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Assignments Examinations Holidays

ART HISTORY 202: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN ART

LECTURE CALENDER

(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

*Readings in Gardener refer to the course textbook; Section readings are listed separately on the SECTION page.


WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION: IN THE BEGINNING

READ: Gardner, Introduction, "The Subjects and Vocabulary of Art History,” pp. xxxv-xlvii and Chapter 14, “From Gothic to Renaissance, 14th-Century Italian Art,” pp. 400-423
1/22 (Tu): Introduction and Background
1/24 (Th): Farewell to the Middle Ages: The Trecento in Italy
SECTION: Introductions - Assignment

WEEK 2: THE EARLY RENAISSANCE “IN PERSPECTIVE”

READ: Gardner, Chapter 16, “Humanism and the Allure of Antiquity: 15th Century Italian Art,” 452-91, and Chapter 15, “Piety, Passion, & Politics: 15th-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain,” pp. 424-451
1/29 (Tu): Humanism and the Cult of Antiquity – 15C Architecture & Sculpture in Italy
1/31 (Th): Painting, Perspective, and Patronage: Painting in Quattrocento Italy and the North
SECTION: Word/Image: Looking at Art Using Formal Analysis - Readings

WEEK 3: THE HIGH RENAISSANCE IN ITALY, 1500-1600

READ: Gardner, Chapter 17, “Beauty, Science, and Spirit in Italian Art: The High Renaissance and Mannerism,” pp. 492-541
2/5 (Tu): High Renaissance Ideals: Italian Renaissance Painting
2/7 (Th): The Making of Renaissance Rome: Michelangelo, Inc.
SECTION: Painting and Experience in Renaissance Italy - Readings & Assignment

WEEK 4: THE RENAISSANCE, 1500-1600 (CONT.)

READ: Gardner, Chapter 18, “The Age of Reformation: 16th-Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain,” pp. 542-567
2/12 (Tu): Variations on a Theme: Renaissance Ideas in Italy Across the 16C
2/14 (Th): The Renaissance Elsewhere: Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Spain
SECTION: Thinking Comparatively - Readings & Assignment

WEEK 5: SOUTHERN BAROQUE, 1600-CA. 1750

READ: Gardner, Chapter 19, “Popes, Peasants, Monarchs, and Merchants,” pp. 568-593
2/19 (Tu): Baroque Splendor: Art and Architecture in Italy in the 17C
2/21 (Th): Divine Light, Fading Glory: Italian and Spanish Baroque Painting
SECTION: (De)Constructing the Western Art Canon - Readings & Assignment

WEEK 6: NORTHERN BAROQUE, 1600-CA. 1750

READ: Gardner, Chapter 19, “Popes, Peasants, Monarchs, and Merchants,” pp. 593-627
2/26 (Tu): Northern Exposure: The Baroque in Flanders and the Netherlands
2/28 (Th): Worldly Concerns: The Baroque in the Netherlands & Elsewhere
SECTION: Art and/in Home: Seeing Pictures in Context - Readings & Assignment

WEEK 7: THE LONG 18C – ROCOCO TO RATIONAL

READ: Gardner, Chapter 20, “The Enlightenment and its Legacy,” pp. 628-645
3/4 (Tu): Rococo Elegance – The Early 18C in France, Germany, and Italy & Review
3/6 (Th): Art in an Age of Enlightenment, I – Science and Nature
SECTION: Review for Mid-Term Exam

WEEK 8: THE 18C CONTINUES: NEOCLASSICISM

READ: Gardner, Chapter 20, “The Enlightenment and its Legacy,” pp. 646-56
3/11 (Tu): EXAM I (Mid-Term) [Preparation Guide]
3/13 (Th): Art in an Age of Enlightenment, II – Neoclassicism
SECTION: NO SECTIONS – Mid-Term Exam Week

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


WEEK 9: ROMANTICISMS IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES, CA. 1800-1850

READ: Gardner, Chapter 20, “The Enlightenment and its Legacy,” pp. 656-77
3/25 (Tu): Romanticisms in Great Britain and Spain
3/27 (Th): Romanticisms in Germany, France, and the United States
SECTION: Isn't It Romantic?: Views of Artists in the Early 19C - Readings

WEEK 10: FROM THE ACADEMY TO THE AVANT-GARDE, 1850-1880

READ: Gardner, Chapter 21, “The Rise of Modernism: Art of the Later 19C,” 684-711
4/1 (Tu): Realism & the Origins of the Avant-Garde
4/3 (Th): Impressionism: Paint and Politics
SECTION: Interpretation - Readings & Assignment

WEEK 11: THE LATER 19C – POST-IMPRESSIONISMS IN EUROPE AND THE U.S., 1880-1900

READ: Gardner, Chapter 21, “The Rise of Modernism: Art of the Later 19C,” 711-733; 678-82 (on photography)
4/8 (Tu): The Fab 4: Seurat, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cezanne
4/10 (Th): Fin-de-Siècle Trends Across the Arts; Early Photography (to 1900)
SECTION: What is Modernism, Anyway? - Readings & Assignments
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WEEK 12: EARLY 20C MODERNISMS IN EUROPE & THE U.S., 1900-1920

READ: Gardner, Chapter 22, “The Development of Modernist Art,” pp. 734-54
4/15 (Tu): Art and Angst: Expressionism in Europe
4/17 (Th): Reordering the Universe: Cubism and Futurism
SECTION: Gender and Art History - Readings & Assignment

WEEK 13: INTERWAR MODERNISMS IN EUROPE & THE U.S., 1920-1945

READ: Gardner, Chapter 22, “The Development of Modernist Art,” pp. 754-803
4/22 (Tu): The Parade of the Isms: Other Modernisms (Russia, eastern Europe, and Elsewhere)
4/24 (Th): Flight from Reality: Dada and Surrealism
SECTION: Interwar Modernisms: Modernist Manifestos - Readings & Assignment

WEEK 14: MADE IN THE USA: THE TRIUMPH OF MODERNISM, 1945-1960s

READ: Gardner, Chapter 23, “From the Modern to the Postmodern and Beyond,” pp. 804-820
4/29 (Tu): Ambivalent Modernism: American Art to 1945
5/1 (Th): How New York “Stole” Modern Art: Abstract Expressionism & other Modernisms
SECTION: The Triumph of Modernism: Abstract Expressionism - Readings & Assignment

WEEK 15: AFTER MODERNISM (AFTER APPROX. 1960)

READ: Gardner, Chapter 23, “From the Modern to the Postmodern and beyond,” pp. 820-65
5/6 (Tu): The Beginning of the End: Minimalism, Pop, and the Rise of Postmodernism
5/8 (Th): Contemporary Art – A Brief Look
SECTION: Review for Exam II (Final)

***FINAL EXAM, Friday, May 16th, 2008, 10:05-12:05***
(Room assignments TBA)


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