Art History Section LL

VHS Catalog 12-13

Course Title:	Art History Section LL
Course Code:	tonareld
MA NCES Code:	05152
Discipline:	Arts
Grade Level:	10, 11, 12
Level:	Honors
Offering:	Repeated Semester (Fall: 25 Seats; Spring: 25 Seats; )
Duration:	15 weeks
Prerequisites:	Solid writing and reading skills, an interest in art, access to a scanner, Windows Media Player or an equivalent program, and ability to attach images. It is strongly recommended that students have access to a digital camera.
Additional Requirements:
Accredited by:	Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools; Northwest Accreditation Commission
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Shipped to Students: No
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Purchased by Course Sponsor (see additional details below): No
Description: Please Note: This course may not be appropriate for students with specific accessibility limitations as written. Please refer to the VHS Handbook policy on Special Education/Equity for more information on possible modifications. If you need additional assistance, please let us know at service.goVHS.org. Ever wonder why Impressionists seem so mundane now but were so shocking in their day? Why did that guy Pollock toss and drip all that paint around and get paid a lot of money for it? What was all the hoopla at the Brooklyn Museum a few years ago? This course is designed to emulate a college level 'survey' course in Art History that will answer these questions and raise a few more. It begins in the Renaissance in Western Europe, because 1500 was an important moment for Western culture, and finishes off the second half of the millennium. We'll visit museums all over the world, virtually of course, and look at the connections among various types of art that have been created for the past 500 years. This course is a great way to expand your understanding of history as well as your understanding and love of visual art. If you like looking at works of art and wondering what on earth the artist was trying to communicate, this is the course for you! As in any art history course, images of the nude human figure will be viewed and discussed. Some controversial topics will be raised during the course, particularly when we discuss censorship and contemporary art. WARNING: Pulling images up from the Internet can take an EXTREMELY long time if you don't have an adequate high speed Internet connection as well as memory on your computer. Check to make sure the equipment available to you won't leave you snoring while you wait for a peek at the "Mona Lisa!" Please Note: This course may not be appropriate for students with specific accessibility limitations as written. Please refer to the VHS Handbook policy on Special Education/Equity for more information on possible modifications. If you need additional assistance, please let us know at service.goVHS.org.

MediaKit Contents:

Syllabus:
Start Here and Week One
The End of Chivalry
Medieval Art Before 1500
Field Trip: The Cloisters

Week Two
The Invention of the Artist
Early Renaissance Art 1400-1460
Renaissance Architecture in Your Community

Week Three
Humanism
Renaissance Art in Europe 1450-1600
Renaissance Study Questions
Renaissance Discussion Thread
Qualities of Renaissance Architecture

Week Four
The Reformation, Drama, and the Circular Form
The Reformation, Baroque, Mannerism and Rococo 1600-1775

Week Five
The Rest of the Civilized World
The Art of Asia, Africa, and the Americas 1200-present
Test on Renaissance and Reformation
Begin Non-Western Collaborative Project

Week Six
Alternative Cultures
The Art of Asia, Africa, and the Americas 1200-present
Non-Western Collaborative Project

Week Seven
Romance and Adventure on the Frontier
Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism 1725-1875
Present Non-Western Project

Week Eight
Realism's Last Gasp
Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism 1725-1875

Week Nine
Impressionism and The Birth of Photography
Impressionism and Cezanne 1880-1900
Impressionism Study Questions
Field Trip to Actual Art

Week Ten
Shallow Spaces and Whimsical Forms
The Birth of Modernism: Cubism and Expressionism 1900-1940
Independent Research

Week Eleven
Dada is Not Your Father
Conceptual Art: Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, the Harlem Renaissance 1920-1960
Independent Research

Week Twelve
My Little Sister Could Paint Better than That
Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimalism and Conceptualism 1935-1970
Independent Research

Week Thirteen
Getting Ready to Present
MLA Style and other requirements
Preparing Independent Presentations

Week Fourteen
Postmodernism and Recent Trends
Feminist Art and the Whitney Biennial 1960-2000
Presentations

Week Fifteen
The Grand Finalé
Final Exam 1400-2000

Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, you should be able to:
1. Visually "read" and understand a work of art.
2. Recognize major movements in Western and some non-Western art from the Renaissance to the present.
3. Figure out what major art movements an individual work of art relates to and how.
4. Be introduced to the discipline of art history and gain an understanding of the mechanisms of that field of study.
5. Develop your own informed opinions and responses to works of art.
6. Write an informed, intelligent, analysis comparing various works of art.

This catalog description was last modified on 07/12/2012