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H 400 - ART HISTORY 2012-13
Course Outline – Jean Thobaben
Art History is an upper school course for students with an interest in either history or art.
Recognizing that art is a manifestation of a particular time and place and using the textbook
as an outline, the teacher uses visual aids to present significant works of art and
architecture from the pre-historic age through the current era. Emphasis will be giving to
introducing students to the vocabulary and language used to discuss works of art. Writing
assignment will be geared towards this end.
In addition to teacher-prepared web and PowerPoint presentations, the teacher utilizes
segments of several video productions including BBC's "Art of the Western World", Sister
Wendy's "The Story of Painting", and Robert Hughes "American Visions". The department
also has a large collection of large format art prints. The course utilizes traditional
pedagogical teaching methods with emphasis on class discussion. Regular quizzes and tests
are given and web-based research project and presentation will be completed in the spring
term. Additionally, most materials including chapter and supplementary image galleries are
available on-line through my faculty page on the school website.
Optional textbook: A History of Western Art (4th Ed.) - Laurie Schneider AdamsISBN 0-07-282719-X
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This textbook was selected for two reasons - size and on-line resources. Experience
suggests that students find the larger, more comprehensive textbooks intimidating.
The History of Western Art is more accessible and "backpack friendly" but has
less information about non-Western cultures. Since a substantial amount of course
materials are now accessible online the purchase of a textbook is optional.
I recommend LINKS to major museums around the world and many of their online
educational programs. Examples include the "Timeline to Art History" at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the "Compass" program at the British Museum.
MOMA, PMA and the National Gallery all have extensive online programs on specific
topics. Copies of most major art history textbooks are kept in the classroom to
reference and compare including:
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Marilyn Stokstad - Art History (2nd Edition)
H.W. Janson - History of Art (revised 6th Ed.)
Laurie Schneider Adams - Art Across Time (3rd). Ed.)
Kleiner - Gardner's Art Through the Ages (11th Ed.)
Other resources include a nice collection of large-sized art prints that include nonwestern art examples and are displayed in the classroom at appropriate times
throughout the school year. Also available are several Video/CD presentations
including "Great Tales in Asian Art", "Maria the Potter", and the "Living Treasures
of Japan" among others. Time does not permit the viewing of all the resources
available but students are welcome to borrow from the collection at any time.
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H 400 - ART HISTORY 2012-13
Course Outline – Jean Thobaben
The student will think and write about art and architecture using descriptive
criticism.
The student will be able to identify artistic styles and historical periods.
The student will begin to recognize personal, regional and geographic styles.
The student will discuss artistic paradigms and iconic images from around the world.
The student will see artworks and architecture as a manifestation of culture in a
particular time and place.
The student will recognize the role of art and architecture within culture and
understand the social and political implications of these works.
The student will gain an artistic vocabulary and improve ability to talk and write
about art.
The student will master the writing of descriptive criticism through both homework
and in-class assignments.
The student will be able to make "connections" between art and other course work
especially in the humanities.
The student will complete a web-based research project and presentation on an
appropriate topic in art or architecture
The student should gain an appreciation and comfort level in visiting art museums
and art galleries.
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Students will be evaluated through a series of graded, objective, vocabulary and
knowledge-based quizzes. These will include image identification.
Students will be evaluated through Chapter Tests, which combine objective and
subjective (essay style) questions.
The Homework assignments posted below are required. Students in the regular art
history class may submit additional home works as extra credit assignments
Students will be evaluated informally through participation in class discussions,
alertness and class preparation.
Students will receive a project grade on the research project during the spring term.
Alphabetic grades will be recorded by the teacher and reported to the studies office
each marking period.
Students must maintain a course notebook (3 ring binder) including all study
packets, weekly homework, quizzes and tests.
Plagiarism:
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The school has a clearly stated policy towards plagiarism of any kind. Other people’s
intellectual property must be respected. Your work should demonstrate original
thinking not a restatement of other people’s ideas. References must be (cited).
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STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
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Course Outline – Jean Thobaben
Check the classroom website frequently.
Complete assignments promptly and thoroughly.
Grades will be reduced for late work!
Homework is meaningful only if you do it in a serious and thoughtful manner.
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If you copy someone else work you have done yourself a disservice. The very act of
looking something up and writing it down helps to imprint that knowledge into your
long-term memory.
Do not wait until the last minute to begin the work. Do the work in advance and
submit it early, the teacher will have time to respond if you need to make
corrections!
Web Access- The class utilizes several external and internal websites, including the class
page, the Perk Library Wiki, Glogster and You Tube.
Museum Visits - The class will culminate in a full day at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
in May, after the AP exam. Unfortunately, our tight schedule does not allow for us to miss
class to visit museums.
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The art teachers will schedule some weekend museum visits as part of the Weekend
Activities Program. I recommend that you sign up for these when they are offered.
