FA 202 Home Page/Syllabus

Professor: Dr. C. S. Ivory
Office: Fine Arts Center, 5072F
Office Phone: 335-7043 (messages also)
e-mail: ivorycs@wsu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:00-4:00 PM and by appointment
Web page: http://www.wsu.edu/~ivorycs/FA202/FA202.html

TA: Donna Langan
Studio/Office: Fine Arts Center, 6017
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00 PM and by appointment
email: dmlangan@hotmail.com

COURSE DESCRPTION:
Historical survey of art and architecture since 1450. The emphasis of the course is on developments in Western Europe and North America before the 19th century (with a brief overview of the 19th and 20th centuries) and the arts of cultures worldwide (Asia, Africa, Indigenous Americas, the Pacific) to the present.

REQUIRED:
ART HISTORY, Vol. Two. SECOND EDITION by Marilyn Stokstad. NOTE: Be sure to purchase the Second Edition (not the First Edition or the Revised Edition). The page numbers and illustration numbers are NOT THE SAME!

CLASS SYLLABUS (what you are looking at right now!) This has ALL the information you will need concerning the course, including exams and the paper assignment. See links throughout the syllabus.

Class meetings will be organized around a lecture format with opportunities for questions and discussion. It is essential that students read the assigned sections in the text before the class meetings so they will be familiar with the material in the text and be prepared for any pop quizzes (see below). Material from both the text and from class lectures is included in exams.

Course goals:
1. To recognize works of art from major world art traditions from around 1400 through the present, including the artist, title, and period and their importance in the history of art
2. To appreciate the social, cultural, historical, political, and economic factors which impact artists' choices in subject, symbolism, and style across time and geography
3 To investigate issues of gender, race, patronage, etc., as they relate to the role of the artist and the production of art works
4. To develop skills for evaluating and analyzing works of art, both in terms of their visual elements (line, color, composition, etc.) and in their expressive content, their subject matter

Course requirements (read carefully).
There are two tracks for this class. You choose the one you wish to pursue.

TRACK 1 (NON-PAPER):
2 Midterm examinations (objective slide identification, essay): 60 points each / 120 points total
Final Exam* (objective slide identification, essay): 85 points
Pop quiz/attendance:15 points needed to be accumulated through unannounced pop quizzes worth 2 points each, and/or attendance.
Total: 220 points possible

TRACK 2** (PAPER info):
2 Midterm examinations (objective slide identification, essay): 60 points each / 120 points total
Final Exam* (objective slide identification, essay): 85 points
Pop quiz/attendance:15 points needed to be accumulated through unannounced pop quizzes worth 2 points each, and/or attendance.
Paper assignment: 80 points
Total: 300 points possible

* Final Exam is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7, 1:00-3:00 PM.

**REASONS WHY CHOOSING THE "PAPER TRACK" MAY BE A GOOD IDEA:
1) you need a paper for your writing portfolio
2) you need practice in writing in general, in learning English, or both
3) you don't "test" well, especially on multiple choice exams, but you do write well; so choosing this option could help you earna better grade
3) there is an art work that has always fascinated you and you want to know more about it
4) you enjoy the challenge and rewards of learning something in greater depth

NOTE:
The grades are not curved. You EARN your grade with each exam/assignment. Make-up examinations are given only for serious medical or family emergency situations and must be taken within a reasonable time period after the test has been given (preferably within one week). Please inform us before the exam, if possible.

Failure to complete any component will result in a grade of ZERO for that assignment. Cheating, including but not limited to the use of "crib sheets", copying other student's work, or plagiarism, will result in FAILURE OF THE COURSE. Cheating involving other students will be referred to the appropriate university officials.

We are happy to accommodate special needs (physical, language, etc.). Please see Dr. Ivory as soon as possible at the beginning of the semester.

DATE - TOPICS - READINGS (pages) in STOKSTAD:
1/13 Introduction - go over syllabus, what is art history, pp. 24-41
1/15 Renaissance and Humanism, Early Renaissance, France, pp. 614-top 625
1/17 Early Renaissance, Flanders, pp. 628-35; 648-49 (to Art of Italy)
1/20 HOLIDAY
1/22 Early Renaissance, Italy (architecture and sculpture), pp. 649-65
1/24 Early Renaissance, Italy (painting), pp. 666-72, 676-81
1/27 Renaissance, Italy (Leonardo and Raphael), pp. 684-94
1/29 Renaissance, Italy (Michelangelo), pp. 694-703
1/31 Renaissance, Northern Italy, pp. 703-710
2/3 Renaissance, Germany, pp. 710-22
2/5 Late Renaissance, Italy, pp. 723-38
2/7 Renaissance, Netherlands, pp. 745-48
2/10 Renaissance, France, Spain, England, pp. 739-45, 748-53
2/12 MIDTERM #1
2/14 CLASS CANCELED
2/17 HOLIDAY
2/19 India (video), Chap. 20
2/21 China (video)
2/24 Class canceled
2/26 Return exams, talk about papers, Taj Mahal
2/28 China, Chap. 21
3/3 Japan, Chap. 22
3/5 Baroque, Italy, pp. 756-67, 774-78 PAPER TOPICS SHEETS DUE
3/7 Baroque, France, pp. 778-85
3/10 Baroque, Spain, Flanders, Southern Netherlands, pp. 786-800
3/12 Baroque, Northern Netherlands, pp. 800-808
3/14 Baroque, Northern Netherlands, England, pp. 808-21
3/17-3/21 SPRING BREAK
3/24 18th Century (Rococo), pp. 936-46
3/26 MIDTERM #2
3/28 BFA Certification; ALL FINE ARTS CLASSES CANCELED
3/31 Americas (Mexico and South America), pp. 876-84
4/2 Americas (North America), pp. 884-96
4/4 Pacific, pp. 898-906 DRAFT OF PAPER DUE
4/7 Pacific, pp. 906-12
4/9 Africa, pp. 914-26
4/11 Africa, pp. 926-34
4/14 18th Century (England, France, America), pp. 953-76
4/16 Early 19th Century, pp. 978-1000
4/18 Mid-19th Century, pp. 1000-1018
4/21 Impressionism, pp.1018-30
4/23 PostImpressionism, pp. 1030-40
4/25 Early 20th Century Modernism, pp. 1058-82
4/28 Modernism between the World Wars, pp. 1089-1120 FINAL DRAFT OF PAPER DUE
4/30 Modernism after 1945, pp. 1124-53
5/2 Post-Modernism, pp. 1153-84