PMDSchedule

		Winter 2010 Schedule Please be sure to have read the selections listed under Assignment before each class meeting. The readings and resources provide the basis for class discussion and question sets. Note: the schedule is still not firm, and readings will be added as I locate sources.
Week	Topic		Assignment/Resources
1	Introduction to the course: syllabus and course requirements, Design and the Quest for Utopia A Framework for Philosophical Discourse: the importance of thinking in art and design (In-class Assignment I)		Thomas Carlyle, selections from Past and Present ("Happy") Pugin's Defence of Contrasts, King's College, London John Ruskin, "The Nature of Gothic" from The Stones of Venice Timeline of Art History Thematic Essay: The Pre-Raphaelites Recommended: Chapters 1 and 2 in Nikolaus Pevsner, Pioneers of Modern Design. Opening Remarks
2	The Arts and Crafts Movement and the Gothic Critique of Modernity: The influence of Medievalism on emerging design movements and philosophical discussion in the nineteenth century. Video: Topsy Overview of topics for the rest of the quarter.		William Morris, "How We Live and How We Might Live," "Useful Work vs. Useless Toil," chapter 3 of News From Nowhere. (Here's an illustrated version of the chapter.) Roger Coleman, "Design and Technology in Nowhere" (.pdf) W. R. Lethaby "Art and Workmanship" Timeline of Art History Thematic Essay: Design Reform
3	Research Workshop and project development discussions Project and Research guidelines		First question set due Project Proposal due week 4
4	The Arts and Crafts Movement in America: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters, Dard Hunter, Greene and Greene, Gustav Stickley, early Frank Lloyd Wright; the glass work of John LaFarge and Louis Comfort Tiffany		Project Proposal due Elbert Hubbard, Dard Hunter, and the Roycroft Workshops, Hubbard, "A Message to Garcia," "The Weekday, Keep It Holy" (the selection will be handed out in class); Matthew Crawford, "Shop Class as Soul Craft"; Video: A Walk with Richard Sennett; "Love and Glory in East Aurory" (City Journal article on Hubbard)
5	Presidents Day holiday		Class does not meet
6	Dallas Museum of Art Field Trip Arts & Crafts, Decorative Arts, Contemporary exhibits		Meet at the DMA, 6 pm in the Atrium Café area
7	The Bauhaus and Modernism: The Shock of the New Video: Trouble in Utopia		The Bauhaus Manifesto and Program; Walter Gropius, "The Theory and Organization of the Bauhaus." MoMA exhibit, Bauhaus: Workshops for Modernity
8	Gesamptkunstwerk: the origins of holistic design Godin's Le Familistère, Gaudí's Casa Milà, Wagner's Post Office Bank Building, and Wright's Johnson Wax facility. Links to all sites are available at the top of the Resources page.		Style 1900, "Poetic Spaces: Designing Gesamtunstwerk, the 'Total Work of Art'" by C. J. Hurley (Spring 2010 issue); "The Art and Craft of the Machine" (read online or download for a small fee). Also available at Google Books (25 pp.) Second Question Set due
9	Project completion workshop and writing clinic		Bibliography advice, Critical thinking, Writing help, Writing Guidelines, Writing About Art
10	Concluding discussion: Art, Design, and Philosophy Graduate project presentations		Third Question Set due: not really; I have a better idea. Be prepared to work in small groups to redesign the Art Institute after the grad presentations.
11	Project presentations		Final Project and Supporting Materials due