Virtual Museums - Every major museum in the world has a website and most
display collections on the web. Bookmark the links to these museums and visit in
your spare time.
When you are home during the summer and vacations, visit a museum or an art gallery
close to you. Try the closest university. Many of them have varied and interesting
collections.
On the following pages you will find a chart labeled Trimesters-at-a-glance.
I recommend you print the chart and post it by your desk or workspace for easy
reference.
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H 400 - ART HISTORY 2012-13
Course Outline – Jean Thobaben
TRIMESTERS-AT-A-GLANCE
Students may expect at least one quiz and one test each cycle throughout the year.
 Students in submit a written homework assignment every other week.
FALL TERM - Bring your Summer Study Homework the first class or submit electronically.
Summer homework assignments will be reflected in your “project grade” on your term grade report.
1st Cycle- September -October
Specific artworks and topics include:
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C 3 - Prehistoric - Lascaux caves, Venus of Willendorf, Stonehenge Refer to Australian cave art,
"primitive" sculpture examples
Homework 1- Hall of Running Bulls –Lascaux – We will do this together as practice throughout the week.
Please download the homework template from the class webpage. Submit it with next week’s homework.
Wk 2
C 4 - Ancient Near East - Jericho heads, conventions of art, cuneiform, cylinder seals, ziggurats,
praying statues, stele, Persepolis Refer- architecture Pre-Columbian Begin C 5 Egypt - Dynasties,
gods, Palette of Narmer, stepped pyramid Zoser, pyramids Giza, Great Sphinx,
Submit Homework 2 - Due Sept 10
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C 5- Egypt - Egyptian art conventions, hypostyle halls, temple Hatchepsut, Book of the Dead,
C 6 Aegean- Amara variations, Tut's tomb. Cycladic figures, palace at Knossos, bull fresco, snake
goddess.
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C7- The Greek "ideal", pottery, New York Kouros, Peplos Kore, Kritian boy, Rice bronzes, works of
Polyklitos and Praxiteles.- Late sculpture- Boxer and Loacoon. Architecture - Doric, Ionic and
Corinthian orders, Athenian acropolis, Zeus altar from Pergamon, Discuss ideas of beauty- Greek
vs. non-Western
Submit Homework 3 OR 4 - Due Sept 24. All homework is due on Monday unless otherwise specified.
Wk 5
C 8 - Etruscan - Apollo temple, Capitoline wolf, Apollo from Veii, funerary urns, sarcophagi and
4 days tomb painting. Begin C 9 - Rome
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C 9 – Rome- Architectural forms, Roman forum, Trajan markets, Coliseum and basilicas, Pantheon,
Trajan's column, triumphal arches, portrait busts, equestrian statues, Pompeii murals C10-Early
Christian- Sarcophagi, art in the catacombs,
2nd Cycle - October - November
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Submit Homework 5 OR 6 - Due Oct.8
C10 – Byzantine- examples of basilicas and central plan churches, Ravenna mosaics- San Vitale,
Hagia Sophia, architectural forms, early manuscripts. (Iconoclasts and Islamic taboos on images)
C 11- Early Medieval Great Mosque- Cordoba, Sutton Hoo purse cover, manuscripts - Durrow,
Kells, Carolignian examples, abbeys and monasteries C12 Begin Romanesque - Stavelot Triptych,
Sainte Foy and Autun Cathedrals, vaulting and tympanums.
Homework 7 OR 8-– Due O 22
C12 – Romanesque- Alhambra and Granada, Later manuscripts, mural Painting and the Bayeux
Tapestry, Examine Islamic and Judaic manuscripts. Begin C 13 Gothic- Architectural forms, St.
Denis,
C13- Gothic - Chartres, architectural sculpture, stained glass windows, Gothic variation, Rayonnet
style, fan vaulting in England.
Submit Homework 9 OR 10 – Due Nov 5
C14- Proto Renaissance - Sienna- Cimabue, Duccio and Giotto, Arena Chapel, Lorenzetti's
Allegory of Good and Bad Government, Sculpture - Sluter and Remenschneider, the spread of the
International Gothic Style.
Review for Exam- Chapters 3-14
Exams- 4 Days 4
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Course Outline – Jean Thobaben
WINTER TERM
1st Cycle – November - December – January
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4 days
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C15 - Early Renaissance - Humanism, Vasari's Lives, Brunelleschi-Cathedral of Florence, GhibertiGates of Paradise, Mantegna-Dead Christ, Albert's Window, Ucello , Francesca, perspective,
Donatello- David, World- exploration, cross cultural influences. Fra Angelico and Botticelli, CampinMerode Altarpiece, Van Eyck- Ghent altar and Arnolfini Marriage, Rogier van der Weyden
Submit Homework 11 OR 12 - Due Dec 3
C16- High Renaissance in Italy- Bramante- Tempietto, St. Peter's Cathedral, several works each by
Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo, Venetian art - Bellini, Titian and Giorgione.
