History of World Art I Reading, Assignment, and Exam Schedule Please note that all assignments are due at the beginning of class for the day listed and that reading assignments should be completed by class time on the day for which they are listed. Week 1 Monday, August 21: Introduction to the Course Why art history? Why is it important? Introduction to the course Intellectual and practical value of the humanities Discussion of Visual Autobiography assignment Wednesday, August 23: Prehistory What is prehistory? What is the importance of prehistoric art? Can objects used in everyday life be considered art? Significance of naming prehistoric objects Cave painting, sculpture, and vernacular architecture READING: Stokstad 1-25 Friday, August 25: Ancient Near East Mesopotamian art, writing, and architecture Assyrian/Neo-Babylonian art Narrative and meaning in relief sculpture Discussion of Art Historical Methods Paper DUE: Visual Autobiography due READING: Stokstad 27-47 Week 2 Monday, August 28: Early Dynastic Egypt to the Middle Kingdom Early Dynastic Egypt Architecture of the afterlife Old Kingdom architecture and sculpture Middle Kingdom READING: Stokstad 49-66 Wednesday, August 30: New Kingdom, Amarna Period, and Late Egypt New Kingdom temple complexes, Hatshepsut Religion and art during the Amarna Period READING: Stokstad 66-81 Friday, September 1: Ancient India Indus Valley Mohenjo-Daro Buddhism and Hinduism An Introduction Maurya Period and the expansion and art of Buddhism Great Stupa at Sanchi READING: Stokstad 299-314 Week 3 Monday, September 4: NO CLASS, Labor Day Wednesday, September 6: Ancient China, Ancient Korea, Ancient Japan Neolithic and Bronze Age China
Three Kingdoms Period in Korea Paleolithic and Neolithic Japan Jomon, Yayoi, Kofun Periods Introduction to Shinto READING: Stokstad 335-342, 359-363, 365-369 Friday, September 8: Ancient Agean The Cycladic Islands Minoan art and architecture Mycenaean tombs and architecture Exam one study materials posted online READING: Stokstad 83-101 Week 4 Monday, September 11: Art Historical Methods Discussion What is art history? How do art historical methods relate to your major/career/area of interest? DUE: Art Historical Methods Paper Week 5 Week 6 Wednesday, September 13: Ancient Greek Art 1 Greek art and religion Geometric Period and Archaic Period Discussion of Visual Analysis assignment READING: Stokstad 103-122 Friday, September 15: Ancient Greek Art 2 Early and High Classical Periods Bronze sculpture and ceramic/wall painting The Akropolis Polykleitos READING: Stokstad 122-144 Monday, September 18: Ancient Greek Art 3 Late Classical, Hellenistic Repatriation, Preservation and Ownership DUE: First Draft of Visual Analysis READING: Stokstad 144-157 Wednesday, September 20: Catch up and Exam Review Please review study materials prior to class, come prepared with questions Friday, September 22: Exam One Monday, September 25: Etruscan Art Etruscan architecture The afterlife and Etruscan sculpture Adaptation of Greek architectural forms Peer review exercise Instructor returns visual analysis drafts READING: Stokstad 159-167
Wednesday, September 27: Roman Republic, Early Empire Portraiture and sculpture Widespread use of the arch Augustinian art and sculpture The Roman house, design and decoration Flavian Amphitheater READING: Stokstad 168-190 Friday, September 29: High Imperial Rome, Trajan & Hadrian, Late Empire Architecture and public monuments under Trajan The Pantheon Equestrian statues, Marcus Aurelius The Late Empire, the Tetrarchs Constantine and Christianity DUE: Final Visual Analysis Paper READING: Stokstad 190-215 Week 7 Monday, October 2: Early Chinese Empires Qin, Han, and Six Dynasties Sui and Tang Introduction to Daoism and Confucianism Discussion of Textual Analysis One Assignment READING: Stokstad 342-354 Wednesday, October 4: Jewish and Early Christian Art Introduction to Judaism and Christianity Early Jewish art in the Roman empire, synagogue painting Early and imperial Christian art and architecture Christianity in the Byzantine sphere of influence READING: Stokstad 217-235 Friday, October 6: Byzantine Art Justinian and the Early Byzantine Hagia Sophia, San Vitale Illuminated manuscripts Icons and Iconoclasm Devotional architecture and objects Late Byzantine art READING: Stokstad 237-267 Week 8 Monday, October 9: NO CLASS, NATIVE AMERICAN DAY Wednesday, October 11: Early Islamic Art Introduction to Islam Overview of the early Islamic world Dome of the Rock Textual Analysis One Peer Review DUE: Draft of Textual Analysis One READING: Stokstad 269-275
