Instructor: Dr. Suzanne Newman Fricke (suznews@unm.edu)
Office Hours:
FAC 323, Fridays, 10:00-12:00
Note: Office hours are canceled Friday, Feb. 1st.
Objectives:
This course covers the art and architecture from the end of the Gothic
period about 1200 through Post-Impressionism, about 1900. The changes
during this time, including scientific innovations, new philosophies, and explorations
to the
Required Texts:
Laurie Schneider Adams, Art Across
Time Volume II,
Linnea Wren
and David Wren, Perspectives on Western Art
Accommodation
Statement: Accessibility Services (Mesa Vista Hall 2021,
277-3506) provides academic support to students who have disabilities. If you need alternative formats for
undertaking and completing the work for this course, you should contact this
service right away to assure your needs are met in a timely manner. If you need local assistance in contacting
Accessibility Services, see the Bachelor and Graduate Programs office. The professor is willing to make whatever
accommodations are necessary.
Academic
Integrity: The
Class Attendance: As
in any university course, regular attendance is necessary for you to fully
grasp the material. An attendance sheet
will be passed around every class since professors are now required by the
university to know the last date a student attended in order to receive a
“withdraw pass.” It is your
responsibility to sign the list every class.
Since this class is full, it is important for everyone to observe
classroom etiquette. Please try to be on
time and ready to begin when class starts, and stay in your seat until class
time is over. If you must leave early,
please let the professor know ahead of time and sit near the back of the
class. If you are unable to come to
class on a particular day, please inform the professor as soon as possible and
obtain lecture notes from at least two students in the class. Three
missed classes will result in a “withdraw fail” from the course.
Class
Dropping the Course:
If you choose to drop the course, you are responsible for reporting the
change to the registrar's office. Be
sure to drop as early as possible to maintain a good scholarship status since
the university notes when changes to your schedule occur. If you stop coming to class and do not contact
the registrar, you will receive a failing grade.
Grading:
Two exams, 25% each
Second paper, 25%
Class
participation: 10%
There will be
no make-ups on the tests. Papers are due
at the beginning of class. If late, they
will be marked down 5% per day (i.e., a paper that would have earned an 85% if
on time would be worth 75% if two days late).
No incompletes will be given.
Exams:
There will be two
equally weighted exams in this class.
The exams will cover information presented in class and the text. Each will last 75 minutes and will cover
material and from the classroom lectures and the assigned readings. The final will be given May 15th, 5:30-7:30, and it will follow the same format
as the other exam; it will not be cumulative.
5
Slide Identifications: You will be expected to know the artist,
title, date, stylistic period, and location for each piece.
5
Short Answer Questions: These
include a discussion of styles and historical information.
5
Term Definitions: These cover terms used to describe the art and
the society from which it came.
1
Compare/Contrast Essay:
Compare/Contrast essays are perhaps the most widely used and poorly
understood aspect of an art history class.
We will discuss the proper format for a compare/cont rast essay before
the first exam.
Before each exam, a slide list will be posted on my web
page which will contain approximately 60 images. Each piece is identified by: artist’s
name, title, date, stylistic period, and location for buildings or other site
specific objects (i.e., Giotto di Bondone, Lamentation
from the Arena Chapel, c.1305-10,
Please note that this is a tentative
schedule of lectures to be presented and is subject to change. However, the dates of the exams are fixed;
you will be responsible only for the material covered in class.
