ARTD 105: History of Art I (Prehistoric to 1400 CE) CCBC Essex Spring 2014 School of Applied and Information Technology Department of Art, Design and Interactive Media CRN: 24396, Section: EF1 Class Time: Mon/Weds 12:45 2:10 pm Location: Arts and Humanities Building Room335 Professor: Jessica Walton Email: jwalton2@ccbcmd.edu Phone: (443) 840-1567 Office: AHUM228 Faculty Website and Blog: http://jwaltonart.wordpress.com Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30 4:00 p.m., Thursdays 11:00 1:00 p.m. and by appointment. Required Text: Art History Volume One, Revised Fifth Edition by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael Cothren Course Description: History of Art I introduces the development of world art and visual culture including architecture, monument, painting, sculpture and related arts from Prehistoric times to c. 1400 CE. Works of art are analyzed and considered in depth through comparative cultural study, with close attention to social, historical, and religious contexts. Major Topics: I. Prehistoric art II. Art of the Ancient Near East III. Art of Ancient Egypt IV. Aegean art V. Ancient Greek art VI. Etruscan and Roman art VII. Early Christian, Jewish, and Byzantine art VIII. Islamic art IX. Art of South and Southeast Asia before 1400 X. Chinese and Korean art before 1400 XI. Japanese art before 1400 XII. Art of the Americas before 1400 XIII. Art of Ancient Africa XIV. Early Medieval art in Europe XV. Romanesque art XVI. Gothic art XVII. Early Renaissance art
Course Requirements and Grading: Attendance/participation (15%) Quizzes (60% total): Quiz on Chapters 1-3 (15%) Quiz on Chapters 4-6 (15%) Quiz on Chapters 7-9 and 15-17 (15%) Quiz on Chapters 10-14 (15%) Thesis Essay (25% total): Thesis statement, outline, and bibliography of Research thesis Paper (5%) Final Draft Research thesis Paper (20%) Description of Requirements: Attendance/Participation (15% of final grade): Attendance to all lectures is required. Class attendance is absolutely essential to this course as important information and images discussed may or may not be in your textbook. Active participation is also an important element to this class. I will encourage class discussion as well as smaller group discussion. Three unexcused, late arrivals (more than 15 minutes) will be counted as 1 unexcused absence. If you have 4 unexcused absences, your grade will automatically be lowered a full letter grade, and you must meet with me to determine your ability to complete the course. Six unexcused absences will result in failure for the course. An excused absence will be given only in special cases (i.e. serious illness, religious holidays, accident, etc.) You must speak to me about your circumstances to receive an excused absence. If you are absent, you are responsible for getting notes and assignments from one of your classmates. Your participation grade includes good attendance, coming to class on time and staying through the entire class, as well as your participation in class discussion. In addition, you must do all required reading due for each day of class. This will show in your ability to participate in class and small group discussions as well as in your performance on quizzes and tests. Quizzes There will be four quizzes for this class. All of these are open note, however you may not use your text. Open note will include notes from class, and notes from the readings,
including your study guide questions for each chapter. You may not use a computer (or any other electronic devices) or printouts of the PowerPoints during quizzes. Before reading each chapter, I will give you a study guide with a series of questions, which you should take notes and answer while reading. This will help you focus on major ideas. Questions on quizzes will focus on these questions as well as major ideas discussed in class so taking good notes in class and on your study guides for each chapter will be very helpful when it is time to take your quizzes and exams. Ancient and Contemporary Art Comparison Research Paper This paper will be an ongoing assignment throughout the semester meant to develop your cultural appreciation as well as improve your writing, research, critical thinking, and independent learning skills. You will work throughout the semester on this paper to develop a carefully researched and organized thesis essay. For this paper, you will compare and contrast a work of art of your choice from the time periods and cultures discussed in this class (prehistory to 1400 CE) with a work done by a contemporary artist discussed in PBS s Art 21 series. The website for this show is http://www.pbs.org/art21/. Ultimately, the thematic connection between the ancient/historical work and the contemporary artist s work must be clearly defined as the thesis of your paper. Works of art throughout cultures and time periods address similar themes in different ways. Artists today are still creatively addressing many of the same themes as artists of the past. For example, artists throughout time have created works that deal with death and the afterlife. Your paper could focus on that as a thematic connection between the two works, however there are many other thematic relationships you could chose. You should examine a unique connection between the two works through a well-researched and focused thesis essay. In other words, these two pieces should not be chosen at random. There should be a well-defined reason that it is interesting to compare these works. The nature of your comparison should have a thematic focus. This will become the thesis of this research paper. Your thesis should be defended throughout the paper with careful analysis and research of the works and cultures discussed. Examples of possible paper topics (Please note: These are only examples. You are encouraged to think of your own topics. Also, please keep in mind these are examples of paper topics. Examples of thesis statements can be found at the end of this project description): 1) Compare/contrast James Turrell s contemporary Earthwork Roden Crater with England s prehistoric Stonehenge. Compare/contrast the scale and purpose of both of these works as well as the relationship each work has with the land, the sun, and the sky.
