INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY I ARH2050, Section 1 • Professor Will Adams • Prof.Will.Adams@Gmail.com

Tuesdays, 5:30 – 8:00 PM • Office hours: Tuesdays, 5:00 – 5:30 PM

Ocala Campus, Fine Arts Building, Room 205

Course Blog: ArtHistoryI.Blogspot.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course offers a visual and historical survey from the dawn of human artistic expression in the

Paleolithic era through the Proto-Renaissance period.

Emphasis is placed on the visual analysis of painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as the

relationship of the artist to the society of each period.

This course is a Gordon Rule course in which the student is required to demonstrate college-level

writing skills through multiple writing assignments. A minimum grade of C required if used to satisfy

Gordon Rule requirement.

COURSE OBJECTIVES LEARNING OUTCOME QUIZ EXAM PROJECT ACTIVITY JOURNAL

Identify works of art by style, artist, period, & medium.

✓ ✓ ✓

Place artworks within social and historical context.

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Expand art vocabulary, including architectural terms.

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Identify architectural elements in conjunction with specific cultural

developments. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Compare & contrast various works of art.

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Understand a historical timeline & its relationship to the art of

the time. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

REQUIRED TEXT Marilyn Stokstad’s Art History, Fifth Edition: Volume I. ISBN: 9780205873487

OR:

Marilyn Stokstad’s Art History, Fourth Edition, Volume I. ISBN: 9780205744220

STUDENT EVALUATION FORMULA Attendance & Class Participation 15%

o Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class meeting, and count as part of the

attendance & participation grade.

o The professor should hear each student’s voice at least once per class meeting.

o Tardiness of more than 15 minutes after the scheduled beginning of class constitutes an absence.

Quizzes 15%

o Four short-form quizzes will be administered throughout the course of the class.

o The format that the quizzes come in may vary from quiz to quiz.

Out-of-Class Assignments 20%

o You will be required to complete out-of-class assignments throughout the semester.

o These assignments are meant to improve students’ understanding & consideration of course

matter,

o These assignments also help to achieve the Gordon Rule Requirement.

o The topic for each assignment will be given at the end of the class in which it is assigned.

Research Project 20%

o One four-to-five page written research project is required.

o Proper MLA style citation should be used for all written assignments.

o One draft may be turned in for the professor’s perusal two weeks prior to the due date.

o Plagiarism = A grade of zero. No exceptions.

o Wikipedia = A grade of zero. No exceptions.

o All research projects should be stapled or bound by the student. This is not the professor’s

responsibility.

o A detailed research project description will be distributed at a later date.

Examinations 30%

o Four long-form examinations will be administered, and their format may vary from exam to

exam.

o Examinations will not be cumulative in their subject matter.

o A study guide detailing possible examination topics will be posted on the blog one week prior to

the examination, at the instructor’s discretion.

GRADING SCALE 100 – 90% = A

89 – 80% = B

79 – 70% = C

69 – 60% = D

59 – 0% = F

LATE WORK & MAKE-UP POLICY No late work will be accepted.

No work will be accepted via e-mail.

Quizzes or exams must be taken on, or before, the date assigned – and only with the instructor’s

explicit consent.

The final exam must be taken on the date published for final exams.

EXTRA CREDIT POLICY Each quiz or test throughout the class’s duration will include one extra credit question equal to 10% of

the quiz or test’s total point value (i.e. A five point extra credit question for a fifty point test).

In addition, extra credit may be earned by writing more than the required number of pages for any

written assignment. Extra credit for extra written work will be given up to a maximum of 15% of the

assignment’s total point value (i.e. a two page written assignment is usually valued at 20 total points,

at ten points per page. If the student writes 2.2 pages, the student will receive 22 points for the

assignment, rather than the standard 20).

No other extra credit opportunities will be available.

SCHEDULE OF CLASS MEETINGS

CLASS MEETING DATE TASK

Tuesday, August 26th Introduce class, distribute and discuss syllabus

Read for next class: Chapter 1 Prost Questionnaire Assigned

Tuesday, September 2nd

Art of the Stone Age Cave Painting In-Class Activity

Proust Questionnaire Due Read for next class: Chapter 2

Tuesday, September 9th

Art of the Ancient Near East Cuneiform & Decoding Class Activity

RESEARCH PROJECT ASSIGNED & LIBRARY VISIT Read for next class: Chapter 3

Tuesday, September 16th

EXAM #1 Ancient Egyptian Funerary Architecture & Embalming

Sarcophagus Lid Assignment Assigned Read for next class: Chapter 4

Tuesday, September 23rd The Art of the Ancient Aegean

Sarcophagus Lid Assignment Due Read for next class: Chapter 5 (through the Archaic Period)

Tuesday, September 30th The Art of Archaic Greece

Read for next class: Chapter 5 (through the Early Classical Period)

Tuesday, October 7th The Art of Classical Greece

Read for next class: Chapter 5 (through the High Classical Period)

