ART HISTORY 202: SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF WESTERN ART H

Professor Schmunk

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An introductory survey of Western art and its major monuments, artists, techniques, styles, and themes. This course encompasses the art of the last 600 years, from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

Goals of the course:

To help you to acquire a familiarity with the major monuments in the history of art

and a useful knowledge of names, dates, and places related to the art works

studied.

To develop an understanding of the language of art criticism and an ability to use that language accurately to describe, analyze, and interpret works of art.

To cultivate an awareness of some of the historical factors--pofitical events and structures, dominant ideologies, patterns of patronage, functional considerations-that have influenced the creation of works of art.

To foster your ability to express ideas about art with greater clarity in both verbal and written form.

To cultivate open-mindedness and appreciation, along with the critical skills of discrimination and discernment.

Course Texts:

Tansey and Kleiner, Gardner's Art through the Ages, I I th edition, Vol. H.

Course Requirements and Grade Distribution:

Midterm exams (3) - 20% each Final exam -25% Preparation for and participation in class discussion - 5% Essay on fieldtrip - 10%

Attendance Policy: Regular attendance is expected of all students. Missed exams may not be made up without written and verifiable proof of a medical, family, or comparable emergency.

Office Hours:

Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00-2:30, or at other times by appointment, in Daniel

220 or 221. Please feel free to see me should questions or problems arise.

Art History 202: Survey of the History of Western Art II

Course Calendar

2/7 Introduction.

2/9 The Analysis and Interpretation of Art, pp. xxxii-xlvii.

2/12 Proto-Renaissance Art, pp. 532-546.

2/14 Proto-Renaissance Art, cont., pp. 546-557.

2/16 Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe, pp. 558-572.

2/19 Fifteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe, cont., pp. 5 72-5 8 1.

2/21 Fifteenth-Century Italian Art: sculpture, pp. 588-600.

2/23 Fifteenth-Century Italian Art: painting, pp. 600-605.

2/26 Fifteenth-Century Italian Art: architecture, pp. 605-610.

2/28 End of the Fifteenth-Century, pp. 611-633.

3/2 No class meeting.

3/5 MIDTERM EXAM #1.

3/7 High Renaissance Art, pp. 634-644.

3/9 High Renaissance Art, cont., pp. 644-664.

3/12 High Renaissance Art and Venetian Renaissance Art, pp. 664-668.

3/14 Venetian Renaissance Art, 668-673.

3/16 Mannerism, pp. 664-680.

3/19 Late Sixteenth-Century Venetian"Art, 681-687.

3/21 Sixteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe, cont., pp. 688-717.

3/23 MIDTERM EXAM #2.

4/2 Italian Baroque Art: architecture, pp. 718-732.

4/4 Italian Baroque Art: sculpture, pp. 727-728

4/6 Italian Baroque Art: painting, pp. 73 2-74 1.

4/9 Baroque Art in Spain and Flanders, pp. 741-75 1.

4/11 Baroque Art in Holland, pp. 751-766.

4/13 Baroque Art in France, pp. 766-776.

4/16 Late Baroque and Rococo Art, pp. 778-787.

4/18 The Enlightenment and the Reaction against the Rococo, pp. 834-847.

4/20 MIDTERM EXAM #3

4/23 Neo-Classicism, pp. 847-859.

4/25 Romanticism, pp. 859-869.

4/27 Romanticism, cont., pp. 870-880.

4/30 Realism, pp. 883-901.

5/2 Impressionism, pp. 904-916.

5/4 Post-Impressionism, pp. 916-924,

5/7 Symbolism and Early Modem Architecture, pp. 880-883; 924-939.

5/9 Fauvism, Cubism, and Futurism, pp. 1000- 1022.

5/11 Modem and Postmodem Architecture, pp. 1052-1060; 1103-1132.

Final Exams

A section: Monday, May 14, 9:00-12: 00

B section: Wednesday, May 16, 2:00-5: 00