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exam   will   be   held   October   21   and   will   begin   promptly.
Class   will   resume   at   7:30
   exam   is   worth   30%   of   the   course   grade.
   exams   will   only   be   excused   in   the   case   of   extreme   circumstances.
If   you   miss   the   exam   you   must   send   me   an   email   by   October   24th   and   provide   appropriate   documentation   or   an   F   will   be   assigned   for   the   course.
   are   responsible   for   assigned   readings,   lecture   material,   and   the   dvd   How   Art   made   the   World,
Episode   1:   More   Human   than   Human   (in   the   library.,   and   on   Youtube)
Erwin   Panofsky   describes   art   as   both   a   monument   and   a   document.
As   a   monument,   the   work   displays   the   artistic   conventions   and   attitudes   towards   aesthetics   of   the   culture   in   which   it   was   produced.
As   a   document   it   reveals   information   about   that   culture,   including   social,   political   and   religious   attitudes   of   the   period.
In   art
history   we   consider   both   monument   and   document;   your   exams   will   also   consider   both.
Art   history   exams   are   not   simply   about   the   memorization   of   the   title,   artist’s   name   and   the   medium   of   the
work.
You   are   expected   to   be   able   to
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 discuss   the compare
formal/stylistic and   contrast
treatment objects   based
using on
appropriate form,   function,
vocabulary and   content
 discuss   a   work   within   its   context   (looking   at   the   relationship   between   form,   function,   content   and   context)
Types   of   questions   may   include   short   answer   questions,   multiple   choice,   true/false,   fi ll   in   the   blanks,   matches,   de fi nitions   and   unknowns.
Works   assigned   for   the   midterm   will   be   listed   in   the   Midterm   Fall   2013   folder   in   the   Artstor   folder   for   AHIS   110.
Images   will   be   assigned   following   each   week’s   lecture.
You   are   required   to   know   all   works   assigned,   even   if   not   discussed   in   class   (these   will   be   in   the   textbook).
You   will   be   expected   to   know   the   following   for   each   work:
Title:   use   the   titles   given   in   class,   or   in   the   caption   below   the   illustration   in   the   text   (do   not   use   titles   found   on   ARTstor   if   they   di ff er   from   lectures   and   the   text).
Artist:   the   name   of   the   artist   if   identi fi ed   in   class   or   the   text   (for   many   works   in   this   class   the   artist   is   unknown).
There   will   be   some   lenience   for   spelling.
Patron:   the   person   or   group   that   commissioned   the   work   (who   had   it   made),   if   known.
Origin:   the   geographic   or   cultural   origin   of   the   work
Period:   the   stylistic   period   of   the   work   (ie   Old   Kingdom,   Babylonian,   Minoan)
Medium:   the   material   used   to   make   the   object,   if   noted   in   the   text   or   lectures.
Form:   the   techniques   used   in   making   the   object   (if   discussed   in   class   or   the   text)   and   formal/stylistic   treatment   (ie   hieratic   style,   stylization,   closed   pose   etc).
Consider   the   stylistic   conventions   of   the    period
Function:   why   was   the   piece   commissioned?
What   purpose   did   it   serve   the   individual/   community?
Who   was   the   intended   audience?
Content/   Meaning:   what   is   the   subject   matter,   the   iconography,   and   the   message   of   the   piece?
What   does   the   content   indicate   about   the   patron,   the   artist,   and   the   cultural   values   etc?
Context:   what   were   the   signi fi cant   political,   religious,   social,   etc.
events   and   beliefs   of   this   period?
How   did   this   in fl uence   visual   culture?
How   is   it   apparent   in   the   work?
Vocabulary :   It   will   also   be   useful   to   compile   a   list   of   terms   with   de fi nitions   as   you   read   through   the   text   and