AH202-01 – History of Art II:
Renaissance to Contemporary Art – Fall 2014
Mon., Wed., Fri. 8-8:50 a.m., 138 Meek Hall
Michelangelo, Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco, Vatican City, 1510.
Instructor: Dr. Kris Belden-Adams
Office: Meek Hall, Rm. 259
Office Hours: Before and after class and by appointment
Email: kkbelden@olemiss.edu – Barring unforeseen circumstances, I promise you a response within 24 hours.
Course Description
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the major stylistic, thematic, and historical trends
in art history from the Renaissance through today. This course is designed to encourage a critical
understanding of the meaning and function of art objects, architecture, and design artifacts within their
original historical contexts. The final section of this course deals with the emergence of mass media and
modernity in art. Class sessions consist of lecture (interlaced with videos/virtual tours, etc.), discussion,
group projects and hands-on individualized synthesis of lecture and reading materials.
Course Objectives
- Become familiar with the major stylistic developments in art history from the Renaissance to now
- Identify thematic trends in art history
- Understand the important historical developments and their impact on art/art-making
- Be able to explain the styles, trends, and developments leading to the emergence of
modernity/Modernism/postmodernism
Welcome Message: I am glad that you are here! I look forward to introducing you to this material, and to
helping you learn. We will work hard, but we also will have some fun.
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Required Textbook:
None! Welcome to the trial run of the art history survey course, based on open-access online materials. To
find your required readings, go to: www.beldenadams.com, select the “AH202 – Fall 2014” menu at the top
of the page, pull down to “Virtual Syllabus,” scroll down and save a copy with hotlinks to your computer.
To access a Pinterest page containing all of the images to study, please see:
http://www.pinterest.com/umartdept/ (This is also available as a “Link” from www.beldenadams.com.)
Blackboard
The course Blackboard site houses important announcements, your online quizzes, assignments, a portal for
online assignment submissions, backup electronic course documents, and the “live” gradebook. In sum, we
will make good use of Blackboard. If you do not have a computer, allow yourself time to visit a
computer center on campus regularly, and especially – for 30-minute stints to complete quizzes.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS (please read this section very carefully):
Your success in this course will depend on careful listening and looking, thorough note-taking, and the
completion of the writing assignments listed in the schedule. It is essential that you reserve time each week
to read the assigned readings and view the videos in the syllabus.
Note-Taking/Reading: Remember that the videos/readings you will find online constitute your “instructors.” I am the
other! Both outside readings/screenings and in-class material will appear on quizzes. Don’t rely on your
memory. Take notes diligently.
Examinations: There will be in-class exercises, quizzes (taken outside of class, on Blackboard) and a final
comprehensive exam involving 15 slide identifications and 1 compare-and-contrast essay question. Only
images on the Pinterest page for the cultures/time periods we are studying are eligible to appear on the final. The final
comprehensive exam will be given at our scheduled time, 8:00 a.m. on Dec. 8. Given the tight
turnaround on grades, there will be no make-ups for the final exam. But you WILL NOT pass the
course if you do not pass the final! Art/Art History majors must receive a course grade of “C” or above
to avoid repeating the class and possibly losing any merit scholarships. All other students should be aware
that course grades of “D” or “F” may impact scholarships/financial aid.
*** The format of the Final Exam: PART ONE: 15 single-images, 5 minutes each – Identify each by: artist
(1 pt.), title (1/2 pt), date (1/2 pt), movement (1 pt.) and discuss its significance (2-3 pts.); PART TWO:
Provide the same identifying information as above for two side-by-side objects (6 pts.). Then thoroughly
compare AND contrast these two objects (9 pts).
Attendance & Participation: I expect you to come to class, that is to say, show up on time, stay the entire
class period, and participate fully in each class the whole time you are there. Students often ask me how
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many times they are allowed to cut my class. The answer is that every absence or late arrival will have a negative
effect on your grade. For one thing, there are frequent analytical discussions and in-class assignments. And if
you are absent, you can’t make up those experiences. In-class material is included on your quizzes.
AFTER THREE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES, YOUR FINAL COURSE GRADE WILL BE
DOCKED -10 POINTS FOR EVERY ABSENCE.
That means, for students with a 100% course grade, 7 ABSENCES = FAILING THE CLASS.
Please keep this attendance policy in mind when mulling over your use of the two “free” absences — you
will regret those days you skipped for fun on the day you forgot your ID, got a flat tire/had a broken
alarm/or a change in your work schedule.
FYI - You do NOT need to e-mail me whenever you choose to use one of your unexcused absences!
