ART APPRECIATION (ARTS 1301)
Instructor: Maryellen June Hill
Spring Semester, 2016
CRN 91515
Email: maryellen.hill@hccs.edu (please put your name in the subject box)
Phone (Fine Arts Office): 713-718-6360
Tuesday and Thursday
2:00 – 3:30 PM
Office Phone: 713-718-5732
Stafford Learning Hub 323
Office Hours: Stafford: Fine Arts Building, Room 118 or faculty office
MW, 12:00 noon – 1:00 PM, 4:00 – 4:30 PM
Learning Hub TTh 1:30 – 2:00 PM
West Loop: room C256, C235, or C241, MW, 9:30 – 11:30 AM
TTh 12:30 – 1:00 PM
Other times and places by appointment
Learning Web Address: http://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/maryellen.hill
Complete copies of the syllabus and supplies list can be found here
Required Text: Sayre, Henry M., A World of Art, 7th edition, Prentice Hall
Prerequisites: college level reading and writing; there are no coursework prerequisites
CALENDAR
The following is a tentative schedule for the material we will cover in chronological order. We
may get a day or two ahead of or behind schedule, so the dates or assignments may change.
Please read the chapters in your text that correspond to our class topics as we progress
through the semester. DON’T GET BEHIND IN YOUR READING!!!! You will need to know
both the text information and the information presented in class to do well on tests and
assignments
January
February
March
April
19 - Course introduction, Syllabus review, Ch. 1 A World of Art
21 - Ch. 2 Developing Visual Literacy,
26 - Ch. 3 Seeing the Value in Art, Assign Group Project
28 - Ch. 8 The Principles of Design, Assign Portfolio Project
2 - Ch. 4 Line, Ch. 5 Space
4 - Ch. 6 Light and Color
9 - Ch. 7 Other Formal Elements, Test review
11 - Test Chapters 1 – 8
16 - Portfolio Project Due, Assign Art History Essay, Group
Meetings
18 - Ch. 17 The Ancient World
23 - Ch. 17 and 18 The Age of Faith
25 - Ch. 18 and 19 The Renaissance through the Baroque
1 - Ch. 19
3 - Ch. 20 The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
8 - Ch. 20 and 21 From 1900 to the Present
10 - Ch. 21
15 – NO CLASS – Spring Break
17 - NO CLASS – Spring Break
22 - Art History Essay Due, Test Review
24 - Test Chapters 17 - 21
29 - Ch. 9 Drawing, Ch. 10 Printmaking
31 - Ch. 10, Ch. 11 Painting
5 - Ch. 12 Photography and Time-Based Media
7 - Ch. 13 Sculpture, Ch. 14 The Crafts as Fine Arts
12 - Ch. 15 Architecture, Group Presentation Materials due: copy of slide show,
original artwork, script, review packet questions.
14 - Ch. 16 The Design Profession
May
19 - Group Presentations
21 - Group Presentations
26 – Catch up day 28 - Test Review, Group Project review packets due
3 - Test: Chapters 9 - 16
5 - Review for Final
Thursday, May 12, 2:00 PM – Final Exam
Withdrawal Deadline: April 5
Finals: May 9 - 12 (Ours is on the 12th.)
Holidays
 President’s Day: February 15
 Spring Break: March 14 - 18
 Spring Holiday: March 25 (Does NOT effect this class)
Exhibition Schedule: TBA