2) Compare/contrast Maya Lin s Storm King Wave Field with the ancient Native American Great Serpent Mound in Ohio. How do the function of each work and use of the sculpted land compare/contrast? 3) The role of gender and power has been expressed in many different art forms throughout history. Compare and contrast the representation of women in Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace from Kamakura Japan with the work Bombs and Victims by the contemporary American artists Nancy Spero. 4) Artists have memorialized war throughout time. Compare and contrast Maya Lin s Vietnam Veterans Memorial with the ancient Akkadian Victory Stele of Naram-Sin. An A paper is well organized and thorough, is turned in on time, is the correct length, has little or no spelling or grammatical errors, gives accurate visual analysis using art historical terminology discussed in class, places works within the context of their time and culture, and includes both formal and conceptual analysis of works cited. Please note this is a thesis essay and should include careful organization of thoughts and ideas to defend a central thesis throughout. Please follow the writing and research rubric provided by your instructor to see what to consider when writing this paper as well as suggestions and resources for improvement. Because of the complexity of this assignment, and also to emphasize the process of writing, you will be required to turn in documents at multiple stages of writing this paper. Here is a list of things to hand in: Thesis Statement, Outline, and Bibliography of Research Paper Due You must have at least 4 academic sources Final Draft of Research Paper Due Please turn in marked outline/bibliography with final paper. Please note: Any work turned in after the due date will go down one letter grade each day after it is due. Specifics: This paper should be at least 4 pages in length. You must have at least 4 appropriate academic sources in your bibliography. An appropriate academic source includes books, articles (in journals, magazines, and newspapers) as well as credible websites. The CCBC library has many databases available for research on this paper as well as helpful tools in finding and evaluating websites. You can find all these resources on the CCBC library website at http://library.ccbcmd.edu/. This site also includes guides for citation. Be sure to cite all of your sources throughout. You should use MLA or APA format. Please refer to these resources as well as class discussion for further help in finding, evaluating, and citing sources for this paper. If you have any questions, please ask your instructor for help.
Please be sure to include an image page, which includes an image of all works discussed in this essay. Please label each image (as in image 1, images 2, etc.) and refer to the image when you discuss it in your paper. Please note: Your book does this by putting the work it is discussing in parentheses such as (FIG. 1-1). Use Stokstad s Starter Kit (pg. xxvi-xxix) in your required text as a useful guide to terminology on discussing art as well as notes from lectures and your research to help in writing your paper. If you need help in writing your paper, please make an appointment to meet with your instructor. CCBC has a writing center. I encourage all of you to take advantage of the writing center! You will receive 5 points extra credit on this paper if you visit the writing center. Developing a Strong Thesis Your thesis is the point of your paper. A thesis must be specific and focused. A strong thesis must propose some arguable point of view. Please refer to class discussion on thesis development and the following website for some help in developing a strong thesis: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/thesis.html Plagiarism The Plagiarism policy for this class follows those outlined by CCBC. Plagiarism is a violation of academic integrity. It is defined in the CCBC code of conduct, section 13n as the use of words or ideas of another source without giving credit to the source. In this course your instructor will impose all standard sanctions for plagiarism. If the evidence of an act of plagiarism in convincing, your will receive an F for this course. In addition to the failure of this course, your instructor will report the incident. Once reported, the college may impose additional sanctions such as suspension or expulsion. For further information, see the CCBC Code of Conduct. http://www.ccbcmd.edu/media/ccbc/codeofconduct.pdf http://library.ccbcmd.edu/screens/web/plagiarism.html Office Hours: I have weekly office hours in room AHUM228, listed at the top of this syllabus, however I can also meet at other times if you need. You can email me at jwalton2@ccbcmd.edu or give me a call at (443) 840-1567. It is important that you let me know if you feel you are falling behind in class or if you have any questions or concerns. Please feel free to contact me if you need help in any way. It will help you to discuss it with me if you are behind. Services for Student with Disabilities: CCBC is committed to providing equal access to educational opportunities for all students by arranging support services and reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. A student with a disability may contact the appropriate campus office for an appointment to discuss reasonable accommodations. For more information, contact 410-780-6741 or 410-238-4601 (TTY)