greece, and Rome [due on Friday, October 9 th, see the assignment sheet for this activity!] Medieval and Early Renaissance Art The Genesis of Italian Painting Italian Gothic Sculpture Giotto di Bondone Italian Gothic Painting Ambrogio Lorenzetti: The Good Commune International Gothic Week 8 October 20 th, 22 nd, and 23 rd [B week] Episode Three: The Early Renaissance Early Renaissance Netherlandish Art I: Sluter and the van Eycks Jan van Eyck: the Arnolfini Marriage Netherlandish Art 2: Rogier van der Weyden Netherlandish Art 3 and its Diffusion Bosch: The Garden of Earthly delights Week 9 October 27 th and 29 th [A week] Early Renaissance Italian Renaissance Sculpture 1 Donatello Masaccio: The Holy Trinity Italian Renaissance Painting 1 Fra Angelico: The San Marco Annunciation Italian Painting 2: Tuscany in Mid-Century Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation Italian Sculpture 2: New Modes and Types Italian Painting 3: Florence and Rome Botticelli: Primavera Renaissance Painting in North and Central Italy Renaissance Painting in Venice 5

6 Week 10 November 3 rd and 5 th [no classes on Friday the 6 th Faculty Professional Development Day] Episode Four: The High Renaissance The Sixteenth Century Forward Map The High Renaissance 1: Florence and Rome Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Buonarroti Michaelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling Week 11 November 10 th and 12 th [A week--no classes on Monday the 9 th Faculty Professional Development Day] Tentative tour of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond for the Reading a Work of Art Tour o The Fine Art of Life with Daphne Maxwell Reid [DVD] Possible Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Assignment see the handout; if assigned, Thursday, December 3 rd The Object Speaks: Artists and Art of the 16 th through 18 th Centuries final project handout The Agony and the Ecstasy [DVD] Week 12 November 17 th, 19 th, and 20 th [B week] The Sixteenth Century Raphael The High Renaissance 2: Venice The High Renaissance 3: North Italy Dürer and Grünewald Painting in Germany before the Reformation Sculpture in Germany: Late Gothic and Italianate Netherlandish and French Painting The Sixteenth Century Mannerist Painting in Italy 1 Mannerism 2: The Medici and the French Kings Mannerist Sculpture in Italy Painting in Venice: Tintoretto and Veronese Art in Spain: El Greco Episode Five: Realms of Light: The Baroque [DVD] 6

7 Week 13 November 24 th [Thanksgiving break Wednesday--Sunday] schedule adjustments, if needed Week 14 December 1 st, 3 rd, and 4 th [B week] Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Museum Assignment due on Thursday, December 3 rd if assigned... Simon Schama's Power of Art: Caravaggio [DVD] The Baroque Era: the 17 th Century Forward Map Michaelangelo da Caravaggio Caravaggio: The Conversion of Saint Paul The Carracci and their Pupils The High Baroque in Rome Week 15 December 8 th and 10 th [A week] Tentative Visit to the Chrysler Museum [Thursday or Tuesday] Possible Chrysler Museum Assignment see handout; if assigned, due Thursday, December 18 th Simon Schama's Power of Art: Bernini [DVD] The Baroque Era: the 17 th Century Bernini: The Cornaro Chapel French Art 1 Landscape Painting in Italy French Art 2: The Sun King Art in Flanders Art in England Week 16 December 15 th, 17 th, and 18 th [B week] Simon Schama's Power of Art: Rembrandt [DVD] The Baroque Era: the 17 th Century Art in Spain Art in the Dutch Republic Rembrandt van Rijn Rembrandt: The Self-Portrait at Kenwood Dutch Landscape 1 Dutch Classic 2: Classic Dutch Genre and Portraiture 1 Dutch Genre and Portraiture 2: Delft and Deventer 7