Three lates = one absence.
Attendance will be taken at the start of class. If you are not present at the start of class, you may
sign the “late sheet” after class. Please do not interrupt class to hunt down the late sheet when you arrive.
Heads-Up: We are required by law to report attendance data to Financial Aid. If you are a university
athlete, the Athletic Department and the Center receives this information. If you are a first-year student, the
office for Student Success and the First-Year Experience gets this data, too. If you have opted to share your
academic records with your parents/guardians, they also will be able to access your attendance data.
Participation: Your ability to articulate your thoughts about art/art history orally is an important component of this course.
Therefore, we will regularly shift from the traditional lecture format to include an active, two-way
conversation about art history, and individual/group exercises. We occasionally also will work in groups to
review concepts, share ideas, follow-up on insights and arguments and support each other in learning about
sometimes-difficult, and sometimes-subtle, ideas. Your contributions are noticed, and considered in the
assignment of your final grade.
Grading
The final grade for the course will be determined by the grades earned on the exams, your review/notetaking assignments, class participation, and attendance. There are no extra credit assignments for this course.
Improvement will be taken into consideration. Your course grade will be determined as follows:
Blackboard Quizzes (9 total, 5 pts. ea.)
In-Class Assignments
Final Exam
Attendance & Participation
45%
20%
20%
15%
The University of Mississippi’s grading scale is explained at: http://www.olemiss.edu/info/grading.html
A – Work of superior quality that goes above and beyond expectations
B – Work that is better than average
C – Work that is average
D – Work that is below average with missing information and other inaccuracies
F – Represents failure (or no credit) and signifies that the work was either (1) completed at a level of achievement that is not worthy of credit or
(2) was not completed.
There are 100 points to earn in this course. The final grade levels are as follows:
A-level: 90 – 100 points
B-level: 80 – 89 points
C-level: 70 – 79 points
D-level: 60 – 69 points
F: 59 points and below
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A Word about Quizzes/Exams, and My Expectations of You:
I know you won’t believe this. But quizzes and exams are designed to help you. No joke. When you escape
this class, my goal is for you to take away two key sets of knowledge that will be yours forever: (1) the ability
to recognize a basic “canon” of art-historical masterworks (this is where the memorization comes in), and
(2) the skills to analyze works of art and visual culture for their bigger-picture contributions (critical thinking
skills…often best expressed by writing about art). You’ll notice that my exams place a larger emphasis on
critical skills than memorization. This may differ (or not) from other courses you have taken in art history.
OBJECTS TO KNOW FOR YOUR FINAL EXAM:
See Pinterest pagehttp://www.pinterest.com/umartdept/
As an object from this list appears during class, it will have an asterisk (*) next to its caption.
Studying: Advice from an Old (eek!) Pro
Let me know how I can help you learn the material outside of the classroom. Seriously. That’s why I’m here:
to help you learn. Draw (digital or hand-drawn), make flashcards (or use the ones that come with your
textbook), study in groups, run through flashcards when you’re at line at WalMart. Whatever helps, do it!
Please do START EARLY. Take it from me: It’s less painful that way. If you are falling behind, feeling lost,
or having any other difficulties in the class, please see me as soon as possible.
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: It is University policy to provide, on a flexible and individual basis,
reasonable classroom accommodations to students who have confirmed disabilities that may impact their
ability to fully participate in course activities or meet course requirements. If you wish to seek a classroom
accommodation because of a disability, please contact the Office of Student Disability Services (SDS)
immediately so that SDS may verify your disability and grant appropriate accommodations. An instructor
will only allow a student those accommodations verified by SDS after the student has delivered to the
instructor an Instructor Notification form prepared by SDS. Verified students must make an appointment
with each instructor in order to deliver the Instructor Notification form and discuss how the approved
accommodations will be arranged in each particular class.
** For ALL Students: If any problems or issues arise – in or out of the classroom - that might affect your performance in
the course, please come see me or send me an e-mail immediately. Anything we discuss will be kept confidential, within the
parameters of the University’s policy. **
CLASSROOM DECORUM:
Your classroom decorum will be taken into account in the assignment of your final participation grade.
Classroom Laptop and Technology Policy:
Art history is hard. When you are in class, the content will require your full attention and engagement.
That’s half of the battle, re: getting a good grade – fully listening when you’re in class. Technology that
contributes to that goal is allowed. Otherwise, turn it off. Enjoy being disconnected.
