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Survey of Art’s History in Europe

Prehistoric times to the Middle Ages

ARTH115 FALL 2013 SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS ART HISTORY GUIDE

Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe

SCHEDULE

August 29
Thursday 		Introduction
Requirements
Europe
Seeing & Looking
Style 		READ: Witcombe: Introduction
READ: Stokstad: Introduction

BROWSE: Art History Resources

PREHISTORIC EUROPE

September 3
Tuesday
September 5
Thursday 		Art Before History
Paleolithic
Neolithic 		READ: Witcombe: Chapter 2
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 1

BROWSE: Prehistoric Art

ANCIENT EGYPT

September 10
Tuesday
September 12
Thursday 		Ancient Egypt 1
3000-2000 BCE
Old Kingdom 		READ: Witcombe: Chapter 3.1
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 3

READ: Menkaure and his Queen
BROWSE: Egyptian Art

September 17
Tuesday
September 19
Thursday 		Ancient Egypt 2
2000-1000 BCE
New Kingdom 		READ: Witcombe: Chapter 3.1
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 3

BROWSE: Egyptian Art

ANCIENT NEAR EAST

September 24
Tuesday
September 26
Thursday 		Near Eastern Art
3000-2000 BCE
Mesopotamia
2000-1000 BCE 		READ: Witcombe: Chapter 3.2
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 2

BROWSE: Art of the Ancient Near East

October 1
Tuesday
REVIEW
October 3
Thursday
READING DAY
October 8
Tuesday
FIRST TEST

ANCIENT AEGEAN

October 10
Thursday 		Aegean Art
Cycladic
Minoan Art
Mycenaean Art 		READ: Witcombe: Chapter 3.3
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 4

BROWSE: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean Art

ANCIENT GREECE

October 15
Tuesday
October 17
Thursday 		Ancient Greece 1
1000-500 BCE
Oritentalizing
Geometric
Archaic 		READ: Witcombe: Chapter 4.1
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 5

BROWSE: Greek Art

October 22
Tuesday
October 24
Thursday 		Ancient Greece 2
500-1 BCE
Classical
Hellenistic 		READ: Witcombe: Chapter 4.2
READ: Stokstad: Chapter 5

BROWSE: Greek Art

ANCIENT ROME

October 29
Tuesday
October 31
Thursday 		Ancient Rome 1
Etruria
Roman Republic
Art and Engineering 		READ: Stokstad: Chapter 6

BROWSE: Etruscan Art – Roman Art

November 5
Tuesday
November 7
Thursday 		Ancient Rome 2
Pompeii
Imperial Rome
Byzantium
READ: Stokstad: Chapters 6, 7

BROWSE: Roman Art – Early Christian Art – Byzantine Art

November 12
Tuesday
REVIEW
November 14
Thursday
SECOND TEST

EARLY EUROPE

November 19
Tuesday
November 21
Thursday 		Early Europe 1
Anglo–Saxons
Carolingians
Islamic Art 		READ: Stokstad: Chapters 8, 14

BROWSE: Early Europe – Islamic Art

THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 3
Tuesday
December 5
Thursday
Early Europe 2
Romanesque
Gothic 		READ: Stokstad: Chapters 15, 16

BROWSE: Early Medieval Art – Gothic Art

December 10
Tuesday
REVIEW
December 12
Thursday
THIRD TEST