GE2004 History of Art & Design I
Fall Quarter 2011 Weekly Schedule

To foster class interaction, be sure to have read the week's assignments before class meets. Image lists (slides) and supplementary materials for each week are linked to each topic. Web explorations are designed to acquaint you with works housed in major museums, and illustrate how well the internet can be used to further the study of art and design history. Directions for completing workshops are also linked, although you cannot get credit for them unless you attend the class to which they pertain.

A note about slide lists: Most of each week's lecture images are available in the textbook; supplementary images are linked to high-quality sources on the web. Since this is the last quarter the class will be taught without an eBook, I have recently linked image sources to the Word and Adobe slide lists so that you can obtain them more easily and will no longer have any excuse at all for not completing the lists. Unless you have a remarkable memory, you will not be able to pass the exams without having completed the slide lists, which are available only on this website (linked below and under "slides" on the course home page). Most students print them out in advance of the lecture in order to take notes. If you prefer to complete the slide lists electronically, be sure to take careful notes and then transfer them to the sheet when you add the images. There are no good shortcuts for this assignment, because it's designed to help you learn the material--not just be able to regurgitate it on an exam and then forget it.

Worksheets facilitate the connections you should be making among movements and important historical information. Complete them faithfully. As of this quarter I will also award up to 5 points of extra credit at midterm for students who have complete the worksheets and submit them for evaluation after the exam.

Week
Topic
Assignments, Readings, and Resources
1 An introduction to studying art and design history Kleiner, Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Concise Western History pp. 17-55 (weeks 1 & 2); slide list in .rtf; .pdf.
Web Exploration: PBS How Art Made the World; Lecture notes; Understanding Paleolithic Art and Design.
Related blog posts: "Women, Sex, and Paleolithic Art" and "Venus Revisited: Out of Africa?"
Prehistoric Chronology worksheet: .rtf; .pdf; Map Worksheet (.pdf)
First Workshop: Foundations of Graphic Communication
2 Art, design, and civilization before Classicism  
Kleiner, to p. 55; slide list in .docx; .pdf.
Web Exploration: The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt (National Gallery of Art); The Art of the First Cities (Met)
Second Workshop: Mediterranean and Near Eastern Connections (instructions will be posted by the class time week 2)
3

The Birth of the Classical Tradition in Greece


Kleiner, pp. 55-85; slide list in .rtf; .pdf; .docx
Web Exploration: Greek Art in the Archaic Period (Met); The Greek and Roman Galleries at the Met. Timeline of Greek Art (Met; especially Classical Greece)
Classical Orders worksheet
.rtf; .pdf; Greek Temple Plans worksheet (.docx; .pdf); Athens Acropolis worksheet (.rtf; .pdf). The Nova video I mentioned in class is available here: Secrets of the Parthenon.
4

Art and Design from the Roman Republic to the Ottoman Empire
Pre-midterm review; slide list completion workshop. Workbook consultation.

Kleiner, pp. 87-157; slide list [.docx]; [.pdf]
Web Exploration: Roman Republic and Roman Empire (Met Timeline); Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Glory of Byzantium; The Age of Süleyman the Magnificent; Palace And Mosque, Islamic Art from the V&A (National Gallery of Art); Evolution of the Basilica worksheet .rtf; .pdf; Roman Mural Painting styles worksheet; Variations on the Arch worksheet .docx; .pdf
Third Workshop: Geometry in/of Design [due week 6].
5 Midterm exam (Covers lectures 1 through 4 and Kleiner 17-157)
Study guide for midterm exam
Timeline of Art History (Met)
6

Manuscript illumination and early book design
Introduction to the final design problem

Final Project Guidelines

Kleiner 158-166 (use web slide list to create a list of your own and label important components)
Web Exploration: The Art of the Book in the Middle Ages (Met); The Making of the Medieval Book (Getty); Masterpieces in Miniature (National Gallery of Art). See also the "additional resources" on the web slide list. Illumination: Process and Terminology (.pdf). Fourth Workshop: Manuscript Illumination practice.
Terminology list for weeks 6 and 8 (.docx)
7 Final project discussion and research workshop. Fifth Workshop: Conducting effective research and building bibliographies (in class; 10 points). Advice on Conducting Effective Research for Art History Projects (.pdf); website evaluation sheet (.rtf only)
8

From Romanesque to Gothic: Virtual reality in the Middle Ages.

Kleiner 166-215; slide list in .rtf; .pdf; Romanesque Art and Gothic Art (Met)
PBS Nova: Building the Great Cathedrals
9 The expanding world: art in the age of exploration (pre-Columbian Americas and pre-Colonial Africa)
The Renaissance, part 1: Early Italian, Northern

Kleiner, 216-266; slidelist in .pdf; .docx
Web Exploration: The Rediscovery of Classical Antiquity (Met Timeline)
Final project due at the beginning of class for bonus credit.

10 The Renaissance, part 2: Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

The Sistine Chapel Virtual Tour; Slide list in [.pdf] [.docx]
Video worksheet for Michelangelo Restored
Final project due at the beginning of class for full credit.

11 Final exam (the exam is cumulative, so make sure you bring your entire workbook.)

Study guide for final exam
Extra credit assignment due: scavenger hunt list [.pdf] [.docx] ; Dallas Museum of Art home page. The list is only available as a .pdf file due to assignment abuse. If you can't download it, see me for hard copy.
Final project can still be submitted for reduced credit (-10 points)

syllabus
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