Laptop/notebook computers may be used for note-taking and collaborative group activities ONLY. Students
engaging in non-course related computer activities during the course (i.e., social media, e-mail, work for other classes, etc.) will be
required to shut off their laptops. If more than one infraction is flagged during a single class session = loss of laptop privileges for
the entire class. Don’t be those people who ruin it for the whole group!
Cell phones must be turned off during class, unless exceptional circumstances require use of a cell phone.
Consult with the instructor for approval. Students texting during the class will receive one polite warning. Upon a second
offense, they be asked to leave, and will be marked absent for the class session/s.
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Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, Cheating, Behavior Disrupting the Learning Experience:
Academic integrity is essential to a positive teaching and learning environment. The work you submit for
credit in this course must be your own. All students are expected to complete coursework responsibilities
with fairness and honesty. Failure to do so by seeking unfair advantage over others or misrepresenting
someone else’s work as your own, can result in disciplinary action, including:
(a) The student receives a reduced grade, F, or zero on the assignment.
(b) The student receives a reduced grade or an F in the class.
(c) The student is required to take another test or examination.
(d) The student is required to submit another term paper, computer project, etc.
(e) The student is placed on academic disciplinary probation.
(f) The student is suspended.
(g) The student is expelled.
Scholastic dishonesty is defined as follows: the submission of false records of academic achievement;
cheating on assignments or examinations; plagiarizing; altering, forging, or misusing a College academic
record, taking, acquiring or using test materials without faculty permission; acting alone or in cooperation
with another to falsify records or to obtain dishonesty grades, honors, awards or professional endorsement
in a dishonest manner. Within this course, a student who is responsible for scholastic dishonesty can be
assigned a penalty up to and including an “F” for the course. In case of repeated offenses, expulsion is
possible. Protect yourself. Please review the University of Mississippi policy (especially the
definitions of plagiarism and cheating) at:
https://secure4.olemiss.edu/umpolicyopen/ShowDetails.jsp?istatPara=1&policyObjidPara=10817696
Sleeping: In a classroom with the lights down low, people have a tendency to fall asleep. Drink coffee, if
that’s what it takes. I will do my part to keep you awake – if you do yours! To state the obvious: sleeping in
class will result in a lowered attendance/participation grade. It also may result in the embarrassment of
being awakened by your instructor and/or all of your peers.
COURSE CONTENT: In this course, we will look at artworks that comment about a range of possibly
sensitive issues, including sexuality, politics, prostitution, violence, etc. You will see artworks that depict
nudity in this course. Your continued attendance will be considered an act of consent to view these artworks, and to discuss
such topics openly – even if an artist’s work might communicate views with which you do not agree. In many cases,
artists/designers are trying to deliberately violate societal taboos, just to make viewers uncomfortable. If an
artwork makes you feel ill at ease, I highly ENCOURAGE you to share your discomfort with the class, so that we can
analyze his choice of a strategy of provocation, and this tactic’s effectiveness.
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Fall 2014 – AH202, Syllabus with Links:
Renaissance to Modern Art History
**YOU SHOULD DOWNLOAD AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THIS PART OF THE SYLLABUS FROM
www.beldenadams.com to get the “hyperlinks” to your readings and short film assignments.***
8/25, 8/27, 8/29
Syllabus and Introductions /
The Proto-Renaissance (or Late Gothic/Medieval)
1300-1400
This week, you will learn:
 about the common and contrasting developments in the art
and culture of Florence and Siena in the 14th century
 about the humanization of Christ, and the development of
naturalism in representations of the body and in the
depiction of space
 about the Black Death
 about the media of fresco and tempera
 about altarpieces and how they functioned
Content:
95 minutes of video & 6 pages of text, plus 4 interactives to read
Background
Gold Ground Panel Painting (from the Getty) (video: 10:23)
Fresco (2 videos from MoMA: 6 minutes)
Introduction to the Proto-Renaissance (1300-1400) (video: 6:58
+ text)
The Black Death (text)
Altarpieces in Context (The National Gallery video: 4:55)
Anatomy of an Altarpiece (The National Gallery interactive - text)
Siena
Duccio, Maesta (front), 1308-11 (video: 6:24 + text)
Maesta (back), 1308-11 (video: 4:10)
Rucellai Madonna, 1285-6 (video: 4:16)
A. Lorenzetti, Allegory & Effect of Good and Bad Government
(video: 10:18)
Simone Martini, The Annunciation, 1333 (video: 4:34)
Florence
Cimabue, Santa Trinita Madonna, 1280-90 (video: 8:05)
Giotto, Arena Chapel, c. 1305 part 1 (video: 4:57 + text), part 2
(video: 10:14), part 3 (video: 5:42), part 4 (video: 6:23)
Ognissanti Madonna, 1306-10 (video: 4:05)
