AH 212--Course Syllabus

History of Art: Western Art Survey: Painting from the Medieval to the Baroque

AH 212--Four Quarter Hours

Please refer to the complete final course syllabus available on the course Website once the course begins.

Course
Description

The course asks you to think about what painting does (over what it “is”), and what a effects it is able to actualize in the viewer. How does it function in culture and society? How does it communicate, and even create, a particular set of values and ideas? How does it help to organize the community to whom it is addressed? How does that mode of address operate? Our interest will remain on the “how does it communicate” part of the question. This course is designed to help you develop visual literacy by granting you the tools and methods of visual analysis in order to think about how painting in this historical era evolved and works. As a group, we will learn to look at works of art carefully and analytically in order to articulate visual experience through language. We will be inquiring into the ways that art operates through case studies of major works from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, or from 1300 to 1700, from Cimabue and Giotto through Velázquez and Poussin.

This is a discussion course, not a lecture. Regular class participation in the form of posting, in addition to the completion of “quizzes” designed to facilitate class discussion, are therefore crucial to your success in the course. They will contribute to your final grade.

Prerequisites

None

Methods of Course Instruction

All course content is presented on the World Wide Web; e-mail is used for submission of assignments, as well as for the instructor's evaluation and comments.

General Course Requirements	Class attendance and participation, postings Weekly assigned readings, posted questions and quizzes 1 essay (3-4 pages) 2 exams (midterm and final) Class participation is an essential component of the course. In order to participate in a significant, effective and productive manner, you must complete the weekly readings assignments and consult the images in Gardener. In order to pass the course, you must complete all the assignments stipulated by your instructor.

General Course Requirements

Class attendance and participation, postings
Weekly assigned readings, posted questions and quizzes
1 essay (3-4 pages)
2 exams (midterm and final)

Class participation is an essential component of the course. In order to participate in a significant, effective and productive manner, you must complete the weekly readings assignments and consult the images in Gardener. In order to pass the course, you must complete all the assignments stipulated by your instructor.

Materials

Required

Text(s)

Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. 12th Edition. Eds. Kleiner and Mamiya. Wadsworth, 2005.
Panofsky, Erwin. Perspective as Symbolic Form. Trans. Christopher Wood. New York: Zone Books, 1997.

Note: The books for the course are in stock at College Bookstore, (740) 594-3505. Click here for online ordering.

Exams
Requirements

2 exams - No proctoring required

How are exams to be taken:/How is the exam to be taken:

Dates of Exam
TBD

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