8 Week 17 December 22 nd [noon dismissal on TUESDAY for the holidays] Chrysler Museum of Art Assignment due on Tuesday, December 22 nd Week 18 January 7 th [A week] The Baroque Era: the 17 th Century Vermeer: The Artist s Studio Girl with a Pearl Earring [DVD] Dutch Still-Life Painting Late Baroque in Italy Week 19 January 12 th, 14 th, and 15 th [B week] Episode Six: An Age of Reason, and Age of Passion The Baroque Era: the 18 th Century Tiepolo: The Residence at Würzburg Watteau: The Embarkation for Cythera French and German Rococo French Rococo 2: Portraiture and Sculpture Genre and Still-Life Painting Chardin: The House of Cards William Hogarth British Portraiture and Genre Gainsborough: Mary, Countess Howe Landscape: View-Painting and the Grand Tour Final Presentations on Thursday the 14 th and Friday the 15 th Grading: Grades will be based on points earned as follows: Daily Participation 10 Minor Assignments [drop the lowest grade] 20 Miniature Masterpieces ATCs 20 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Assignment 15 Chrysler Museum Assignment 15 The Object Speaks The Sixteenth Century to the Baroque Era 20 Total: 100 8

9 Points for any proposed assignments which end up unassigned will be added to the Minor Assignments category. Policies and Recommendations Participation is based on the 4 points per day that you are given for attending class. I will subtract from those 4 points one point for each of the following: 1. Arriving late to class for any reason; 2. Not bringing your textbook(s), a notebook, and a pen/pencil; 3. Leaving class for any reason (empty/fill whatever you need to empty/fill before arriving to class); and, 4. Disruptive or disrespectful behavior after having been notified of such. Serious disruptions will lead to a loss of more points or removal from class. Just because we are in a darkened room looking at slides or film, this is NOT nap time! Your head does NOT belong on the desk, and if it IS there, you will lose your participation points for the class day. A copy of the syllabus is posted on Jupiter and on my website. If I need to make a change in an assigned due date [ALWAYS later than the original date, I will make that clear in Jupiter, and I will probably note that in the weekly update on my website. Assignments are due on the date listed. I deduct five points a day [school days and weekends/holidays] for every day an assignment is late. So please be prepared to turn your work in on time! All assignments for this class have specific requirements as to media [PowerPoint, written response, etc.], and I expect you to complete the assignment following those requirements. When you have a presentation assigned, you need to be certain that your technology components work If you experience a crash, and you do not have a backup, you may not be able to present on time, and that means that you will be penalized five points a day until you ARE able to present, so be proactive and PREPARED for the worst too often the worst DOES seem to happen! You may have a beverage in class, but YOU are responsible for cleaning up any spills, Unless we have specifically planned it, food/eating is not allowed. You may chew gum; however, if I find gum on the undersides of tables or on the carpet, or any place other than in your mouth or in the trash, I will reconsider this policy. No cell phones, ipods, MP3s, etc should be used in class; it s hard to learn anything when you are engaged elsewhere. These go in the basket on the file cabinet as you enter class. 9

10 Yes, I am old-fashioned. NO HATS, NO HOODIES UP, and NO SUNGLASSES are to be worn in class and, of course, no crack should be displayed [either from young ladies or young men], and no under wear should be seen as outer wear. Please pick up after yourself and push in your chair when leaving class; I am neither your maid nor your mother. I am not responsible for any items you leave behind although I will do my best to make sure that your things are not lost. However, I have classes all day, and others will need the table/floor space, so please try not to leave anything! I take attendance at the beginning of class. As per school policy, three tardy arrivals will be considered one absence, and five absences per quarter will result in a technical failure for the class. [Please note: absences are not automatically considered excused, even with a note.] If you exceed the number of absences allowed per quarter, you will need to file an attendance waiver request with the Head of School who will determine whether or not your absences should be excused. I look forward to a great semester with you! Teacher Barb :) tbarb@friends-school.org 10

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