Narrative Painting, Giotto and His Audience (Getty Interactive text)
”Friars, Bankers and Giotto” (Getty Interactive - text)
”Architecture Saints and Textiles” (Getty Interactive - text)
Florence, the Church and Pacino di Bonaguida (Getty Interactive text)
Vocabulary*
Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
Humanism
Foreshortening
Chiaroscuro
Modeling
Volume
Altarpiece
Prophets
Fresco
*most vocabulary can be found here
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REMINDER: NO CLASSES 9/1 – LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
9/3 & 9/5
1400-1500: The Early Renaissance
***QUIZ 1 Portal opens on Blackboard @ 9 a.m. 9/5
Learn:
 about the characteristics of Early Renaissance art
 about linear perspective and its importance for artists in this
period
 about the historical circumstances in Florence that set the
stage for the Renaissance
Content
134 minutes of video, 9 pages of text
Background
The Renaissance (video: 10:27)
The Renaissance (text)
Florence in the Early Renaissance (text)
Printing and Thinking (learner.org text)
The Artist’s Life (text)
The Classical Orders (video: 11:08)
Sculpture & Architecture
Brunelleschi and Ghiberti, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1401-2 (video:
5:24 + text)
Orsanmichele (video: 4:53)
Brunelleschi’s Experiment: Linear Perspective (video: 4:16)
How One-Point Linear Perspective Works (video: 11:56)
Brunelleschi, Dome, c. 1420 (video: 5:52)
Pazzi Chapel, begun 1420s (video: 3:23)
Donatello St. Mark, 1411-13 (video: 5:35)
David, 1420s-1460s (video: 7:24)
The Feast of Herod, 1423-7 (video: 4:34)
Equestrian Monument of Gattalemlata, 1445-53 (video:
5:41)
Alberti, Sant'Andrea in Mantua, 1472-90 (text)
Painting
Masaccio, Holy Trinity, 1427 ( video: 8:37 and text)
The Magic of Illusion: Masaccio’s Holy Trinity (National Gallery
video: 7:58)
Masaccio, The Tribute Money, 1427 (video: 8:04 and text)
Expulsion, c. 1424-27 (video: 5:00)
Fra Angelico, Annunciation, 1438-47 (video: 11:37)
Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Angels, 1455-66
(video: 3:57 + text)
Piero della Francesca, Baptism of Christ, 1450s (video: 3:47)
Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1483-85, (video: 4:00)
Vocabulary*
Secular
Equestrian sculpture
Scientific Naturalism
Republic
Guild
Civic-pride
Niche
Linear Perspective
(for orthogonals, vanishing point,
etc.)
Coffer
Barrel Vault
Pilaster
Classical Orders (for fluting, capitals,
Corinthian, Ionic, etc.)
Continuous Narrative
St. Peter
Pantheon
Basilica (including Apse, Nave,
Transept, Aisle)
Memento Mori
*most vocabulary can be found here
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Note: From the early fifteenth century, humanistic influences
prompted such new subjects as portraits [and] mythological
scenes....Most works of art, however, continued to depict
religious themes.... a sample of just over two thousand works
having identifiable subjects that were inventoried between 1420
and 1539 showed that 87 percent had religious themes (67
percent of the remainder were portraits). The numbers also point
to an increased interest in images of the Virgin and Child...over
those of saints or even episodes from the life of Christ. (source:
Italian Renaissance Learning Resources)
9/8
The Renaissance in Venice
1400-1500
Learn:
 the unique characteristics of the art of Renaissance Venice
and how the economic and historical circumstances there
shaped the art
 about the use of oil paint in Venice
Content
43 minutes of video, 2 pages of text
Introduction (text)
Oil Paint (video: 6:37 + text)
Oil Paint in Venice (video: 4:02)
Bellini, San Giobbe Altarpiece, c. 1485 (video: 6:01)
San Zaccaria Altarpiece, 1505 (video: 5:32)
Mantegna, San Zeno Altarpiece, 1456-9 (video: 5:36)
Mantegna, Dead Christ, c. 1480-1500 (video: 4:41)
Mantegna, Camera degli Sposi, 1465-74 (video: 6:30)
Giorgione, The Tempest, 1506-8 (video: 5:55)
Titian, Assumption of the Virgin, 1516-18 (video: 3:25)
Madonna of the Pesaro Family, 1519-26 (video: 7:06)
Vocabulary
Sacra Conversazione
Di sotto in sù
9/10
The Renaissance in Northern Europe
1400-1500
Learn:
 the unique characteristics of the art of Northern Renaissance
 about the patronage of the Duke of Burgundy in Dijon
 about the development of oil paint and the way it was used
by the artists of the Northern Renaissance
Content
40 minutes of video, 3 pages of text
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Flanders (text)
Sluter, The Well of Moses, 1395-1405 (video: 4:52)
Campin, Merode Altarpiece, 1425-28 (video: 5:45 + text)
Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece closed (video: 6:19 + text) and
Ghent Altarpiece open, completed 1432 (video: 8:37 + text)
Portrait of Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434 (video: 7:12)
Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition, c. 1435 (video: 7:09)
Petrus Christus, Portrait of a Carthusian, 1442 (video: 8:50)
Vocabulary
diptych, triptych, polyptych
Flanders / Flemish
Burgundy
*most vocabulary can be found here
9/12 & 9/15
The High Renaissance in Italy & Mannerism
9/12***QUIZ 1 DUE (on BlackBoard) @ 8 a.m., 9/8***
1500-1600
Learn:
 how Rome overtook Florence as the center of Renaissance
art due largely to the patronage of Pope Julius II
 about the work and techniques of High Renaissance artists
including Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Bramante.
