Thursday, January 17: read introductory material in Gardner, 13th edition pp. xxxv-xlvii; 14th edition 1-13.

Tuesday, January 22: read Gardner, 13th edition pp. 532-533; 14th edition 550-551 in preparation for discussion of French Court Art: the Limbourg Brothers.

Tuesday, January 29: we will complete our discussion of the Trés riches heures, and then go on to begin our discussion of Flemish Art. Read in Gardner, 13th edition, pp. 519-529 or Gardner, 14th edition, pp. 535-546. In preparation for Tuesday's class pay special attention to the comparison of the Annunciation from the Trés riches heures to the so-called Merode Altarpiece attributed to the Master of Flémalle or Robert Campin. Note the contrast of the social settings of these two images.

Tuesday, February 12: First Quiz: will cover material on French Court Art: the Limbourg Brothers and Flemish Art. Read Gardner, 13th edition, 541-562, 14th edition, pp. 559-576 in preparation for our discussion of Early Italian Renaissance Painting and Sculpture: Donatello, Masaccio and Gentile da Fabriano.

Thursday, February 28: read Gardner, 13th ed. pp. 559-560, 568-576; pp. 615-633; 14th ed. 576-582; 590-593 in preparation for our discussion of the "Variety in Quattrocento Painting: Piero della Francesca and Botticelli."

Tuesday, March 5: Second Quiz: covers Slide Lists 4 and 5: Early Italian Renaissance Painting and Sculpture: Donatello, Masaccio and Gentile da Fabriano & "Variety in Quattrocento Painting: Piero della Francesca and Botticelli."

Read Gardner, 13th ed. pp. 579-584; 14th ed. pp. 599-605 in preparation for our discussion of the Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci.

Tuesday, March 12: read Gardner 13th ed., pp. 584-587; 14th ed., 605-609 in preparation for our discussion of the art of Raphael.

Tuesday, March 19: Exam 1: for details see Exam 1 Format. The exam covers all the material through the slide list on Raphael.

Thursday, March 21: read Gardner 13th edition, pp. 588-596; 14th edition, pp. 609-618 in preparation for our discussion of the art of Michelangelo.

Tuesday, April 2: read Gardner, 13th ed. pp. 612-619; 14th edition, pp. 632-642 in preparation for our discussion of the art of Mannerism.

Thursday, April 4: read Gardner, 13th ed. pp. 749-665; 14th ed. 669-684 in preparation for our discussion of the art of Caravaggio and Bernini. Views of David.

Tuesday, April 9: We will continue our examination of Bernini. We will also go on to discuss Flemish and Spanish Baroque Painting. Read Gardner, 13th ed., pp. 665-679; 14th ed. 687-701 in preparation. Review the page I have constructed discussing Velázquez's Las Meninas.

Thursday, April 11: We will continue our discussion of Flemish and Spanish Baroque Painting. Review the page I have constructed discussing Velázquez's Las Meninas. We will go on to an examination of Dutch Painting. Read Gardner 13th ed. 679-691; 14th ed. pp. 702-713.

Tuesday, April 16: Third Quiz: will cover material on Slide Lists 11, 12, 13, and 14. We will continue our discussion of Dutch Painting and then go on to an examination of the Art of Rembrandt.

Tuesday, April 23: Read Gardner, 13th ed. pp. 691-701 and 751-757; 14th ed. pp. 714-722 and 727-735 for our discussion of French Baroque Painting and Rococo Painting in France.

Thursday, April 25: Fourth Quiz: will cover material on Slide Lists 15, 16, and 17. The format of the quiz will be seven matching questions with artists' names being matched with a brief identification of the artist. The final three questions will be multiple choice questions in response to a selected image.

Read Gardner, 13th edition pp. 757-774 or 14th edition pp. 736-737, 745-752, in preparation for our discussion of Neo-Classical Painting.

Tuesday, April 30: Romanticism: Read Gardner, 13th edition, pp. 777-798 or 14th edition, 755-775. If we have the time, read Gardner, 13th edition, pp. 798-809 or 14th edition, pp. 775-782 in preparation for a discussion of Realism.

Tuesday, May 7, Fifth Quiz: will cover Slide Lists 18, 19, 20, and 21. The format of the quiz will be matching questions with the names of the artists in one column and a brief identification with reference to a specific work in the other column.

Thursday, May 9: Second Exam, 2:00- 4:30 PM, IRC 4. See Format of the Second Exam. (Note that I have added works by four additional artists in the Dutch Baroque section. These would only be used in the matching questions)

Scale for Determining Cumulative Quiz Grade:

You can e-mail me Wednesday morning (May 8) after 10:00 to find out your Cumulative Quiz Grade.

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