Tuesday, October 14th Exam #2

Classical Greek Architecture

Secrets of the Parthenon film Classical Architecture Assignment Assigned

Read for next class: Chapter 5 (through the Hellenistic Period)

Tuesday, October 21st Ancient Etruscan Art

Classical Architecture Assignment Due Read for next class: Chapter 6 (through The Republic)

Tuesday, October 28th Roman Republican Art Arch Building Activity

Read for next class: Chapter 6 (through The Early Empire)

Tuesday, November 4th

Exam #3 Imperial Roman Art & Architecture

Watch Where Did It Come From?: The Modern Stadium Read for next class: Chaper 6 (through The High Imperial Art of

Trajan and Hadrian)

Tuesday, November 11th VETERAN’S DAY HOLIDAY – NO CLASS

Tuesday, November 18th

Late Imperial Roman Art & Architecture Pompeii: Roman Time Capsule Mosaic Class Lesson & Activity

Read for next class: Chapter 7 (through Early Byzantine Art)

Tuesday, November 25th Byzantine Art & Architecture

Read for next class: Chapter 15 (through Architectural Sculpture)

Tuesday, December 2nd

The Romanesque & The Gothic Styles Stained Glass Activity

RESEARCH PROJECT DUE Read for next class: Chapter 16 (through Gothic Art in England)

Tuesday, December 9th FINAL EXAM – 5:30 PM

This outline may be altered, at the instructor’s discretion, during the course of the term; it is the student’s responsibility to make any adjustments as announced.

GUIDELINES FOR WRITTEN WORK All written work should be set in Times New Roman 12 point font, with double spacing and standard

1” page margins.

Additionally, each written assignment (with the exception of the research project) should begin with

the following header, placed at the top, left side of the first page:

Your First & Last Name

ARH2050 – 5:30 PM

Prof. Will Adams

Assignment Due Date (MM/DD/YYYY)

The student must staple assignments of more than one page; the instructor will not provide a stapler

for your use.

Finally, minimum page totals for any written assignment require that the written page be filled in its

entirety to count as one page. In other words, if a written assignment requires 2 pages, but the

student only writes 1.5, the student will not earn all possible points for the assignment.

ATTENDANCE Students are expected to attend every class. Attendance will be taken and will count as a portion of

the final grade.

It is always the student’s responsibility to contact the professor about issues that may lead to

excessive absences.

It is also the student’s responsibility to arrange to receive class notes or handouts from missed classes

from his or her fellow students or the blog - Do not contact the instructor without contacting your

classmates or checking the blog first!

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Cheating and/or plagiarism will not be tolerated and may result in an “FF” for the course as well as

disciplinary action under the Code of Student Conduct.

A student will be referred to an Academic Integrity Seminar. There will be a charge for this two-hour

seminar, and attendance is required (see Student Handbook).

Failure to attend the Academic Seminar may result in the assignment of a final course grade of “FF,”

denoting course failure due to a violation of the college’s Academic Integrity policy.

ACCESS SERVICES: STUDENTS WITH

DISABILITIES If you have a disability, serious medical condition, a learning or psychological disorder and want to

request accommodations, it is your responsibility to register with the Office of Access Services and to

provide verifiable documentation to Access Services as soon as possible.

If eligible, Access Services will provide you with a notification of approved accommodations to give

to your instructors at the beginning of the semester.

Faculty will comply with the accommodations approved by Access Services.

For information visit the Access Services webpage at http://www.cf.edu/departments/sa/ss/, contact

access@cf.edu or call 352-854-2322, ext. 1580 for an appointment.

CLASSROOM DECORUM Conduct yourselves with maturity, and with respect for your classmates and instructor.

WITHDRAWAL If you want to withdraw from this class, you must fill out the necessary forms and have them signed by

the appropriate parties; if you just stop coming to class after the posted drop date, you may receive

the grade of F.

Add/Drop period:

Spring C – Jan. 8 - 10

Spring A – Jan. 8 - 9

Spring B – March 6 - 7

Drop only:

Spring C – Jan. 13 - 14

Spring A – Jan. 10

Spring B – March 10

Last date for a refund:

Spring C – Jan. 14

Spring A – Jan. 10

Spring B – March 10

Last day to withdraw with a “W”:

Spring C – March 25

Spring A – Feb. 10

Spring B – April 14

The college reserves the right to evaluate individual cases of non-attendance.

Students should be alerted to the fact that

o Withdrawals do not count in the CF GPA, but may not be viewed favorably at the university

level or for financial aid

o A withdrawal counts as an attempt under the forgiveness/withdrawal policy and the course

repeat policy

o There are increased costs to take the course on the third attempt

o There may be a reason a withdrawal request may be denied.

Please see the College’s withdrawal procedures.

DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION COURSES Florida law requires that students enrolling in the same developmental education course more than

twice pay 100% of the full cost of instruction.

Students registered in developmental education courses who receive N grades must repeat the same

course and complete it with a grade of C or better before they can register for other courses that

require the successful completion of the developmental course as a requirement.