 the characteristics of the High Renaissance and Mannerist
styles
Content
135 minutes of video, 11 pages of text
The High Renaissance
The High Renaissance (text)
Leonardo da Vinci (video: 3:16 + text)
Leonardo's Anatomical Studies (text from Universal Leonardo
site)
Leonardo and the Study of Proportions (text from Universal
Leonardo site)
Virgin of the Rocks, c. 1491-1508 (video: 5:38 + text)
The Last Supper (video: 7:40 + text)
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne St. John the Baptist
(4:04 video + text)
Mona Lisa (video: 8:39 + text)
Michelangelo (text)
Michelangelo, Pietà (3:39 video + text)
David (5:40 video + text)
Moses (4:12 video + text)
Slaves (3:17 video)
Vocabulary*
Pope Julius II
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
Prophets
Sibyls
Martyr/martyrdom
*most vocabulary can be found here
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Sistine Chapel ceiling (video: 22:03)
More on the Sistine Chapel (interactive from the Vatican
Museums)
Last Judgment (altar wall of the Sistine chapel) (video:
17:58)
Raphael, Madonna of the Goldfinch (video: 3:27)
School of Athens (video: 12:30 + text)
Portrait of Pope Julius II (video: 4:11)
Galatea, c. 1513 (video)
Bramante, St. Peter's Basilica (video: 4:28)
Tempietto (video: 6:01)
Mannerism
An Introduction to Mannerism (text)
Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck (video: 4:44)
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, 1524 (video: 2:53)
Pontormo, Entombment (video: 4:38)
Bronzino, An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, c. 1545 (video: 6:49)
El Greco, Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1612-14 (video: 4:10)
9/17 & 9/19
Northern Europe at the time of the Reformation
***QUIZ 2 Portal opens on Blackboard, 9/20
1500-1600
Learn:
 about the challenge to the Church by Martin Luther and the
Protestant Reformation
 about art’s role in the Protestant Reformation and CounterReformation
 about the impact of the Reformation on art and artists
 about how Luther used art to communicate his theology
Content
70 minutes of video, 2 pages of text
The Reformation (text)
Introduction to the Reformation
Setting the Stage (part 1) (video: 8:18)
Martin Luther (part 2) (video: 11:15)
Varieties of Protestantism (part 3) (video: 8:16)
The Counter-Reformation (part 4) (video: 9:41)
Bosch, Last Judgment, 1504-8 (video: 8:52)
Dürer, Self-Portrait, 1500 (text, 3 pgs)
Adam and Eve (video: 5:52)
Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece (text)
Holbein, Ambassadors, 1533 (video: 7:33)
Bruegel, Dutch Proverbs (video: 2:20)
*
Vocabulary
Genre scenes/paintings
Reformation
Counter-Reformation
Council of Trent
Martin Luther
95 Theses
Indulgences
Iconoclasm
*most vocabulary can be found here
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9/22, 9/24, 9/26
Baroque Art
***QUIZ 2 DUE (on BlackBoard) @ 8 a.m., 9/26***
1600-1700
Learn:
 the characteristics of the Italian Baroque style and its
relationship to the Counter-Reformation
 about the mercantile culture of the north, the expansion
of subject matter, and the development of art as a
commodity
Content – Italian Baroque
1 hr. 23 minutes of video, 11 pages of text
Baroque Art in Italy:
Introduction (4 pgs)
Bernini, David, 1623-4 (text + video: 3:55)
Baldaccino (video: 4:14)
St. Peter's Square, 1656-67 (video: 2:51)
