Assignments
Tuesday, September 4: read Gardner, 11th ed. pp. 42-48, 12th ed. pp. 55-58 in preparation for our discussion of Early Egyptian Art.
Tuesday, September 11: read Gardner, 11th ed. pp. 48-50, 12th ed. 58-65 in preparation for our discussion of Egyptian Architecture I. Also consider the material related to the Great Pyramids along with the Question for Review on the slide list dedicated to Egyptian Architecture II.
Tuesday, September 18: read Gardner, 11th edition: pp. 54-59; 66-75 or 12th edition: pp. 65-68;76-82 in preparation for our discussion of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting.
Thursday, September 20: First Quiz: covers Slide Lists 2-5 (you will be responsible for only the material dealing with the Great Pyramids on Slide List 4). The format will be ten multiple choice questions based on material discussed in class. Read G ardner, 11th edition: pp. 96-108 or 12th edition: pp. 105-115 in preparation for our discussion of Early Greek Art: from Geometric to Archaic.
Thursday, September 27: Read Gardner, 11th edition pp.109-113; 117-119 or 12th edition pp. 115-119;124-126 in preparation for our discussion of Early Greek Architecture.
Tuesday, October 2: Second Quiz: the quiz will focus on the architectural terms introduced in the list of terms at the end of the Slide List 7. Read Gardner, 11th edition pp. 119-126; 12th edition pp. 126-132 in preparation for our discussion of Early Classical Sculpture.
Thursday, October 4: we will examine probably the most famous symbol of Greek culture the temple dedicated to the goddess Athena in Athens, the Parthenon. Read Gardner, 11th edition, pp. 126-136; 12th edition, pp. 132-142. I would encourage you to also review the page dedicated to the Parthenon I have constructed for my ARTH 200 class.
Thursday, October, 11: Review Class.
Tuesday, October 16: First Exam: will cover material on Slide Lists 2-9. See the page entitled Exam Format for a list of the works covered on the exam.
Thursday, October 18: read Gardner, 11th ed. pp. 139-148, 12th ed. pp. 145-152.in preparation for our discussion of Late Classical Sculpture.
Tuesday, October 23: Read Gardner, 11th ed. pp. 148-159, 12th ed. pp. 153-164 in preparation for our discussion of Hellenistic Art.
Thursday, October 25: Read Gardner, 11th ed. pp. 243-252, 12th ed. pp. 247-265 in preparation for our discussion of Roman Republican Art.
Tuesday, October 30: Read Gardner, 11th ed., pp. 254-269; 12th ed., pp. 265-271 in preparation for our discussion of Art and Architecture from the time of Augustus.
Thursday, November 1: Read Gardner, 11th ed. pp. 269-272; 274-281; 12th edition pp. 271-282 in preparation for our discussion of the Roman Architecture of the Early Empire.
Tuesday, November 6: Third Quiz: will cover material from Slide List 10-13. We will continue our examination of Roman architecture.
Thursday, November 8: Read Gardner, 11th ed. pp. 273-274; 276; 285-287; 12th ed., pp.273-274, p. 276, in preparation for our examination of Roman Imperial Sculpture.
Tuesday, November 13: Read Gardner, 11th ed. pp. 289-299 & 300-323; 12th ed.,pp. 294-298, 301-322, 332-336 in preparation for our discussion of Late Antique and Early Christian Art and Architecture.
Tuesday, November 27: we will continue an examination of Slide List 16.
Thursday, November 29: Quiz 4: based on the vocabulary pertaining to the part of the Early Christian Basilica as defined in the list of terms at the end of Slide List 16 and the parts of the arch and types of vaults included on page entitled Parts of an Arch.
We will consider a radically different cultural tradition in considering Insular / Hiberno-Saxon Art . Read Gardner 11th ed. pp. 426-436; 12th ed. pp. 421-429.
Thursday, December 6: Quiz 5: the quiz will be multiple choice format and will cover Slide Lists 16-17.
Read Gardner, 11th ed. pp. 436-445; 12th ed., 430-436, in preparation for our examination of Carolingian Art .
Scale for Determining Cumulative Quiz Grade:
The number circled +1 on your fourth quiz represents your provisional quiz grade. Use the following chart to translate this into a letter grade.
A |
A- |
B+ |
B |
B- |
C+ |
C |
C- |
D+ |
D |
D- |
F |
40-38 |
37-36 |
35-34 |
33-31 |
30-29 |
28-26 |
25-24 |
23-21 |
20-19 |
18-16 |
15-13 |
12- |
Optional Short Paper (between 3-5 typewritten pages): The paper can be focused on any of the questions for review that we have had since the beginning of the semester. This also includes questions for review on Slide Lists we haven't gotten to yet.
You are not required to do this short paper. Your final grade will be based on the best three of four grades: 2 exams, short paper, and cumulative quiz grade. This will ensure that you will not risk lowering your grade by doing the short paper. If you decide to take this option, the short paper is due on the last day of classes, Thursday, December 13 at the latest.
Extra Review Class: Friday, December 14: 4:00 PM, Fine Arts 224: the TA Nina Papillo will conduct a review class. Come prepared to ask questions and to participate in discussion.
2nd Exam: Tuesday, December 18: 2-4:30, IRC 4: For more information, see the page devoted to the format of the exam.
The TA in this course is Nina Papillo. You can contact her by e-mail at: PAPINT99@ONEONTA.EDU