ARH 2050—updated 08-07

ART HISTORY I

 

Semester Hours:           Three (3)

Instructor:                     Ann Waters

Office:                          J-327

Phone:                          729-5302

Email:                           watersa@nwfsc.edu

 

 

Course Description:

 

ARH 2050 offers a survey of significant contributions and concepts in art, architecture and the crafts from the Pre-historic period to the Renaissance.  CD, slides, videos, and other visual media are utilized as much as possible in reinforcing course content.   

 

ARH 2050 meets the 4,000 word requirement for the Gordon Rule. 

ARH 2050 includes an oral component (power point presentation)

 

Text:

 

Kleiner, Fred S., Mamiya, Christin J.  Gardner’s Art through the Ages.  Twelfth Edition.  Vol. I.  Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. 2005.

 

Supplementary Reading:

 

This will depend upon your research requirements and will extend beyond realms of an encyclopedia—refrain from Wikipedia.

Ideal resources include:  JStor and Grove Art Online—both located in OWC’s LINCCWeb. 

Web site: http://lrc.nwfsc.edu

                                      The Dictionary of Art (34 volumes, 1996)—located in OWC’s library

                                      See: Humanities Research Guide published by OWC’s LRC

 

Goals:

     Provide an optimistic environment conducive to learning—Be Happy J

  • Provide a survey from Prehistory to Renaissance.
  • Express ideas through formal and informal writing: essays, chapter analysis and research. (Writing-across-the-Curriculum assignments).
  • Develop an art vocabulary encompassing recognized historical periods, methods and media.
  • Provide maximum exposure to art media, and techniques..
  • Explore the many purposes of art in history and the role philosophy and science plays in man’s cultural values and practices.
  • Discuss how works are categorized pertaining to chronology, style and subject.

 

 

 

 

 

Course Content/Lectures: 

  • The Birth of Art:  Africa, Europe, and the Near East in the Stone Age
  • The Rise of Civilization: The Art of the Ancient Near East
  • Pharaohs and the Afterlife: The Art of Ancient Egypt
  • Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean
  • Gods, Heroes, and Athletes: The Art of Ancient Greece
  • Italy before the Romans: The Art of the Etruscans
  • From Seven Hills to Three Continents: The Art of Ancient Rome
  • Pagans, Christians and Jews: The Art of Late Antiquity
  • Rome in the East: The Art of Byzantium
  • Europe after the Fall of Rome: Early Medieval Art in the West
  • The Age of Pilgrimages: Romanesque Art
  • The Age of Great Cathedrals: Gothic Art

 

Course Requirements:

The student will be required to:

·        Take all assigned tests.

·        Make-up any missed tests on the final exam date.

·        Write one MLA paper pertaining to non-Western chapters cited below.

·        Give an oral presentation pertaining to the previously cited MLA non-Western paper.

 

Criteria for MLA non-Western Paper:

Write a 1200 to 1500 word paper using parenthetical notation and a supporting ‘Works Cited’ page.  A minimum of 3 visuals must be included and properly resourced in your paper.  Resource your paper using:

 

 

  • A non-western chapter found in Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, Vol. 1

 

SEE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS IN SELECTING YOUR SOURCE

 

Chapter 6                     “Paths to Enlightenment: The Art of South and Southeast Asia before 1200”

 

Chapter 7                     “The Silk Road and Beyond: The Art of Early China and Korea”

 

Chapter 8                     “Shrines, Statues, and Scrolls: The Art of Early Japan:

 

Chapter 13                   “In Praise of Allah: The Art of the Islamic World”

 

Chapter 14                   “From Alaska to the Andes: Native Arts of the Americas before 1300”

 

Chapter 15                   “South from the Sahara: Early African Art”

 

 

 

 

 

  • And three additional resources

YOU MAY CHOOSE TO USE:

1.         Internet articles (date your resources and cite authors if possible).

2.         Hard copy from books – check out the new library on campus.

3.         Periodicals-National Geographic, Smithsonian, Archaeology.

4.         Lecture, film, and online services, etc….

 

Do not make this assignment difficult:  When you select a chapter you will be selecting a topic.  Suggestion:  Read the chapter, pull snippets that will help you write your paper.  You may cite directly from the text and paraphrase as well.  The text liberally becomes your motivation and stimulus for outside research.  You may choose to use your text as much as possible or may choose to address more of your paper from outside resources. 

 

  • A hand-out pertaining to MLA formatting will be passed to you during the term as well as a hand-out on properly citing visuals.

 

Course Grading:

 

  • Attendance – all students are expected to attend class as an attendance grade is given and weighted equitably with tests.  Each student is allowed two absences.  The attendance grade of 100 drops three points with each respective absence afterwards.
  • Excessive Absences (taken from College attendance policy—see page 26 (reference is made below)
  • Individual tests, written assignments, essays, orals, MLA papers and attendance grades are all weighted the same.
  • Classroom success will be measured by dividing the sum of the total above by the number of scored evaluations.
  • Extra credit will be awarded for certain cultural events at OWC’s Fine and Performing Arts Center and media relative to classroom lectures.  Extra credit, which will not exceed 12 points, will be added to the total before being divided by the sum of the scored evaluations.  (Instructor will address the specifics in class.)