Tuesday,
January 22: Introduction to the class
Thursday,
January 24: Trecento art from Sienna and
Adams, Chapter 13, “Precursors of the
Renaissance: Thirteenth-Century
Week 2:
Tuesday, January 29: Early Quattrocento art from Sienna and the
International Gothic Style
Adams, Chapter 13, “Precursors of the
Renaissance: The International Gothic Style”
Thursday, January 31: Early
Quattrocento art from
Adams, Chapter 14, “The Early
Renaissance:
Wren, Section I, “Italian Renaissance
Art of the Early Fifteenth Century”
Week
3:
Tuesday, February
5: Renaissance in
Adams, Chapter 14, “The Early Renaissance: Early Fifteenth-Century Sculpture”
Thursday,
February 7: Early Renaissance painting in
Adams, Chapter 14, “The Early
Renaissance: Fifteenth-Century Painting
in
Wren, Section III, “Fifteenth-Century
Northern European Art”
Tuesday,
February 12: The High Renaissance in
Adams, Chapter 15, “The High
Renaissance in
Wren, Section II,
“Sixteenth-Century Italian Art”
Thursday,
February 14: Video: “Saving the
Sistine Chapel”
First Paper Assigned
Week 5:
Tuesday,
February 19: High Renaissance in
Adams,
Chapter 15, “The High Renaissance in
Thursday,
February 21: Mannerism
Adams, Chapter 16, “Mannerism and the
Later Sixteenth Century in
Week 6:
Tuesday,
February 26: Art of the
Reformation from the
Adams, Chapter 17: “Sixteenth-Century Painting in
Wren, Section IV, “Sixteenth-Century
Northern European Art”
Thursday,
February 28: Baroque Art
and Architecture in
Adams, Chapter 18,
“The Baroque Style in
Wren,
Section V, “Baroque Art in
First Paper Due
Week 7:
Tuesday, March
4: Baroque Art in
Adams, Chapter 18, “The
Baroque Style in Western Europe: Baroque
Painting in
Wren, Section VI, “Baroque
Art in the
Thursday,
March 6: Baroque Art
in
Adams,
Chapter 18, “The Baroque Style in
Thursday,
March 13: MIDTERM
EXAM
Week 9: SPRING BREAK
Week 10:
Tuesday,
March 25: Art of the
SECOND PAPER ASSIGNED
Thursday, March
27: Rococo Art in
Adams, Chapter 19, “Rococo and the Eighteenth
Century: Political and Cultural
Background and The Age of Enlightenment”
Wren, Section VII, 1-8, “Eighteenth-Century
Art”
Week 11:
Tuesday, April
1: Rococo Art in German,
Adams, Chapter 19, “Rococo
and the Eighteenth Century: Rococo
Architecture, Architectural Revivals, European Painting, and American Painting”
Thursday, April
3: Neoclassicism in
Adams, Chapter 20 “Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth
Centuries: The Neoclassical Style in
Wren, Section VII, 11, “Eighteenth-Century
Art”
Week 12
Tuesday,
April 8: Neoclassicism in
Adams, Chapter 20,
“Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and
Early Nineteenth Centuries: Developments
in
Wren, Section VII, 9-10, 12-14, “Eighteenth-Century
Art”
Thursday,
April 10: Romanticism in
Adams, Chapter 21,
“Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and
Early Nineteenth Centuries: The Romantic
Movement, Architecture, Sculpture, and Figural Painting”
Wren,
Section VIII, 1-4, 6-7, “Nineteenth-Century Art”
Week 13:
Tuesday,
April 15: Realism in
Adams, Chapter 22,
“Nineteenth-Century Realism: Cultural
and political Context, French Realism, French Realism in the 1860s, and
Architecture and Sculpture”
Wren, Section VIII, 5, 8-10,
“Nineteenth-Century Art”
Thursday,
April 17: The Development of Photography
SECOND PAPER DUE
Adams, Chapter 22, “Nineteenth-Century
Realism: Photography”
Tuesday,
April 20: American Realism
Adams, Chapter 22, “Nineteenth-Century Realism: American Realism”
Wren, Section VIII, 16 and 18,
“Nineteenth-Century Art”
Thursday,
April 22: Impressionism in
Adams, Chapter 23, “Nineteenth-Century
Impressionism: Urban Renewal during the
Wren, Section VIII, 11-13, 17,
“Nineteenth-Century Art”
Week 15:
Tuesday,
April 27: Impressionism in
Adams, Chapter 23, “Nineteenth-Century
Impressionism: American Painting at the
Turn of the Century and ‘Art for Art’s Sake’”
Thursday,
April 29: Post-Impressionist Painting in
Adams, Chapter 24, “Post-Impressionism
and the Late Nineteenth Century: Post
Impressionist Painting and Gauguin and
Wren, Section VIII, 14-15,
“Nineteenth-Century Art”
Week 16:
Tuesday,
May 3: Fin-de-Siecle Art across
Adams, Chapter 24, “Post-Impressionism and the Late
Nineteenth Century: Symbolism and
Fin-de-Siecle Developments”
Wren, Section VIII, 19,
“Nineteenth-Century Art”
Thursday,
May 5: Review for Final
FINAL EXAM: Thursday, May 15th, 5:30-7:30 p.m.