Ecstasy of St. Theresa, 1645-52 (video: 7:33)
Cathedra Pietri, 1647-53 (video: 3:30)
Caravaggio, Deposition (or Entombment), c. 1600-04 (text)
Calling of St. Matthew (video: 4:30)
Narcissus (video: 3:37)
The Death of the Virgin, 1605-06 (video: 3:57)
Pozzo, Glorfication of Saint Ignatius, 1691-4 (video: 5:41)
The Magic of Illusion: Sant’Ignazio’s Ceiling (National Gallery of
Art video: 3:18)
Vocabulary
tenebrism
illusionism
camera obscura
Dutch Republic:
Vermeer, Master of Light, National Gallery of Art, 5 video series:
Part 1: Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, c. 1664
(video: 4:00)
Part 2: Vermeer, The Music Lesson, c. 1662-5 (video:
8:42)
Part 3: Vermeer, Girl with the Red Hat, c. 1665-6 (video:
5:39)
Part 4: Camera Obscura (video: 1:43)
Part 5: Vermeer, Woman Writing a Letter, c. 1665 (video:
2:43)
Rembrandt, Night Watch (text, 3 pgs)
Self-Portrait (video: 4:00)
Flanders:
Rubens, Elevation of the Cross, 1610-11 (text)
Disembarking of Maria de Medici (2.5 pgs)
Spain:
Velazquez, Las Meninas, c. 1656 (video: 6:00)
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10/1 & 10/3
Rococo, Neo-Classicism and Romanticism
***QUIZ 3 Portal opens on Blackboard @ 9 a.m. 10/3
1700-1850
Learn:
 the stylistic characteristics of the 18th century and their
relationship to the hierarchical structures and extravagances
of French court life
 the philosophical origins of the French Revolution and the
violence of the Reign of Terror and their impact on this
period’s visual culture
Content
47 minutes of video, 6 pages of text
Rococo
Louis XIV and Versailles (text)
Boucher, Madame de Pompadour, 1750 (video: 3:06)
Fragonard, The Swing, 1767 (video: 3:21)
Watteau, Cythera, 1717 (video, 5:19)
Rococo Salons, Hotel de Soubise (text)
Neo-Classicism
The Age of Enlightenment (text)
Neo-Classicism (text)
David, Oath of the Horatii, 1785 (video: 5:48)
Death of Marat (text)
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (text) – Neoclass./Romant.
Vocabulary
rocaille
Salon
history painting
symbolism
Napoleon Bonaparte
exoticism
odalisque
Versailles
1800-1850: Romanticism
Introduction to Romanticism
Gericault, Raft of the Medusa, 1818-19 (video: 6:34)
Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830 (video: 5:24)
Ingres, Grande Odalisque, 1814 (video: 5:24)
Goya, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, c. 1799 (text)
Goya, Saturn Devouring One of His Sons, 1821-23 (video: 3:25)
Friedrich, Monk by the Sea, 1809 (video: 4:06)
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10/6, 10/8
10/10 – Note-taking 101
Realism, History of Photography, Impressionism
***QUIZ 3 DUE (on BlackBoard) @ 8 a.m., 10/6***
***QUIZ 4 Portal opens on Blackboard @ 9 a.m. 10/10
1800-1900
Learn:
 the stylistic characteristics of the 19th century and its
relationship to the “Modern”
 about the unique dialogues about vision and sensation that
emerge in the 19th century
 about the impact of the invention of photography
Content
35 minutes of video, 12 pages of text
Realism (text – 1 pg)
- Olympia (video, 7 min.)
- Emile Zola (video, 4:30)
- The Gleaners (video, 4 min.)
- Stonebreakers (text, 1 pg.)
Vocabulary:
en plein air
Charles Baudelaire
flaneur
courtesan
Haussmannization
avant-garde
History of Photography (text, 3 pgs.)
- Boulevard du Temple (text, 1 pg.)
- the daguerreotype (video, 6:30)
- Mrs. Duckworth (text, 1 pg.)
