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Survey of Art History
Part I: From Prehistoric times to the end of the Middle Ages

ARTH115 FALL 2011 SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS ART HISTORY GUIDE

Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe


SCHEDULE

Thursday August 25
Prehistoric Art
Paleolithic and Neolithic
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 1
Tuesday August 30
Origins of Art
Prehistoric Cave Paintings
BROWSE: Prehistoric Art


Thursday September 1
Ancient Near East
Mesopotamian Art and Culture
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 2
Tuesday September 6
Excavating Ur
Ziggurats and Death Pits
BROWSE: Art of the Ancient Near East

Thursday September 8
Ancient Egypt 1
Art in the Time of the Pharaohs
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 3
Tuesday September 13
Egyptian Pyramids
Engineering for Eternity
BROWSE: Egyptian Art

Thursday September 15
Ancient Egypt 2
Mighty Temples of Kings & Queens
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 3
Tuesday September 20
Tutankhamun
The Discovery of a Tomb
BROWSE: Egyptian Art

Thursday September 22
Aegean Art
Excavating Legends
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 4
Tuesday September 27
REVIEW

Thursday September 29
READING DAY
Tuesday October 4
FIRST EXAM

Thursday October 6
Ancient Greece 1
The Triumph of the Body
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 5
Tuesday October 11
The Acropolis of Athens
The Goddess Athena and her Temples
BROWSE: Greek Art

Thursday October 13
Ancient Greece 2
Mind and Body
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 5
Tuesday October 18
Alexander the Great
The Hellenistic World
BROWSE: Greek Art

Thursday October 20
Etruria and Early Rome
Art and Engineering
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 6
Tuesday October 25
Later Rome
Art of Rome and Pompeii
BROWSE: Roman Art

Thursday October 27
REVIEW
Tuesday November 1
SECOND EXAM

Thursday November 3
Christianity and Islam
Art for New Religious Needs
READ: Stokstad: Chapters 7 and 8
Tuesday November 8
The Early Christian Church
Saint Peter and Early Christianity in Rome
BROWSE: Early Christian ArtIslamic Art

Thursday November 10
Early Medieval Art
Art in Northern Europe
READ: Stokstad: Chapters 14 and 15
Tuesday November 15
Pilgrims and Vikings
Sacred Places / Nordic culture
BROWSE: Art in Early EuropeEarly Medieval Art

THANKSGIVING BREAK
Thursday November 17
Later Medieval Art
Gothic Engineering
READ: Stokstad: Chapters 16
Tuesday November 29
The Rebirth of Art
The Recovery of Realism
BROWSE: Gothic Art

Thursday December 1
14th-Century Art
The Road to the Renaissance
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 17
Tuesday December 6
REVIEW

Thursday December 8
THIRD EXAM