Department: Art and Design
Course Number and Title: ART 1775 Art and Architecture - Global Studies
Bulletin Description:
An overview of painting, sculpture, and architecture in the applicable Global Studies location. Credit: 3
semester hours.
Prerequisite(s):
Co-requisite(s):
None
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Program Goals and Outcomes (applicable to course as indicated on curriculum map)
This BFA Art Elective applies to the most of the program goals and outcomes of all 4 BFA majors in that
such an elective encompasses the reinforcement of knowledge of art history, discipline specific visual
skills as well as research and critical skills specified in each of the program goals. The course, however,
specifically applies to the following goals within the BFA in Fine Arts.
BFA in Fine Arts Goal #1:
Mastery of visual and technical skills
Demonstrate proficiency in the use of a wide range of drawing, painting, and printmaking mediums in the
creation of skilled works.
BFA in Fine Arts Goal #2:
Develop two and three-dimensional design skills and proficiency with application of technology.
Demonstrate a proficiency in two and three-dimensional design skills and the application of technology
as an integral part of creative process.
BFA in Fine Arts Goal #3:
Enhanced knowledge of art history
Demonstrate ability to critically access works of art in the context of global art history.
BFA in Fine Arts Goal #4:
Develop conceptual, research, and critical thinking skills.
Demonstrate ability to create personal, expressive works of art, execute long-term artistic projects or
thesis and write a statement of artistic intent.
BFA in Fine Arts Goal #5:
Production of Professional Portfolio
Demonstrate outreach professional skills, including the ability to produce a professional portfolio and
promotional materials.
Units of Instruction (French version):
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Introduction to course and course requirements
 Field based learning
 Text/Readings
 Journal
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Roman Gaul and the Carolingian Empire
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St. Sernin
Notre-Dame-La-Grande, Poitiers
St. Etienne, Caen
Autun Cathedral
St. Pierre, Moissac
Ste. Madeleine, Vezelay
St. Denis, Paris
Notre Dame, Paris
Reims Cathedral
La Ste. Chapelle, Paris
Chartres Cathedral
Limbourg Brothers
Bellechose
The Boucicaut Master
Renaissance
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V.
Aqueduct at Nimes
Chapel of Charlemagne at Aachen
Abbey at Corvey
Gospel Book of Charlemagne
Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims
Romanesque and Gothic
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Assignments/Exams
Selected sites for study may include: Notre Dame of Paris, La Ste. Chapelle, Chateaux
Chambord and Chenonceau, Musée du Louvre, Musée D’Orsay, Musée Rodin, Delacroix’
Studio, Moreau’s Studio, Maison Victor Hugo.
Chateau de Chenonceau
Palais du Louvre
Campin
Quarton
Fouquet
European comparisons at the Louvre: Van Eyck, Bosch, Grunewald, Fra Angelico, Piero,
Botticelli, Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Bronzino, Parmagianino, El Greco
Baroque and Rococo
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Mansart, Le Vau – Versailles, Les Invalides
Colbert – East Louvre
Georges de la Tour
Le Nain
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Neoclassicism and Romanticism
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VII.
Soufflot – The Pantheon
Boullee – Projects
David
Ingres
Gericault
Delacroix
Corot
Daumier
Millet
Realism and Impressionism
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VIII.
Poussin
Claude
Watteau
Boucher
Chardin
Fragonard
Vigee-Lebrun
Eiffel – Tower
Courbet
Degas
Manet
Monet
Renoir
Rodin
Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
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Van Gogh
Gauguin
Seurat
Cezanne
Vuillard
Redon
Moreau
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Bockemuhl, Michael, Turner, Taschen Verlag GmbH, Koln, 2000
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Danto, Arthur C.. The Transfiguration of the Commonplace. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1981
Dexter, Emma. Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing. Phaidon Press, 2005
Driskell, David C. Two Centuries of Black American Art. New York: Alfred A, Knopf, 1976
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Fabozzi, Paul. Artists, Critics, Context , Prentice Hall, 2002
Feldman, Edmond. Varieties of Visual Experience. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall 1993
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Gordon, Donald. Content by Tradition. (Art in America 64) January, 1982
Henri, Robert, The Art Spirit, J.B. Lippincott Company, London, 1923
Hicks, Alistair. Art Works: British and German Contemporary Art. London: Merrell Publishers, 2001
Horton, James. Composition & Perspective: Lessons & Exercises to Develop Your Painting & Drawing
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Itten, Johannes. The Elements of Color. London: Van Nostrand Co., 1970
Johnson, Ellen. American Artists on Art: From 1940 to 1980. New York: Harper & Row, 1982
Kemp, Martin. The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat. Reprint
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Salemme, Lucia A. Compositional Exercises for the Painter. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1973
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APPENDIX I: NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS
APPENDIX I: NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS
New York State Education Department (NYSED) Requirement: NYSED requires that there be 15 hours of
instruction and 30 hours of supplementary assignments for each course credit.
Students are expected to complete 90 supplementary hours of research and class work per semester.
APPENDIX II: RATIONALE FOR A UNIVERSITY-WIDE CORE CURRICULUM
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