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— ART HISTORY & IMAGE STUDIES —

THE VISUAL EXPERIENCE ARTH117 SPRING 2013 SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS ART HISTORY GUIDE


January 24
January 29
January 31
Introduction

TOPICS:
Image, Visual Experience, Image Analysis

READ:
Chapter 1
Viewing art gives the same pleasure as being in love
Viewing art activates the brain's reward circuits
Art Viewing and Aesthetic Development

EXAMINE:
Delacroix, Liberty at the Barricades
Picasso, Les Demoiselle d‘Avignon
Natalie Portman, Dior
Brad Pitt, Chanel No. 5
Adele, Rolling in the Deep
Porcelain Unicorn

EXERCISE 1: Viewing — for Thursday, Jan 31
Two-page printed description of viewing a selected object


February 5
February 7
February 12
February 14
February 19
February 21
February 26
February 28
The Visual Sense

TOPICS:
The Brain, Senses, Sense of Sight, Eyes, Seeing, Looking, Eye’s Phyical Mechanism, Eye’s Optical Mechanism, Optical Effects, Illusion

READ:
Chapter 2
Why We Love Beautiful Things
Radiologists and dancing gorillas (inattentional blindness)

WATCH:
Right Brain vs Left Brain
The Divided Brain
Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight
The Sense of Sight
Neuroscience & Art
Selective Attention Test (inattentional blindness)

EXERCISE 2: Seeing — for Tuesday, Feb 12
Two-page printed description of seeing a selected object:
EXERCISE 3: Looking — for Thursday, Feb 14
Two-page printed description of looking at a selected object

ATTEND:
iMovie workshop (Library 202) — Tuesday, Feb 19

VIEW:
Painting Storage (Pannell 009) — Thursday, Feb 21

PROJECT 1: Art Story 1 — for Thursday, Feb 28
Short narrated video telling a ‘story’ of a selected object


March 5
March 7
March 19
March 21
March 26
March 28
Making Sense

TOPICS:
Impressions, Associations, Meaning

READ:
Chapters 3 & 4

EXERCISE 4: Impressions — for Thursday, March 7
Two-page printed description of impressions while viewing a selected object
EXERCISE 5: Associations — for Thursday, March 21
Two-page printed description of associations made while viewing a selected object

ATTEND:
Talk by artist Craig Pleasants (Pannell Gallery) — Tuesday, 3:00, March 26


April 2
April 4
April 9
April 11
April 16
April 18
April 23
April 25
April 30
Visual Elements

TOPICS:
Color, Line, Shape, Texture, Space, Composition, Visual Effects, Style

READ:
Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14

PROJECT 2: Art Story 2 — for Tuesday, April 2
Video telling a ‘story’ of a series of 3 or 4 selected objects

EXERCISE 6: Statement — for Tuesday, April 16
3-to-5-page statement describing you and your Art Story projects

ATTEND:
Senior Show — Friday, April 19, Pannell Gallery, 5-7 p.m.

EXERCISE 7: One-on-One Review
Review of text, videos, and photographs for inclusion in Art Stories
— April 23 Micheala, Katherine
— April 25 Kayla, Nicole
— April 30 Victoria, Caitlyn, Emily


May 2
May 7
‘Art Stories’

EXERCISE 8: Compilation — Thursday, May 2
Compiling text, videos, and photographs for inclusion in Art Stories


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