FALL 2008
SYLLABUS
FOR
ART 2301
"Art of the Pre-Modern World"
Instructor: Dr. David Ludley
Office Number: Arts & Sciences – 105 H
E-Mail: davidludley@clayton.edu
Web Site: http://a-s.clayton.edu/ludley
Phone (with voice mail): 678/466-4719
The Fall 2007 CRN 86771 ART 2301 meets on Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons, from 2:10pm-3:25pm, in LEC B 13.
The Fall 2007 CRN 86772 ART 2301 meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings,
from 6:30pm-7:45pm, in A&S G 229.
Required Text: Art:
A Brief History. THIRD EDITION, by Marilyn Stokstad (Paperback),
Pearson/Prentice Hall, Copyright 2007 ISBN 0-13-195541-1 (Same as last
fall.)
Fall Final Exam Dates: These will not be scheduled till later in the semester, so we have been asked to just say, "TBA."
Office Hours:
Mondays & Wednesdays: 2 pm - 3:30 pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 3:30 pm - 5 pm & 7:50 pm - 8:50 pm
In addition, to better accommodate online courses, 7:35 pm - 8:05 pm on selected
Fridays:
Sept. 26, Oct. 3 & 31 pm, Nov. 7, Dec. 5;
Also, 12:35 pm - 1:05 pm on selected Saturdays:
Sept. 20 & 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 1 & 22.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
A culturally diverse history and appreciation of art from pre-historic times up to the 1300's. Aesthetic and historical perspectives will be employed,and critical thinking activities addressed, to enable students to communicate their knowledge of the art periods surveyed. This is not an easy course. There is much reading and studying.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
A survey of world art from prehistoric times through approximately 1600, viewed in both historical and contemporary perspective. Critical thinking and communication skills are emphasized. [Note: Learning Support students who are required to take ENGL 0099 and/or READ 0099 must exit the requirement(s) before they can enroll in this course.] No other Pre-Requisites.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
The objective of the course is to acquaint the student with art and its relationship to various cultures or societies. Painting, sculpture, and architecture will be discussed as to their visual merits and their value as multi-cultural expressions of specific artists functioning in various societies.
COURSE OUTLINE/PERIODS OF ART with Hyperlinks to Study Slides:
IMPORTANT: Click HERE for the hyperlink to your STUDY SLIDES for Art 2301.
PRE-HISTORIC ART
ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ART:
EGYPTIAN ART
AEGEAN ART
GREEK ART
ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ART
EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ART
ROMANESQUE ART
GOTHIC ART/CATHEDRALS
AFRICAN ART
NEO-BYZANTINE STYLE AND GOTHIC ART IN ITALY
EARLY RENAISSANCE
HIGH RENAISSANCE
VENETIAN RENAISSANCE
MANNERISM
NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
REQUIREMENTS:
Four one-hour exams
Final Exam (not comprehensive)
Four "Quickies"
EVALUATION PERCENTAGES:
First Hour Exam 15%
Second Hour Exam 15%
Third Hour Exam 15%
Fourth Hour Exam 15%
Final Exam 15%
Average of Three Highest "Quickies" 20%
Class Attendance and Participation 5%
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Total 100%
GRADING SCALE:
90 –100 = A
80 – 89 = B
70 – 79 = C
60 – 69 = D
59 OR BELOW = F
RESOURCE MATERIALS:
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. All students must also obtain a CSU e-mail address.
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, 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 was used with great success by past art history
students; many even printed several of the thumbnail pages out,
for additional study help. DO NOT WAIT till just before the first
quiz to try to access and/or print out the thumbnail pages. That
would be a BIG mistake... Do it NOW. Waiting till the last minute
and complaining of not being able to get online at that point or
not knowing how to do it AT THAT POINT will not get sympathy
points or be considered any kind of excuse... You are required to use
these web study slides and will be tested on them.
(Tip: People who have NOT made use of the study slides in the
past have generally not done well on the quizes and 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. As well, you may access Gallileo for its myriad library links from my homepage.
WEBVISTA ONLINE GRADEBOOK: ALSO, I WILL POST YOUR GRADES AS WE GO ALONG ON THE WEB VISTA WEBSITE. FOR YOUR BENEFIT, I HAVE SET UP A WEBVISTA GRADE BOOK FOR YOU. WITH THIS, YOU CAN LOOK UP YOUR GRADES ONLINE, BEFORE I PASS THEM BACK IN CLASS. TO GET THERE, GO TO https://clayton.view.usg.edu/ . YOUR LOGIN AND PASSWORD ARE, FIRST, YOUR FIVE DIGIT CSU EMAIL NUMBER; NEXT, YOU PUT IN YOUR DUCK PIN. IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE, PLEASE CALL (OR VISIT) THE HUB FOR HELP.
HOW DO YOU STUDY FOR THIS COURSE?
This is not an easy course. It requires much reading (more so than Art 2302 does) and careful note taking from the lectures. The exams and "quickies" will be based on both the course lectures and textbook assignments, as well as on the Web Study Slides. If I should lecture on a certain art work, and you find that work illustrated in the book or on the Study Slide website, 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.
Besides the book illustrations, which may also be on the exam, all the other important slides are now available for you to view on the Web, as I explained above. The Web study images will be EXTREMELY important to you, in helping you succeed in the course: from helping you study as we go along, to greatly improving your effectiveness in reviewing for each quiz and test. To be successful, you should print out the study slides as we go along, so that you can use them as flash cards, to study for each quiz and test. I encourage you to study these at the same time with your friends in the class. That way, you can share your knowledge with each other and generally do much better than when studying alone... Also, you will want to have these slide print-outs in front of you for each class lecture, so that you can mark the ones I show you in class as important and so that you can follow along with the artist's names and the titles of the works, spelled out in front of you.
If you have any questions or thoughts to share, please feel free to come to my office (Arts & Sciences 105H) during my office hours, to e-mail me at davidludley@clayton.edu, or to call me at 678/466-4719
HARD CORE STUFF:
A. 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 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 after attendance is called will also affect the Attendance grade: three unexcused tardies after roll is called will count as an absence. Leaving early will also factor in to the attendance grade. The participation portion of that 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 hours when you can normally reach me will be handed out during this class period.
C. Make-up Tests: I drop the lowest quiz. If you are absent for a quiz, that is the one that will count as your lowest. If you miss more than one, however, you will have a most radical problem, because no make-up quizzes are allowed, and 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:
SOFTCORE INFORMATION:
Please come visit me in my office (Arts & Sciences 105H) if you have any questions, are unsure of anything, or just want to talk. That’s what I am here for, and YOU are welcome!
Note: To obtain this document in alternative format, contact the Disability Services Coordinator, Dr. Elaine Manglitz, Student Center 255, at 678/466-5445 or email at disabilityservices@mail.clayton.edu.