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ART HISTORY 201: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL ART

CALENDAR OF LECTURES & ASSIGNMENTS

(with links to review images)

WEEK 1

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1/23 (W): 1. Introduction; The Beginnings of Western Art in Ancient Mesopotamia

  • Reading: Gardner, I, 17-26.
  • Images

1/25 (F): 2. Art and Propaganda from Akkad to the Assyrian Emipre

  • Reading: Gardner, I, 26-30, 31-34.
  • Images

NO SECTIONS THIS WEEK

WEEK 2

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1/28 (M): 3. Ancient Egypt: Changing Images of the Human Figure from Pictograph to Portrait

  • Reading: Gardner, I, 41-44; 51-54 63-66.
  • Images

1/30 (W): 4. Ancient Egyptian Religious and Domestic Architecture

  • Reading: Gardner, I, 44-51, 56-61.
  • Images

2/1 (F): 5. Tutankhamun and the Arts of Death and the Afterlife

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 3, 66-68.
  • Images

Section 1: Introduction: What is Art History?

WEEK 3

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2/4 (M): 6. The Aegean Bronze Age

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 4, 71-88.
  • Images

2/6 (W): 7. Ancient Greek Vase Painting

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 5, 91-96; 106-110, 128-29.
  • Images

2/8 (F): 8. Archaic Architecture and Sculpture

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 5, 97-105
  • Images

Section 2: Narrative and Propaganda in Assyrian Art

WEEK 4

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2/11 (M): 9. The Transition to Classical Architecture and Sculpture

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 5, 110-118.
  • Images

2/13 (W): 10. The Athenian Acropolis and the Classical Ideal

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 5, 118-28.
  • Images

2/15 (F): 11. Persian Art

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 2, 36-38.
  • Images

Section 3: Ancient Egyptian and Greek Art in the Chazen Museum

WEEK 5

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2/18 (M): 12. Late Classical and Hellenistic Illusionism

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 5, 131-150.
  • Images

2/20 (W): 13. Etruscan Art

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 6, 153-64.
  • Images

2/22 (F): 14. The Roman Republic to Augustus: Art & Propaganda

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 7, 167-74, 185-88.
  • Images

Section 4: Defining the Classical Ideal

WEEK 6

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2/25 (M): ***MIDTERM I, covering lectures 1-13***

2/27 (W): 15. Domestic Art and Architecture in Pompeii & South Italy

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 7, 174-85.
  • Images

2/29 (F): 16. Imperial Roman Portraiture

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 7, 192-93, 204-06, 209,214-216.
  • Images

Section 5: The Female Nude in Greek Art

WEEK 7

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3/3 (M): 17. Imperial Roman Architecture and Relief Sculpture

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 7, 191-200, 210-11, 216-18.
  • Images

3/5 (W): 18. Jewish and Christian Art in the Rome before Constantine

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 8, 220-26, 233.
  • Images

3/7 (F): 19. Early Christian Art and Architecture in Rome after the Edict of Milan (313)

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 8, 226, 230-34, 242.
  • Images

Section 6: Roman Portraiture

WEEK 8

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3/10 (M): 20. Death, Afterlife and the Cult of the Saints in Ravenna

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 8, 234-37; ch. 9, 257.
  • Images

3/12 (W): 21. Early Byzantine Art & Architecture during the reign of Justinian

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 9, 246-58.
  • Images

3/14 (F): 22. Monasticism, Pilgrimage and the Cult of Icons at Mount Sinai

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 9, 258-61.
  • Images

Section 7: Early Christian Iconography

***SPRING BREAK: Saturday, March 15th – Sunday, March 23rd***

WEEK 9

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3/24 (M): 23. Early Byzantine Manuscript Illumination

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 8, 238-40, 259-60.
  • Images

3/26 (W): 24. Byzantine Art after Iconoclasm: The Triumph of Images

  • Reading, Gardner, I, ch. 9, 261-75.
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3/28 (F): 25. Arts of the Migrations and Monastic Mission in Northern Europe

  • Readings: Gardner, I, ch. 11, 300-309.
  • Images

Section 8: The Byzantine Icon

WEEK 10

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3/31 (M): 26. Rome Reborn: Charlemagne and the Carolingian “Renascence”

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 11, 310-16.
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4/2 (W): 27. The Ottonian Empire

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 11, 316-324.
  • Images

4/4 (F): 28. Early Islamic Art from the Middle East to Western Europe

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 10, 276-87.
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Section 9: Roman, Late Antique and Early Medieval Art in the Chazen Museum

WEEK 11

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4/7 (M): ***MIDTERM II, covering lectures 14-27***

4/9 (W): 29. Later Islamic Art

  • Reading, Gardner, I, ch. 10, 287-299.
  • Images

4/11 (F): 30. French Romanesque Architecture, Relics and Pilgrimage

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 12, 326-34, 346-47.
  • Images

Section 10: Medieval Manuscript Illumination (Meet in Kohler Art Library)

WEEK 12

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4/14 (M): 31. Monastic architecture in Burgundy: Cluniacs and Cistercians

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 12, 333-34.
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4/16 (W): 32. The Body Beautiful and Monstrous:French Romanesque Sculpture

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 12, 340-45.
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4/18 (F): 33. Civic Pride and Antiquarianism: Italian Romanesque Art and Architecture

  • Reading: Gardner, ch. 12, 338-39, 342, ch. 9, 266.
  • Images

Section 11: Relics, Reliquaries and Medieval Portraiture

WEEK 13

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4/21 (M): 34. The Medieval Treasury: Reliquaries & Liturgical Objects of the Twelfth & Thirteenth Centuries

  • Reading, Gardner, I, ch. 12, 347-50; ch 13, 394-96.
  • Images

4/23 (W): 35. Early Gothic Art and Architecture in the Ile de France

  • Reading, Gardner, I, ch. 13, 360-66.
  • Images

4/25 (F): 36. To Be Announced (April 25)

Section 12: Iconography of Islamic Architecture

WEEK 14

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4/28 (M): 37. High Gothic Art and Architecture at Chartres

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 13, 368-73.
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4/30 (W): 38. Modernity and Antiquarianism in Rayonnant Gothic

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 13, 374-79.
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5/2 (F): 39. Sacred and Profane Art for the Laity in Medieval England and France

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 12, 355-56, ch. 13, 359, 381-86.
  • Images

Section 13: Monsters, Fantasy and Orality in Romanesque Art

WEEK 15

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5/5 (M): 40. Regional Variations on the Gothic: England and Germany

  • Reading: Gardner, I, ch. 13, 386-94.
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5/7 (W): 41. Saint Francis and the Mendicants: Gothic Architecture and Sculpture in Italy

5/9 (F): 42. The ‘Maniera Greca’ and Italian Art before the Renaissance

Section 14: Romanesque and Gothic Art in the Chazen Museum

 

***FINAL EXAM, Sunday, May 11th, 2008, 12:25 P.M. in L160 Elvehjem Building***

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