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Art 2302: Art of the Modern World Summer 2008 “10-Week” Version Instructor: Dr. David Ludley Art 2302 CRN 53186 meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30pm-3:50pm in T224, |
Required Text-- Art across Time, New Third Edition, Volume Two: The Fourteenth Century to the Present, by Laurie Schneider Adams-- (softbound), 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: For next time (Wednesday), start with the Baroque Period. Read about Bernini, starting on p. 640-643. Then continue with Carracci on 643-644. Next study Caravaggio and Gentileschi on pp. 648-652 Then study Rubens on pp. 653-654, and Rembrandt on pp. 656-660. Print out and bring to class the required "Italian Baroque," “Flemish Baroque (Catholic Flanders),” and “Dutch Baroque (Protestant Holland),” study slide website sheets from my online Study Slide Library.
Summer Final Exam: Monday, July 28.
*PLEASE REMEMBER:
CSU DROPS STUDENTS WHO DO NOT SHOW UP FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF A CLASS OR CONTACT
THE PROFESSOR WITH A DOCUMENTABLE, JUSTIFIABLE EXCUSE DURING THAT FIRST WEEK OF
CLASS.
This is a history and appreciation of the visual arts from the 1600's
through the present day. Aesthetic and historical perspectives will be used,
and critical thinking activities addressed, to enable students to understand
and communicate their knowledge of the art surveyed. Keep in mind that this is an intensive
version of the course, as we cover really in 9 1/2 weeks in the summer what
normally takes 16 weeks during regular semesters. It’s not an easy course at all…
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
One objective of the course will be to acquaint you with art and its relationship to various cultures and societies. Painting, sculpture, drawings, and architecture may be discussed in regard to their visual merits and their value as multi-cultural expressions of individual artists functioning in various societies.
ITP CHOICE REQUIREMENTS:
Each CSU student is required to have ready access throughout the semester to a notebook computer that meets faculty-approved hardware and software requirements for the student's academic program. See http://itpchoice.clayton.edu/ for full details of this policy. Also, all students are required to get CSU mailbox email address. I will be communicating with you over the course of the semester by way of your CSU mailbox email address, so, if you haven't gotten your CSU email address yet, please get it now.
COURSE OUTLINE:
IMPORTANT: From the homepage, you may Click HERE for the hyperlink to your STUDY SLIDES for Art 2302.
Baroque
Rococo
Enlightenment Reactions Against the Rococo
Neo-classicism
Transitional Neoclassical to Romantic
Romanticism
Realism
Pre-Raphaelitism
Impressionism
Neo-impressionism
Post-impressionism
Symbolism
Transitional: Post-impressionism to Expressionism
Art Nouveau
"Austrian Expressionism" ("Jugendstil")
Norwegian Expressionism
French Expressionism
Early Abstract Expressionism
Cubism and Futurism
Prairie Style
Metaphysical and Dada
Surrealism
Early Twentieth Century Sculpture
Late Nineteenth Century Realism: American
Early Twentieth Century Realism: American
Precisionism: American
Regionalism: American
Social Realism: American
Abstract Expressionism/ Action or Gesture Painting/ Color Field Painting
Pop Art: British and European
Pop Art and Assemblage: American
Sixties Abstraction: Post-Painterly Color Field Abstraction/ Hard-Edge
Painting/ and "Op Art"
Photorealism/ New Illusionism
"Art of the Other": Feminist Art/ Afrofemcentric
Art/ African-American Art
Post-minimal Art/ Earth and Site Works
REQUIREMENTS AND DATES:
First one-hour exam: Wednesday, June 18th
Second one-hour exam: Monday, July 7th
Final Exam (not comprehensive): Monday, July 28th
VALUES GIVEN TO EACH OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS:
First exam=====================30%
Second exam==================30%
Final exam (not comprehensive)====35%
Class Attendance and Participation==5%
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100%
GRADING SCALE:
90 - 100 = A
80 - 89 = B
70 - 79 = C
60 - 69 = D
59 or below = F
ADDITIONAL COURSE RESOURCES:
Your laptop computers
are an essential resource for you in this class. Most
important, to help you succeed, I have placed numerous study slide images onto
the Web. These study slides used to be available only in carousels in the
library, but you may now view them 24 hours a day, from anywhere that you can
access the internet. By clicking onto my hyperlink above, under the
"Course Outline" section, or from my homepage, you will access a list
of all periods of art history; when you then click onto the period you wish to
study, you will be taken directly to a page of thumbnail-size slide images,
each with basic identification information. If you wish, you may then click onto
the small images to view larger versions. This incredible resource has been
used with great success by my art history students; most always print all of
the thumbnail pages out, for additional study help. You should be sure to print these
thumbnail pages out before each lecture, so that you have them in front of you
as I talk about them; later you should use them as “flash card” study aids.
DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE THE FIRST TEST TO ACCESS THE STUDY
SLIDES AND PRINT UP THE THUMBNAIL PAGES. THAT WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE. If you
wait till the last minute and have trouble getting on or can't access the study
slides because you waited till the last minute, that would not be considered
any kind of excuse. Sooooo...DON'T WAIT PAST THIS
WEEK.
(Tip: In the past, people who have NOT bothered to use the study slides have
NOT generally done very well on tests.)
Your laptops are an essential resource for you in other ways, as well. As you can see from my homepage, I have created several hyperlinked resources for you, which may be visited by simply "clicking" onto the blue titles. These include virtual museum tours, links to the great masterpieces and information about them, as well as numerous other art history resource sites. Also, you may access Gallileo for its myriad links from my homepage.
Of course, the library contains many other essential resources, such as books and periodicals, not to mention many videotapes and other resources which I will be putting on reserve for you.
HOW DO YOU STUDY FOR THIS COURSE?
I’m glad you asked. First, this is NOT an easy course; you must study hard to succeed.
1. The exams will be based on the course lectures, the textbook assignments, and the Web Study Slides, as well as any class videotapes, slides or other activities in class. If I should lecture on a certain art work, and you find that work illustrated in the book or on your thumbnail study slide pages, then it would be smart to put a "star" next to that illustration, because it is more likely than others to be on the exam.
2. Besides the book illustrations, which may also be on the exam, all the other important slide images are now available for you to view on the Web, as I explained above. The hyperlink to these study slides is within the Course Outline section above, if you are reading this on-line, or from my homepage. These Study Slide Images will be very important to you for your review and preparation for tests within the course. You will need to print these out before they are lectured on, so you can use them to help you during the lectures and use them later as flash cards for review before the exams.
3. IMPORTANT! Please note the hyperlinks already active on my homepage that allow you immediate access to excellent art history research sources, as well as virtual museum tours, images of art works and other helpful resources. Just "click" on them.
4. If you have any questions or thoughts to share, please do feel free to come to my office (Arts & Sciences-105-H) during my office hours, or call me at 678/466-4719.
HARD CORE STUFF:
A. ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION GRADES: In an art history or appreciation course, attendance is very important. This will count for half of your attendance/participation grade, which is 5% of your course grade. In this regard, absences are unexcused unless supported by hard-copy documentation that I determine is justifiable. If any students are late to class, it is their responsibility to tell me at the end of THAT class period that they did show up, for attendance purposes. Frequent tardiness and leaving early will also factor in. Three significant latenesses (after roll) will count as an absence. The participation portion of the grade will reflect your individual, active, and positive participation in the class discussions, in your adding positively to the learning experience through relevant questions and comments. Also, the participation part of it can be no higher than the attendance part, since if one is not in class, he or she is not participating. In this regard also, no active cell phones or pagers are allowed in class. They MUST be turned off. Therefore, EACH time one of those goes off in class, 10% of that person's Participation grade will be deducted from the final grade.
B. If you know that you are getting married or some such thing, talk to me in advance so that you will not get behind. If you have the dreaded Cat Scratch Virus, give me a call at CCSU so that I can tell you what you missed; YOU ARE, OF COURSE, RESPONSIBLE FOR FINDING OUT WHAT YOU MISS AND FOR MAKING UP ANY ASSIGNMENTS. My office number, again, is 678/466-4719. The office hours when you can normally reach me will be handed out during the first week of classes.
C. Make-up Tests: Make-up tests will be allowed only in extremely exceptional cases, with documentable excuses. Also, due to my using up the more obvious questions on the initial exam, make-up exams tend to be tough cookies.
D. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN OUR SYLLABI:
Disruption of the Learning Environment
Behavior which disrupts the teaching–learning process during class activities will not tolerated. While a variety of behaviors can be disruptive in a classroom setting, more serious examples include belligerent, abusive, profane, and/or threatening behavior. A student who fails to respond to reasonable faculty direction regarding classroom behavior and/or behavior while participating in classroom activities may be dismissed from class. A student who is dismissed is entitled to due process and will be afforded such rights as soon as possible following dismissal. If found in violation, a student may be administratively withdrawn and may receive a grade of WF.
A more detailed description of examples of disruptive behavior and appeal procedures is provided at:
http://a-s.clayton.edu/DisruptiveClassroomBehavior.htm
SOFT CORE:
Please come visit me in my office (A&S-105-H) if you have any questions, are unsure of anything, or just want to talk about class. That’s what I’m there for, and...YOU ARE WELCOME!
NOTE: To obtain this document in alternative format or request accommodations, contact the Disability Services Coordinator, Michelle Jordan--phone at 678/466-5445 or e-mail at ElaineManglitz@clayton.edu.