Classes: Tuesday and Thursday: 8:00-9:15, IRC 4.

Dr. Allen S. Farber

303 Fine Arts Center (436-2558); E-Mail: farberas@oneonta.edu

Course Web Page: http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/ARTH110/ARTH110_Syllabus.html

Office Hours: Tuesday 11:15-12:00, Wednesday 10:00-12:00, or by appointment. Notes can be left in my mailbox in 222 FAC, or messages can be left through Voice-Mail at 6-2558. I would also encourage you to communicate with me over E-Mail.

Catalog Description:

Discussion of the major trends in art style and history from c. 1300 through the 20th century, with emphasis on development of visual acuity and ability to recognize and discuss major trends in the history of art.

Purposes of the Course:

The visual arts represent one of the principal vehicles of human communication. One purpose of this course is to acquaint you with the basic skills and vocabulary of critical and technical terms that will enable you to talk intelligibly and intelligently about works of art. Another purpose of this course is to introduce you to some of the major monuments of art from the Renaissance to the Modern period. It is hoped that you will leave the course with an awareness of the basic artistic periods and an understanding of the variety of ways humans have expressed themselves in the visual arts.

Requirements:

1) You will be responsible for material presented in class and for the readings in the text book.

2) Classes will be conducted in a lecture/discussion format. I want to involve you as directly as possible into the discussions of the works of art. I expect you to come to class prepared to participate in the class discussion.

3) You are expected to review the web site connected to this course. Here you will find electronic versions of the class hand-outs. The Slide Lists are supplemented with pictures of as many of the images in the course as possible. You are also encouraged to explore the supplementary material and links that are included on many of these slide lists. The dates for quizzes and exams and other assignments will be posted at "ARTH 110 Assignments:" http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/ARTH110/arth110_assignments.html

4) Although no fixed grade will be given for attendance, your success in the course is dependent on regular attendance. I do hold open the option of taking attendance on an intermittent basis to gain a sense of your involvement.

5) Your final grade will be based on the best 3 of 4 grades. There will be a cumulative quiz grade, two exams, and an optional short paper.

6) Your quiz grade will be based on your performance on a series of quizzes. I plan to give a total of 5 quizzes over the course of the semester, 4 of these will be announced in advance. I hold out the option to have one of the quizzes be a "pop" quiz. Your final quiz grade will be based on the average of your 4 best quizzes. By basing your quiz grade on the best 4 of 5 quizzes, I allow for the option to miss a quiz. Make-up quizzes will only be given under special circumstances that can include involvement in a college sports team, a medical excuse, and a family emergency.

The quizzes will be multiple choice questions based on material presented in previous classes, in your reading, and on the web-site.

7) There will be two examinations. The exams will be composed of short answers plus one short essay. The short answers will consist of slide identifications and multiple choice questions based on material presented in class and/or your readings. The essay will consist of a comparison of major works of art chosen to document major issues in Art History. Your answers will be evaluated primarily on the basis of your assessment of the art historical significance of the comparisons. Demonstration of a mastery of the language of art history and the coherence of your essays will also be significant factors.

The essays will be based on review questions which will appear on the slide lists for each topic. These questions are intended to review major issues discussed in the lectures, and you are strongly recommended to prepare your answers to these questions shortly after each class. Pictures of the works included in these review questions will appear on the web-site. If you conscientiously study these review questions, you should be adequately prepared for the examinations.

8) The Optional Short Paper will be about 3-5 pages in length. The topic and deadlines will be announced later in the semester. You do not need to write this paper as long as you are comfortable with basing your final grade on the other three grades. By giving this optional paper assignment, I am effectively giving you an extra credit option.

No make-up quizzes or exams will be given, unless you have received my permission prior to the exam or quiz.

Text:

The text for this course is Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12 th edition, vol 2. You can certainly use a copy of the 11th edition as well. I have given the readings for both editions below. It is available at Damascene. You are advised to spend as much time looking at the illustrations as reading the text. Remember that what Gardner or I have to say about a work should be considered as a secondary source; the illustrations are the primary source.

World Wide Web useful resources:

See my Art History links page.

Topic	Gardner, 11th edition	Gardner, 12th edition
Introduction
1)Why Art History?	xxxiii-xlvi	xxvii-xxxix
EARLY RENAISSANCE
2)French Court Art: the Limbourg Brothers	558-564	545-548
3) Flemish Art: Robert Campin, Jan Van Eyck, and Rogier van der Weyden.	565-582	548-564
4)Early Italian Renaissance Painting and Sculpture: Donatello, Masaccio, and Gentile da Fabriano	588-615	573-587
5)Variety in Quattrocento Painting: Piero della Francesca and Botticelli	615-633	591-610
HIGH RENAISSANCE
6)Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci	634-642	613-618
7) Raphael	653-657	629-632

8)Michelangelo	642-652	619-628
9)Titian and Venetian Sixteenth Century Art	664-672	638-648
10)Albrecht Dürer and Northern Renaissance Art	688-704	663-666,668-672
First exam (approximately 2nd week of March)
11)Italian Mannerism	674-687	648-660
BAROQUE ART
12)Early Baroque Painting: Caravaggio	718-721; 732-735	689-691, 700-703
13)Baroque Sculpture: Bernini	723-729	691-700
14)Flemish and Spanish Baroque Painting: Rubens and Velazquez	741-751	708-717
15)Dutch Painting	751-766	718-732
16)The Art of Rembrandt
17)French Baroque Painting: Georges de la Tour and Nicholas Poussin	766-776	732-741

Eighteenth Century Art
18)Rococo Painting in France: Watteau, Fragonard, and Chardin	780-787	797-804
19)Neo-Classical Painting: Jacques Louis David	834-854	804-807, 814-820
Nineteenth Century Art
20)Romanticism: Gericault, Delacroix, Friedrich, and Turner	859-883	824-843
21)Realism: Courbet, Corot, and Manet	888-899	853-863
22)Impressionism: Manet, Monet, and Degas.	904-916	869-879
Modernism
23)Post-Impressionism	916-930	879-886
24)Fauvism and Cubism	1000-1020	961-976
The Second Exam will be given during the Final Week