C17- Mannerism - Reformation and Counter-Reformation, Pontormo, Parmigiano, Bronzino and
Veronese, Cellini's Salt Cellar, Sculpture-Giambologna, Tintoretto and ElGreco, ArchitecturePalladio's Villa Rotunda and San Giorgio Maggiore
Homework -14- Compare two paintings- Any two artists from the chapter – Due D 17
C17 finish Mannerism
LONG HOLIDAY BREAK
C18- North Renaissance- Netherlands-Bosch and Brueghel, Germany -Durer, Grunewald, Cranach,
Printmaking, Holbein's portraits, Printmaking in Asia and Northern Europe
Homework 15 OR 16 - Due Jan 14
C19- Baroque- Architecture -St. Peter's, San Carlo alle Quattro, Louvre, Versailles, St. Paul's,
Sculpture- Bernini, Painting- Caravaggio and Gentileschi,
2nd Cycle – January - February
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4 days
C 19 Baroque- Rubens and Rembrandt, Vermeer and the Little Masters, Velasquez, Poisson, Claude
Lorain, Royal Academy,
Homework 17 OR 18 - Due Jan 28
C20- Rococo - Enlightenment, Watteau and Fragonard, Hogarth, Rococo Architecture, Revival
Architecture (includes pagodas and onion domes), and Bourgeois Realism-Chardin.
C 20/21 - Neoclassicism, and Early American Art - Copley and West
Homework 19 OR 20 –Due Feb 11
C 21 Neo-Classicism - Politics- J.L.David, Ingres, Sculpture- Canova and Houdon, Napoleon's
monuments, Neoclassicism in America, Jeffersonian architecture, Horatio Greenough's statue of
Washington. European interest in Asian Art
C 22 Romanticism - trends in architecture, (music and poetry-the "sublime") Sculpture, Rude,
Blake, Gericault, Delacroix, Goya, Friedrich, England- Constable, Turner, American Romantics,
Hudson River School, primitive art- Hicks, non-Western influences and themes.
Homework 21 – (your choice) from European Romanticism – Due F 25
C23-24- Realism and Impressionism - Barbizon school, Millet, Courbet, Bonheur, Daumier's
cartoons, early photography, American realism -Eakins, Tanner- transition- Manet, architecture iron and steel -Roebling, Eiffel, Sullivan -Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Morisot, Monet, sculpture- Rodin,
America- Homer, Sargent, Whistler, Art Deco- and Chinoserie
Have a great Vacation
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H 400 - ART HISTORY 2012-13
Course Outline – Jean Thobaben
SPRING TERM
1st Cycle –March - April
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C 25 – Post Impressionism- Influence of 6ukiyo-e, Lautrec and the poster, Cezanne-planes, Seuratpointillism, Van Gogh’s brushwork, Gauguin and Polynesia, C 26- early Modern – Munch and
Rousseau, early Picasso and Matisse, German Expressionists - Die Brucke,Der Blau Reiter
Homework 22 – Due March 25
C 26 – Early 20th century- Early Picasso, Fauvism and Expressionism
27- 20th Century Isms- Picasso, Braque and Cubism, analytic and synthetic, Guernica, Futurism,
Mondrian and De Stijl, The Armory Show, Brancusi, Influence on America, Dada and Surrealism,
Man Ray, Dali, Magritte, Miro. Sculpture- Ernst, Giacometti, Moore and Calder, Interest in African
and Primitive art forms.
Homework 23 – Due April 8
C 27-28 Modern Architecture-Frank Lloyd Wright and the Bauhaus, International Style
American Trends- Social realism, Hopper, Wood, Mexico-Rivera, Kahlo, Abstraction, O'Keefe,
Pelton, Hofmann and Albers
C 29 Mid century experimentation, Abstract Expressionism and the New York School, action
painting, Color Field Painting, sculpture- Noguchi, Smith and Nevelson,
2nd Cycle – April – May
Homework 24 - Due April 22
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C 30 -Late 20th Pop-Johns, Rauschenberg, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Oldenberg, Op- Reilly and
Vasarely, Minimalism- Judd, Flavin, Agnes Martin, New realism- Close, Hanson, Mueck, How has
the Global Village impacted Art? Does geography still matter?
C 31 – Contemporary trends, installation art, postmodern architecture
AP Exams begin this week. Although some students may miss class due to AP exams – groups will
continue to research their presentations.
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Assemble small groups for web based research project- Choose topics- make assignments.
Seniors must work together because of end-of-year conflicts.
May 13-16
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Continue work on Presentations. Museum Trip?
May 20-24 – Seniors Graduate!
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Assemble and finish presentations. Seniors must present and upload projects to the web
May 27-31 Wrap-up and Exams
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Wrap Up – Present and upload projects to the web
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