Date Topic Reading
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The Ancient World
8/30 Introduction: Syllabus Review/Looking at Art Gardner Intro
9/1 Ancient Near Eastern Art and Egyptian Art and Architecture Ch. 1
9/6 Egyptian Art and Architecture cont’d
9/8 Ancient Greek Art and Architecture Ch. 2
9/13 Ancient Greek Art and Architecture cont’d
9/15 Ancient Roman Art and Architecture Ch. 3
9/20 Ancient Roman Art and Architecture cont’d
9/22 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Ch. 4
9/27 Early Christian and Byzantine Art cont’d
9/29 No CLASS — UNIVERSITY CLOSED
10/4 No CLASS — CLASSES FOLLOW FRIDAY SCHEDULE
The Middle Ages to the Baroque
10/6 EXAM 1
10/11 Art of the Early Middle Ages and Romanesque Art Ch. 6
10/13 Romanesque Art and Gothic Art Ch. 6-7
10/18 Gothic Art cont’d Ch. 7
10/20 Early Renaissance Ch. 8
10/25 Early Renaissance cont’d
10/27 High Renaissance Ch. 9
11/1 High Renaissance cont’d
11/3 Mannerism and Northern Renaissance Ch. 9
PAPERS DUE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3
11/8 Baroque Style Ch. 10
11/10 Baroque Style cont’d
11/15 EXAM 2
Neoclassicism to Modernism
11/17 Neoclassicism Ch. 11
11/22 Romanticism and Realism Ch. 12
11/24 No CLASS — THANKSGIVING — UNIVERSITY CLOSED
11/29 Realism and Impressionism Ch. 12-13
12/1 Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Ch. 13
4 ICONS CHALLENGE DUE THURSDAY DECEMBER 1
12/6 Early 20th-century Modernism Ch. 14
12/8 Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art Ch. 15
12/13 Art Since 1970 Ch. 15
12/15 Extra day to catch-up and mini-review
12/20 FINAL EXAM
do we have class on 12/15?
Yes! Class is on, we’ll wrap up with Abstract Expressionism and have a mini-review.