  

Class Attendance Policy

Class attendance is an integral part of the learning process for this course.  Students are expected to attend class regularly, as well as to arrive and depart on time.  Students with excessive absences (including tardies) may be withdrawn from the class.  Note that although college policy provides for a certain number of class absences, that number covers all types of absences, including absences such as those due to documented illness or other emergency; Absences for illness or emergencies are not accommodated in addition to those allowable under the attendance policy.  (See page 26 of the 2007-2008 College Catalog and Student Handbook for additional information.)

 

 

Grading Scale: 

94-100             A

85-93               B

75-84               C

64-74               D

Below 64         F (or failure to complete Gordon Rule Requirement)

 

Incomplete Grades

An incomplete grade (‘I”) may be awarded when the student is unable to finish the required work because of unforeseen extenuating circumstances such as illness or TDY assignment.  To receive an “I” grade, the student must have successfully completed a significant portion of the required coursework and be able to finish the remaining work without attending class or needing extensive academic or instructional support to master course content.  An “I” grade will automatically convert to a grade of “F” if the student does not complete the remainder of the coursework by the established deadline.

 

Student Support Services: 

If you have special needs or a disability for which accommodations may be appropriate to assist you in this class, please contact the office of Services to Students with Special Needs in Building C-1 on the Niceville campus, or call 729-5372.

 

Changes Which May Occur:

The schedule, requirements, and procedures in ARH 2050 are subject to change in the event of unusual or extenuating circumstances.  In such cases, students will be provided with written notice sufficient to plan for and accommodate the changes.

 

If the college closes for inclement weather or other emergencies, any exams, presentations, projects or papers during the closure period will be automatically rescheduled for the first regular class meeting held once the college re-opens.

 

Code of Conduct:

Each student is expected to maintain self-discipline and above all respect the rights of others.  It is permissive to ask those who are disruptive to leave class.

 

Homework for other classes should be completed outside the ARH classroom environment and novels or any other form of literary content not applicable to ARH should be closed or left untouched during class—ARH 2050 is not a study hall. 

 

Cell phones, pagers and other such electronic devices must be turned off during class time. Communication by electronic devices during class is strictly prohibited unless expressly designated as part of the learning activities.  Use of electronic communication devices during examinations or other graded activities may constitute grounds for disciplinary action.  Where emergency or employment situations require access to electronic communication services,

arrangements may be made in advance with the instructor.

 

As a courtesy to other students and the learning process, students may not bring children with them to class sessions.  Health and safety concerns prohibit children from accompanying adult students into any lab, shop, office, classroom or other college facility where potential hazards exist.  If a child-related emergency means you must miss class, contact the instructor as soon as possible to determine your options.

 

Students Rights, Responsibilities and Academic Integrity

Students are responsible for adherence to all college policies and procedures, including those related to academic freedom, cheating, classroom conduct, computer/network/e-mail use

and other items included in the OWC Catalog and Student Handbook.  Students should be familiar with the rights and responsibilities detailed on pages 25-29 of the 2007-2008 OWC Catalog and Student Handbook.  Plagiarism, cheating or any other form of academic dishonesty is a serious breach of student responsibilities and may trigger consequences which range from a failing grade to formal disciplinary action.

 

Additional information:  GORDON WRITING REQUIREMENTS FOR A WRITING-ACROSS-THE-CURRICULUM COURSE

  • Each MLA paper should include a title on page one, a thesis sentence in a proficient introductory paragraph, a main body, a conclusion, a Works Cited page and parenthetical notation.  Papers must include parenthetical notation to be graded.

 

  • As a rule of thumb, no more than 30% of your paper should be taken from direct text.  For success, develop your topics in advance of the due date in order that you might work on paraphrasing.

 

  • Refrain from plagiarism.  Plagiarism, in short, occurs when the writer gives the impression that what has been written or thought is original even though the information has been borrowed without crediting the resource.  It is often unintentional when a student begins to write, but may surface as a bad habit and crutch when the writer procrastinates and hurriedly fulfills an assignment overnight.

 

  • Specified due dates will be cited in class and papers will be accepted only on those dates.  If you fail to get the assigned paper in on the appropriate date you must still complete the assignment and TURN IT IN at the end of the term as part of the course requirement to receive class credit.  This late paper will receive a grade of 64.  This is a standard policy.  Failure to write the assigned paper OR any assigned paper satisfying the Gordon Rule will jeopardize credit in this class.  No paper, no credit. 

 

  • Due to OWC’s requirement, you must complete the writing and oral requirements assigned by your instructor to receive credit in

ARH 2050 or any Writing-Across-The-Curriculum course.

Paper dates:  (for one research assignment)

You may choose to turn the research assignment in on either of the two assigned dates.

Date 1: ___________________________________

Date 2: ___________________________________

08/07