SP 2014 Info

SUBJECT TO CHANGE [WITHOUT NOTICE].

Tentative Course Schedule
Meeting Dates, typically Wednesdays.
01.29 WEEK 1/Unit 1 First Day of Class. Introduction to the course. Egypt.
          Visual Elements. How to Draw. Portrait, figure, and composition.
02.05 WEEK 2/Unit 1 Egypt vs. Africa. Design and fashion.
02.12 College Closed (Lincoln's Birthday) NO CLASS MEETING
02.17 College Closed (President's Day)
02.19 WEEK 3/Unit 2 Prehistory and Prehistoric Art of Europe; Art of Near East.
          Africa vs. Prehistoric Art. How to Blackboard. How to edit an image file.
          Museum Paper due.
02.26 WEEK 4/Unit 3 Museum Paper Revision due  
          Aegean Art; Ancient Greek Art

03.05 WEEK 5/Unit 4 Etruscan Art and Roman Art.
          Sculpture techniques & history.

03.12 WEEK 6/Unit 5 Art of India before 1200  
          PowerPoint Presentation & Curatorial Statement Due.
03.19 WEEK 7/Unit 6 Art of China before 1280
          Midterm Review.
03.26 WEEK 8 Midterm (tentative). First 5 blog posts revision Due.
          Unit 7 Art of the Americas before 1300
04.02 WEEK 9 Unit 8 Gothic Art.
          Discussions on Western Intellectual Tradition.
04.09 WEEK 10 Unit 9 Renaissance Art 1.
          Painting vs. Photography. Begin working on final project.
04.16 Spring Break (NO CLASS)
04.23 WEEK 11 Unit 9 Renaissance Art 2.
          (STEP 1) Final Project Topic Due (please email me your ideas). 
          Individual meetings for final project. Final topic approval.
04.24 Last Day to Withdraw from the course for a "W" grade.
04.30 WEEK 12 Unit 10 Modern Art.  
          (STEP 2) Final Project Artist's Statement with References.
05.07 WEEK 13 Contemporary Art.
          (STEP 3) Final Project Draft Due.
05.14 WEEK 14 Last Day of Class. Final Project Critiques.
          Final Review. (STEP 4) Final Project Due.
          Extra credit assignments Due. Last 5 blog posts rev. Due. Journal Due.
05.21 WEEK 15: FINAL WEEK Final Exam (tentative, date/time/location TBA).


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