SURVEY OF WESTERN ART - ART100/1 Spring 2021

Topic: Course Introduction, Design elements and principles

Topic: 40 thousand BC – 8 thousand BCE + Start of the Art of the Near East / Reading: Pdf lecture + Textbook, Volume I: Chapter 2 Homework: Follow the instructions in the pdf lecture and in NEO.

Mesopotamia (finished) + Egypt 3 thousand BC – 1st century BCE Topic: 3 thousand BC – 1st century BCE Description: Ancient art of Mesopotamia (Finished) + Egyptian Art The cradle of civilization + Civilization obsessed with death Reading + Homework: - Hands-on project 2 - The first written alphabet. Place to a Dropbox in NEO before class 4. - Review the pdf lecture + Find relevant chapters in the online textbook. - Students submit answers to the review questions in writing to NEO before week 4. - NEO: Discussion 3 due before week 4 Find relevant chapters in the online textbook to support your discussion and review posts!

Finishing off the Art of Egypt. New: 8th century BC – 3th century BCE Description: Pre-Greek Art and Greek Art The cradle of Western art and democracy Reading + Homework: Hands-on project 3 - Greek pottery. Place to a Dropbox in NEO before class 5. - Review the pdf lecture + Find relevant chapters in the online textbook. Watch the Homework documentary - The Greeks, provided in the Resources, along with the pdf lectures. - Students submit answers to the review questions in writing to NEO before week 5. - NEO: Discussion 4 due before week 5 - Hands-on Project due week 5

Topic: 5th century BC – 4th century BC Description: Classical Greek Art Midterm topics + information hand-out: Review of lectures 1 – 6 Reading + Homework: - Review the pdf lecture + Find relevant chapters in the online textbook - Students submit answers to the review questions in writing to NEO before week 6. - NEO: Discussion 5 due before week 6 - Midterm Written summary assignment (15%) – Hand-out

Description: Greek Hellenistic Art: The time after the death of Alexander the Great (4th to 2nd century BC) + The Etruscan Art (10th - 1st century BC) Reading + Homework: - Review the pdf lecture 6 + Find relevant chapters in the online textbook - Students submit answers to the review questions in writing to NEO before week 8! - NEO: Discussion 6 due before week 8 - Prepare for the Midterm test, part 2 / online synchronized essay-style questions (5%) - The Written midterm summary assignment is due week 7

After the midterm test, join the MS Teams for the lecture of Roman art.

Description: Finishing off the Roman art, New lecture: Early Christian art, Byzantine Art, Islamic art Reading + Homework: - Review the pdf lecture + Find relevant chapters in the online textbook - Students submit answers to the review questions in writing to NEO before week 9. - NEO: Discussion 7

Description: Christian Romanesque Art - The time of crusades and pilgrimages 10th – 12th century Review the lecture of Gothic Art for next class - Christian sensitivity and Christian stories as the main subject matter. Students located in Prague: Short individual field trip (The online students make independent research for the discussion post.): any one from the three rotundas can be visited - see the pdf lecture. Reading + Homework: - Hands-on project 4 – Illuminated initial letter. Place to a NEO dropbox before class 10. - Review the pdf lecture + Find relevant chapters in the online textbook - Students submit answers to the review questions in writing to NEO before week 10. - NEO: Discussion 8 due before week 10

Description: Pre-Renaissance bridge between the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance: Humanism, Masaccio, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Donatello In-class Hands-on project 5 – Perspective. Place to a NEO dropbox before class 11. Reading + Homework: - Review the pdf lecture + Find relevant chapters in the online textbook - Students submit answers to the review questions in writing to NEO before week 11. - NEO: Discussion 9 due before week 11

Topic: 16th century CE High Renaissance in Italy Description: High Renaissance masters: Michelangelo, Rafael, Tizian Reading + Homework: - Review the pdf lecture + Find relevant chapters in the online textbook - Students submit answers to the review questions in writing to NEO before week 12. - NEO: Discussion 10 due before week 12

Description: Jan Van Eyck, Durer, Breughel, Bosh Reading + Homework: - Review the pdf lecture + Find relevant chapters in the online textbook - Students submit answers to the review questions in writing to NEO before week 13. - Final Review Questions for oral analyses – 20%, Hand-out Review of topics from week 11 – 13 (Selection of 10 topics provided), due week 14. Detailed description will be provided.

Review of Renaissance in Northern Europe + Mannerism Online Lecture: Baroque in Europe - As most students are not in Prague, we will continue with the online lectures. The last class will review art of the "modern" times. Discussion 12 - Review of Baroque art - due before the last class.

Topic: Online Lecture: The contemporary art overview Assignments/deadlines: Final essay due to NEO - 30%

Topic: 17th + 18th century Flanders, Holland - Baroque Description: Online Lecture: Flemish Baroque, Rubens, Rembrandt – Golden age of Dutch Baroque, Protestant reformation Discussion 7: See the selected pieces in NEO, due May 21, 3 pm CET Reading: Pdf lecture + Textbook, Volume II: Chapter 18 Assignments/deadlines: Finalize the final essay for week 15.