Impressionism (text, 3 pgs)
- reception of Impressionism (text, 1 pg)
- Renoir, Moulin de la Galette (video, 5 min)
- Monet, Rouen Cathedral (video, 4:14)
- Cassatt, Girl in a Blue Armchair (text, 4 pgs)
- Cailbotte, Paris Street, Rainy Day (video, 4:43)
10/10 – In-class Art Nouveau video screening + assignment to
be completed individually and handed in for attendance and
participation grade
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10/13, 10/15 & 10/20
REMINDER: ***NO CLASS 10/17 !!***
Art Nouveau/Post-Impressionism/Symbolism/Europe & America
from 1900-1945
1880 – 1945
***QUIZ 4 DUE (on BlackBoard) @ 8 a.m., 10/13***
***QUIZ 5 BlackBoard portal opens @ 9 a.m., 10/20
Learn:
 the definition of Modern art
 about the emergence and goals of abstract art
 about the impact of politics and World Wars upon visual
expression
 the various “-isms” (styles) of 20th-century Modern art
 how the United States “stole” a spot as the center for Modern
art
Content
106 minutes of video, 19 pages of text
Art Nouveau (see and study your video assignment sheet)
- Guimard, Paris Metro Stop Design (video, 5 min.)
Post Impressionism
- The work of Vincent Van Gogh (video, 16 min.)
- Seurat, Grand Jatte (video, 6.5 min.)
- Cezanne, Still Life with Apples (video, 5 min.)
Vocabulary:
Modern art
impasto
Arabesque
abstraction
automatism
manifesto
fascism
socialism
Nazi-ism
World War I, World War II
Symbolism
- Munch, The Scream (text, 2 pgs.)
Europe & America, 1900-1945
- Fauvism (text, 3 pgs.)
- German Expressionism, Die Brücke (The Bridge) + Kirchner’s
Street, Dresden (video, 10 min.)
- German Expressionism, Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) (video, 11
min.)
- Picasso, Women of Avignon (video, 8 min.)
- Inventing Cubism (video, 4 min.)
- Futurism (text, 3 pgs)
- Stepanova - Constructivism (text, 3 pgs)
- De Stijl (The Style) and Mondrian (video, 6 min.)
- Dada and Duchamp (video, 10 min.)
- German Dada, Photomontage and Hannah Höch (video, 12
min.)
Surrealism – introduction (text, 1 pg)
- Dali, Persistence of Memory – Surrealism (video, 6:30)
- Oppenheim, Object – Surrealism (text, 3 pgs)
Degenerate Art – Nazi Exhibitions/issues (text, 7 pages)
Grant Wood, American Gothic (video, 6 min.)
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WEEK 9: 10/22 & 10/24
Art after 1945 (Modern & Postmodern Art)
1945-today
***QUIZ 5 DUE (on BlackBoard) @ 8 a.m., 10/22***
***QUIZ 6 BlackBoard portal opens @ 9 a.m., 10/22
***QUIZ 6 DUE (on BlackBoard) @ 8 a.m., 10/24***
Learn:
 the definitions of Modern and Postmodern art, and how they
differ
 about the emergence of the United States of America as a
major art center
 about the impact of the growth of consumer culture
 how globalization has impacted the art world
Content
106 minutes of video, 19 pages of text
Abstract Expressionism: (text, 3 pgs)
- Jackson Pollock, One (video, 7:30 min.)
- Rothko, No. 3 (video, 5 min.)
- Dekooning, Woman I (video, 3:30 min.)
Reinhardt, Abstract Painting (video, 4:30 min.)
Rauschenberg, Bed (video, 5 min.)
Pop Art/Warhol (text, 3 pgs)
Minimalism, Judd (video, 4 min.)
Performance Art (text, 4 pgs)
- Abromovic, The Artist is Present (text, 2 pgs)
Conceptual Art – Baldessari - (text 4 pgs)
Feminist Art - Kelley (text, 3 pgs)
Earthworks – Spiral Jetty (video, 4 min.)
Contemporary Art – Hirst (video, 8 min.)
Contemporary Art – Shonibare, The Swing (text, 3 pgs)
Ai Weiwei (text, 4 pgs)
Vocabulary:
Contemporary Art
Appropriation/Postmodern Art
Conceptual art
WEEK 10: 10/31 - 11/3
South and Southeast Asia, Chinese Art
***QUIZ 7 BlackBoard portal opens @ 9 a.m., 10/31
Learn:
 the subjects and contexts of South/Southeastern Asian Art
 about the shifting styles and periods of Chinese Art
 how religion and governmental power influenced the art of
this region
Content
40 minutes of video, 18 pages of text
Buddhist Monasteries: (text, 4 pgs or video, 4:30 min.)
Vocabulary:
Buddhism
Literati painting
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Introduction to Chinese Art/Culture (text, 2 pgs)
Chinese Painting, Pt. I (video, 15 min.)
