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SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS ART HISTORY GUIDE

Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe

Spring 2013

Art in the Making
Ann Roach Maddie Hodges Cody Anders

January 23 Introduction
Requirements
Assignments 		Introductory Discussion: Making Art

INTRODUCTORY READING:
Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, ‘Origins of Art’, section in Art’s History in Europe Part I: Prehistoric, Ancient, Medieval (iBook Textbook in progress)

January 30 Styles of Art: Realism
Report/Discussion: Ann Roach
(five-page printed summary, with explanations and references, presented in class, with selected discussion topics. Examples of presenter’s art must be included, with comments)

INTRODUCTORY READING:
Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, Chapter 14: ‘Introduction to Style’, in The Visual Experience of Art (iBook Textbook, 2012)

February 6 Styles of Art: Idealism
Report/Discussion: Maddie Hodges
(five-page printed summary, with explanations and references, presented in class, with selected discussion topics. Examples of presenter’s art must be included, with comments)

INTRODUCTORY READING:
Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, Chapter 14: ‘Introduction to Style’, in The Visual Experience of Art (iBook Textbook, 2012)

February 13 Styles of Art: Abstractionism
Report/Discussion: Cody Anders
(five-page printed summary, with explanations and references, presented in class, with selected discussion topics. Examples of presenter’s art must be included, with comments)

INTRODUCTORY READING:
Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, Chapter 14: ‘Introduction to Style’, in The Visual Experience of Art (iBook Textbook, 2012)

February 20 Roots of Modernism
Report/Discussion: Ann Roach
(five-page printed summary, with explanations and references, presented in class, with selected discussion topics)

INTRODUCTORY READING:
Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, Roots of Modernism

February 27 Art for Art’s Sake
Report/Discussion: Maddie Hodges
(five-page printed summary, with explanations and references, presented in class, with selected discussion topics)

INTRODUCTORY READING:
Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, Art for Art’s Sake

March 6 Modernism & Postmodernism
Report/Discussion: Cody Anders
(five-page printed summary, with explanations and references, presented in class, with selected discussion topics)

INTRODUCTORY READING:
Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, Modernism & Postmoderism

SPRING BREAK

March 20 Printmaking
Show-and-Tell/Discussion: Ann Roach
(five-page printed summary account, with explanations and references, presented in class together with video segments showing the presenter working in the medium)

March 27 3D Design
Show-and-Tell/Discussion: Maddie Hodges
(five-page printed summary account, with explanations and references, presented in class together with video segments showing the presenter working in the medium)

April 3 Collage
Show-and-Tell/Discussion: Cody Anders
(five-page printed summary account, with explanations and references, presented in class together with video segments showing the presenter working in the medium)

April 10 Video Preview 1
Video/Discussion/Critique:
(videos presented for review, critique, and discussion)
Ann Roach
Maddie Hodges
Cody Anders

April 17 Video Preview 2
Video/Discussion/Critique:
(videos presented for review, critique, and discussion)
Ann Roach
Maddie Hodges
Cody Anders

April 24 Compilation
Compiling text, videos, and photographs:
(final drafts of video, text, and photographs)
Ann Roach
Maddie Hodges
Cody Anders

May 1 ‘Art in the Making’

ART HISTORY SENIOR SEMINAR 2013