Assigned Text: Laurie Schneider Adams, A History of Western Art, Third Edition.
WINTER MODULE 2001 COURSE SYLLABUS I. ART & THE MYSTERY OF EXISTENCE: PALEOLITHIC & NEOLITHIC ART (June 19) Read: Introduction-Chapter 1 II. ART & THE AFTERLIFE: EGYPT & THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST (June 21) Read: Chapters 2-3 II. ART & MYTHOLOGY: GREEK ART & ARCHITECTURE (June 26) Read: Chapters 4-5 IV. ART & EMPIRE: ROMAN ART & ARCHITECTURE (June 28) Read: Chapters 6-7 V. ART & SALVATION: ROMANESQUE/GOTHIC/EARLY RENAISSANCE (July 3) Read: Chapters 10-13 QUIZ TODAY!!! VI. ART IN THE AGE OF HUMANISM: THE HIGH RENAISSANCE (July 5) Read: Chapters 14-15 VII. ART OF THEATRICALITY & DRAMA: THE BAROQUE (July 10) Read: Chapters 17-19 VIII. ART OF REASON & PASSION: NEOCLASSICISM & ROMANTICISM (July 12) Read: Chapters 21-22 IX. ART & THE COLLAPSE OF ABSOLUTES: REALISM & IMPRESSIONISM (July 17) Read: Chapter 23 QUIZ TODAY!!!! X. ART OF THE INNER SOUL: POST-IMPRESSIONISM & EXPRESSIONISM (July 19) Read: Chapter 24 *****MUSEUM TRIP--MET MUSEUM OF ART--SUNDAY 23RD, 12:00, MEET ON STEPS OF MUSEUM******** XI. ART OF NEW VISION: CUBISM TO ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM (July 24) Read: Chapter 25-26 XII. ART OF IRONY: FROM POP TO POST-MODERN (July 26) Read: Chapters 27-29 FINAL PROJECTS DUE NO LATER THAN XIII. FINAL EXAM: JULY 27, ROOM S162 6:00 |