Friday, October 13: India, Southeast Asia, and Japan Gupta Period and its artistic influence Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia, to 1200 Asuka and Nara periods Heian art and architecture Spread of Pure Land and Zen Buddhism in Japan Instructor returns feedback for textual analysis one Exam two study materials posted online READING: Stokstad 314-333, 369-385 Week 9 Monday, October 16: China, Song Dynasty Song Dynasty ceramics and painting Principles of painting and Neo-Confucianism READING: Stokstad 354-359, Sullivan 163-196 Wednesday, October 18: Mesoamerica, Central America, South America Olmec and Teotihuacan (Mexico) Maya art, architecture, writing, and the afterlife Paracas and Nazca DUE: Final Textual Analysis One READING: Stokstad 387-405 Friday, October 20: North America Earth art and the Woodland Period Mississippian Period Ceramics in the Southwest READING: Stokstad 405-411; Berlo & Phillips 37-46, 71-85 Week 10 Monday, October 23: Early African Art Prehistoric Africa African art in the North and East Benin City, Edo Kingdom Indigenous religions and arts Islamic and Christian Arts Discussion of Textual Analysis Two READING: Stokstad 413-430; Visonà 228-236 Wednesday, October 25: Catch Up and Exam Two Review Friday, October 27: Exam Two Week 11 Monday, October 30: Early Medieval in Europe What are the Middle Ages? Celtic metalwork Illustrated books in the British Isles Viking art and architecture Carolingian Empire Ottonian Empire READING: Stokstad 441-469
Wednesday, November 1: Romanesque Monasticism, Pilgrimage Churches Regional architectural variations Relics and reliquaries Romanesque sculptural programs Book arts READING: Stokstad 472-505 Friday, November 3: Early Gothic Art and Architecture in France and England What is Gothic? Origins of Gothic architecture Discussion of the key elements of Gothic architecture READING: Stokstad 507-532 Week 12 Monday, November 6: The Reaches of Gothic Gothic in Germany, the Holy Roman Empire, Italy, and beyond Flamboyant Gothic READING: Stokstad 532-541, 598-599 Wednesday, November 8: Islamic Art and Architecture after 750 CE/ Developments in South, Southeast Asia Great Mosque of Cordoba Calligraphy Ceramics and book arts Geographic variety of Islamic architecture Southeast Asia from 1200 to the Mughal Period READING: Stokstad 783-789, 276-293 Friday, November 10: NO CLASS, VETERANS DAY Week 13 Monday, November 13: China and Korea Yuan and Ming Dynasties in China Yuan Dynasty painting Ming porcelain and court painting READING: Stokstad 807-820, 823-824 DUE: Textual Analysis Two Wednesday, November 15: Japan Japan from Maromachi to Edo Introduction to the tea ceremony Ink painting Zen gardens READING: Stokstad 829-838 Friday, November 17: The Americas to Conquest Aztec Empire, sculpture and architecture Inca Empire Discussion of Textual Analysis Three READING: Stokstad 851-860 Week 14 Monday, November 20: 14 th Century Religious Arts in Italy, Illuminated Manuscripts, Textiles, and other Arts
Metalwork and Architecture in Florence Cimabue, Giotto di Bondone, and Florentine Painting (Arena Chapel) Painting and architecture in Sienna The Black Death French manuscript illumination Metalwork, ivory, and embroidery Religious art in the Holy Roman Empire READING: Stokstad 543-573 Wednesday, November 22: NO CLASS, Thanksgiving Recess Friday, November 24: NO CLASS, Thanksgiving Recess Week 15 Monday, November 27: 15 th Century Painting in Northern Europe The Northern Renaissance Oil painting in Flanders READING: Stokstad 575-580, 584-596 Wednesday, November 29: Illuminated Manuscripts, Textiles, and Other Developments Embroidery, Manuscripts, and other arts Painting in France German painting DUE: Textual Analysis Three READING: Stokstad 580-584, 596-598, 599-602 Friday, December 1: The Graphic Arts and the Printing Press Development of woodcut and engraving The printing press READING: Stokstad 602-605 *Meet outside Special Collections in W. D. Weeks Library, 3 rd floor* Week 16 Monday, December 4: Review, Recap, and Course Conclusion Catch up, as needed Exam review Course conclusion and discussion DUE: Reflection Final Exam: TBA