Chinese Painting, Pt. II (video, 14 min.)
Xu Bing, Book from the Sky (video, 5 min.)
Ai Wei Wei (text, 9 pages)
WEEK 11: 11/3, 11/5, 11/7
Japanese Art
***QUIZ 7 OPEN (on BlackBoard) @ 9 a.m., 11/3***
***QUIZ 7 DUE (on BlackBoard) @ 8 a.m., 11/7***
Learn:
 the stylistic shifts and unique contexts of Japanese Art
 how religion and worldview influenced the art of this region
 how to differentiate this region’s artwork from that of from
cultures
Content
11 minutes of video, 25 pages of text
Hokusai, Great Wave (text, 3 pgs.)
Tea House – and follow links to curator interview, image gallery
and “in this room” (text, 15 pgs)
Scrolls and screens (text, 2 pgs)
Yoko Ono, Cut Piece (video, 8 min.)
Murakami, Superflat (text, 5 pgs.)
Superflat First Love (video, 3 min.)
Vocabulary: *
Ukiyo-e
woodblock prints
Zen Buddhism
wabi-sabi
WEEK 12: 11/10, 11/12, 11/14
Art in the Americas before the Encounter
***QUIZ 8 BlackBoard portal opens @ 9 a.m., 11/12
***QUIZ 8 DUE (on BlackBoard) @ 8 a.m., 11/14***
Learn:
 the stylistic shifts and unique contexts of Native American
Art before the arrival of Europeans
 how religion and worldview motivated the art and
architecture of this region
 the characteristics of this region’s artwork
Content
27 minutes of video, 33 pages of text
Mesoamerican Art:
Vocabulary:
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Mayan art and culture (video, 10 min.)
Olmec – Colossal Heads (text, 3 pgs.)
Chichen Itza equinox, time lapse (video, 2 min.)
Coatlique: Mother Goddess (text, 1 pg.)
South America:
Nazca Lines (3 min.)
Moche – Tomb, Lord of Sipan (video, 7 min.)
Machu Picchu/Incas (text, 5 pgs.)
North America: (8 pgs.)
Great Serpent Mound (text, 5 pgs)
Cahokia - please read all 7 pages of text (which start here)
Anastazi culture (text, 4 pgs)
Hopi Kachina Maiden (video, 2 min.)
Yupik Bear Mask (video, 2 min.)
Feathered serpent (Mayan)
bloodletting
kachina
pueblo
henge
And also – be sure you know when
the Europeans arrived in these
regions of North and South America.
That will help you get a handle on the
chronology of this artwork.
WEEK 13: 11/17, 11/19, 11/21
The Art of Oceania, Africa
***QUIZ 9 BlackBoard portal opens @ 9 a.m., 11/21
Learn:
 the stylistic shifts and unique contexts of Oceanic art and
African art
 how religion, worldview and ritual motivate the creation of
this art and architecture
 how this work has been assimilated into a Western
(European/USA) canon of art history
Content
4 minutes of video, 43 pages of text
Oceanic Art:
Sepik River masking traditions (text, 4 pgs.)
Bis Ancestor Poles (text, 1 pg.)
Carved Wooden ‘A’ (text, 1 pg.)
Hawaiian Art:
Feather Cloak, Polynesian (text, 1 pg.)
Vocabulary:
bush spirits
Ibeji twin figure
Nkisi n’kondi
bilongo
Dreaming/Dreamtime
X-ray painting style
Aboriginal Art – themes/subjects:
Study guide; Another study guide
- Aboriginal Australian art and the Dreaming (video, 4:00)
- X-ray Paintings (text, 1 pg.)
African Art:
n’kisi n’kondi (text, 3 pgs.)
ibeji twin figures (text, 3 pgs.)
Baule bush spirit (text, 1 pg.)
Bamum (Cameroon) stool (text, 2 pgs.)
Mende Ideal Woman Mask (text 3 pgs.)
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Ilowe of Ise, Door (text, 2 pgs.)
Igbo Mbari House (text, follow all links, total of about 9 pgs.)
William Kentridge (text, 5 pgs.)
African influences on Modern Art (text, 6 pgs.)
General study guide
11/24-11/28 – HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
No classes at the University of Mississippi this week!
WEEK 14: 12/1, 12/3, 12/5
***QUIZ 9 DUE (on BlackBoard) @ 8 a.m., 12/1***
Catch-up week and/or exam review.
(Unless we need the catch-up time, 12/5 will feature a Jeopardy-like competition for extra credit.)
Mon. 12/8, 8 a.m. – FINAL EXAM
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