SYLLABUS
History of Art 102
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ART AND CIVILIZATION
FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Dr. Charles Minott
Dept. of the History of Art
307 Jaffe Building. 898-3247
cminott@sas.upenn.edu
Office Hours: Thurs. 2:00 - 4:00, and by appt.
Teaching Assistants
Rachel Iannocone
James Hargrove
Thomas Morton
Jon Seydl (WATU)
Stanley Weed
(note that this syllabus is a working document, subject to
change and expansion. Beyond the hard copy you receive on the first day
of class and any downloaded from the web, be sure to return to the
website for updated information at least once a week)
Lectures
Lectures are normally scheduled on Monday and Wednesday at 1:00
P.M. They are held in room B-1 Meyerson Hall. Attendance is required and
common courtesy rules apply to lecture room behavior. No Beepers,
Cellular telephones, reading, or lunching during the lectures, please.
Section Meetings
Section meetings, held in Meyerson Hall, B-5. They represent the
third hour of the course. You have already enrolled in this course
through a section. Some restructuring of the sections is inevitable.
The following sections are cancelled and will not be held. If you
registered in one of them, you must reregister through PARIS. in another
section.:
Cancelled Sections: 210; 212; 213; 214; 217
Sections will begin meeting in the week of Jan. 20. Please be alert and
respond to the changes.
Textbooks
The basic text for the course is Hugh Honour and John Fleming,
The Visual Arts: A History. 4th ed., Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall,
1995 (H&F). Also required is Joshua Taylor, Learning to Look,
Chicago,
University of Chicago Press (JT). Both are available at Penn Book
Center, 3726 Walnut St. Additional readings, from reserve section or
handout will be required and announced well in advance.
Several Reading Assignments from M. Trachtenberg and I. Hyman,
Archtitecture from Prehistroy to Post-Modernism, New York, Abrams,
1986 (T&H) will be forthcoming. Photocopies of these will be available to you
through your section leader. Copies of this and all books will be on
reserve for the course.
Papers
Students will write one response paper, one visual analysis
paper, and a term paper for this course. the term paper will be
presented in outline, draft, and final forms. Further details on these
papers will be provided as assignments are made.
Midterm Tests, Final Exam
Midterms: 1. Friday, Feb. 14. 1:00 P.M.
2. Friday, Mar. 21. 1:00 P.M.
Room B-1, Meyerson Hall.
Final Exam: Friday, May 2, 8:30-10:30. A.M.
Room B-1 Meyerson Hall.
Midterm Tests and Final Exam will include short answer visual
identifications and brief comparative essays. Final exam will include a
longer essay and additional comparisons. Absence from tests excused only
by medical excuse from student health or by note from academic advisor in
School office attesting other circumstances preventing your attendance.
Grading
The final grade will be based on participation in section, the
response paper, and the visual analysis = 30%; hour tests = 15% each;
term paper = 20%; final exam = 20%.
All tests and assignments must be completed by students taking
the course Pass/Fail.
A final grade of "Incomplete" must be negotiated with your
Teaching Assistant and must include a schedule for make-up of outstanding
work.
COURSE SCHEDULE
1. Monday, January 13. Introduction: The Big Picture.
2. Wednesday, January 15. Origins of the Renaissance, I: The
Trecento in Italy.
Giotto, Duccio, and their followers.
No section meetings this week.
Reading, week 1: Joshua Taylor, Learning to Look (whole).
H&F 367-387; T&H 281-288.
3. Monday, January 20. Origins of the Renaissance II: The
International Gothic Style and Late Gothic Art in the Northern Countries.
4. Wednesday, January 22. The Early Renaissance in Italy, I.
Section 1. Section Meetings begin, as scheduled, starting Monday, Jan.
20. Topics and requisite information for sections will appear on
syllabus. Stay tuned).
Reading, week 2: H&F 388-409.
ADD PERIOD ENDS FRIDAY, JAN. 24
5. Monday, January 27. The Early Renaissance in Italy, II.
6. Wednesday, January 29. The High Renaissance I: Rome and Florence.
Section 2: Learning to Look II
Formal Analysis Paper assigned.
Reading, week 3: H&F 410-426, 439-456.
7. Monday, February 3. The High Renaissance II.
8. Wednesday, February 5. The High Renaissance III.
Section 3: David Freedberg
Formal Analysis Paper Due
Reading, week 4: H&F 427-438.
9. Monday, February 10. Mannerism and the "Late Renaissance".
10. Wednesday, February 12. NO LECTURE TODAY
* Friday, February 14. FIRST MIDTERM TEST
Section 4: AT THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
DROP PERIOD ENDS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14
Reading, week 5: H&F 456-471
11. Monday, February 17. Late Renaissance Art in the Northern Countries
12 Wednesday, February 19. The Art of the Baroque, I: Rome.
12. Friday, February 21. The Art of Baroque, II:
Flanders and Spain.
Section 5: Bellori, "Life of Caravaggio"
Reading, week 6: H&F 471-475 and 530-554
13. Monday, February 24. The Art of the Baroque, III: Holland.
14. Wednesday, February 26. The Art of the Baroque, IV:
England and France.
Section 6: Baroque Architecture T&H: 335-49, 358-69, 378-83
Reading, week 7: H&F 554-569
15. Monday, March 3. Rococco to Neoclassicism.
16. Wednesday, March 5. Neoclassicism to Romanticism.
Section 7: Barnes, Raft of the Medusa
Reading, week 8: H&F 570-611
(March 10, March 12. Spring Break, no meetings this week)
17. Monday, March 17. Romanticism, II.
18. Wednesday, March 19. Realism.
* Friday, March 21. SECOND MIDTERM TEST
Section 8: Campus Tour
Reading, week 9: H&F 611-632
19. Monday, March 24. American Art in the 19th Century.
20. Wednesday, March 26. Impressionism.
Section 9: N. Harris, "Collective Possessions:..."
Reading, week 10: H&F 632-642 and 656-670
21. Monday, March 31. Post-Impressionism.
23. Wednesday, April 2. Modernism and Movements at the Turn of
the Century.
Section 10: T. J. Clark, "A Bar at the Folies-Bergere"
Reading, week 11: H&F 671-688 and 716-730
24. Monday, April 7. Cubism.
25. Wednesday, April 9. DaDa and Surrealism.
Section 11: Steinberg, "Contemporary Art and the Plight of its Public"
Reading, week 12, H&F 730-774
26. Monday, April 14. Architecture: Art Nouveau to
the International Style.
27. Wednesday, April 16. Sculpture: Rodin to Maillol.
Section 12: At the Rodin Museum
Elsen, "A Tour of the 'Gates of Hell'"
Reading, week 13, T&H 487-544
28. Monday, April 21. Painting and Sculpture in the USA.
29. Wednesday, April 23. Art at the End of the XX Century.
Section 13: At the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Reading, week 14: H&F 775-827
Friday, May 2 @ 8:30-10:30 A.M. FINAL EXAM