AR --100 ART SURVEY--(3 cr.) Professor Esparsen Tu, Th- 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Office (208) 792-2255 Office hours open: Friday 9:30-11:45 L.C.S.C. T.C.C. Library Bldg. 1:30-3:00 By Appointment Only email: esparsen@lcsc.edu Final Exam DECEMBER 11 th @ 10:30 SYLLABUS FOR FALL SEMESTER OF 2018 SOCIAL / CULTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS. I. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: Applied lecture, DVD s, www and guests. II. COURSE / DESCRIPTION: This course is a basic introduction to the Fine and Performing Arts. The purpose of AR 100 is to provide students with a descriptive vocabulary, a set of terms, phrases, concepts and theories that are universal to the study of the humanities. This course will provide a foundation source that engages independent thought. Students will learn to question their own axiomatic assumption about art. With an emphasis on visual literacy, students will learn to evaluate peripheral similarities, compose analogies, establish visual translations and in the process facilitate critical thinking. The combinations of sequential study, analytic thinking and the ability to relate various types of arts knowledge will result in students arriving at a point where personal insight and beliefs about fine art can be properly assessed. III. GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNER OUTCOME: The primary goal of AR 100 is to help students develop visual literacy and engage application and appreciation for the fine and performing arts. AR 100 examines works of art from different cultures and in turn provides visual examples of artifacts that communicate ideas of birth, death, love, hate, beauty, pleasure and truth. By analyzing and juxtaposing the origination and present circumstance of art and artifacts students can evaluate and engage analytical thinking, hence, relate the artifacts of the past to the present. IV. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF AR 100 STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE FOLLOWING: I. Establish an appreciation for cultural artifact and enhance personal tolerance for the social properties of other cultures. II. Distinguish and apply terminologies in describing, analyzing and evaluating the technical aspects of visual arts through epistemologies, and traditions specific to the fine and performing arts. III. To foster an understanding that pragmatic theory on art holds limited truth and that art has intrinsic coherence that is motivated by needs that defy logical reasoning. IV. Analyze, evaluate, and interpret texts, objects, events, or ideas in their cultural, intellectual or historical contexts. V. Interpret artistic and or humanistic works through the creation of art or performance. VI. Develop critical perspectives or arguments about the subject matter, grounded in evidence-based analysis. VII. Demonstrate self-reflection, intellectual elasticity, widened perspective and respect for diverse viewpoints. VIII. Distinguish between emotional responses and intellectual responses, then engage the comparisons in order to select and analyze a personal assessment. V. Required text "GATEWAYS TO ART, by Debra J. DeWitte, Larmann & Shield 2 st, Ed. Publisher Thames & Hudson. Copyright 2012 and 2015. ISBN # 978-0-500-98157-3 OTHER LEARNING TOOLS: Web site Student resources, http://wwnorton.com/studyspace/gateways-to-art Companion Web site, offers review materials: self-test quizzes, flash cards, chapter summaries, audio glossary and videos explaining how art is made. Other resources include foreign language terms and artists names.
VI. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ATTENDANCE: A. Class attendance is a student's obligation and ever student is responsible for all work, including tests and in class writing responses. Visual and Performing Arts courses require a minimum of three contact (in class) hours of involvement per-single credit. Activities out of class may include supervised research, assigned readings and independent research. B. Students are expected to attend all class meetings. If excused, in class writing assignments and or pop quiz must be made up within the week. Four (unexcused) in class writing responses equals a drop of one letter grade. Letter grade of A, B, C, or D, may be earned if all assignments are achieved and fit the characteristics of the course content. No late work is accepted for credit past the excused due date. C. If any issue or personal assertion seems to contradictory or inconsistent with your own axiomatic convictions please communicate directly to me. Do not miss class or an assignment because you disagree with the lecture content or its philosophical analysis. D. Absolutely no texting or cell phone chattering during class and no headphones or ear buds allowed unless specified use is required or granted, VII. THE FOLLOWING DISCRIPTION DEMONSTRATES PROTOCOL AND GRADING SCALE: The following information describes the process of evaluation; i.e., how you will earn your grade. Total points possible are 400 and a {no past due date work policy is enforced}. 10 In class writing responses = 100 points 1 Mid-term Quiz = 100 points 1 FIVE-page research paper = 100 points 1 Final Exam @100 points = 100 points = 400 points VIII. COURSE OUTLINE, DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: Please Note: The dates on this course outline may vary in order to accommodate additional resources and teaching strategies. August 21, 2018 Tuesday Introduction: Gateway To Art, Intro question. Week 1 Lecture: Read textbook. Preface, 1 45. Introduction to content Aug 21, Tu. How to use your textbook in order to understand content and maximize your general Aug 23, Th. education learner outcomes. What is art? Who makes art and most important why you should engage an awareness of the fine and preforming arts. Thursday, August 23, Intro question due. Week 2 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 46 66. Part one of one. Fundamentals Aug 28, Tu. Establishing awareness of historical iconography and developing visual literacy. Disclosure of the Aug 30, Th. ten elements of art and the ten principles of art. Conclusion: Art is a form of visual language with its own vocabulary, grammar and theoretical applications of logic and emotional aesthetics. Week 3 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 67 100. Part one of two and three. Fundamentals Sep 04, Tu. Personification and the relationship of objects to physical presence. Understanding visual allegory Sep 06, Th. in art through organic and geometric forms. Relief, volume, mass, texture, facade, color and mass. Part three. Three-dimensional works of art include but not limited to height, width and depth. Recognizing the use of atmospheric perspective to create the illusion of depth or distance. Conclusion: perspective as tools to make a two-dimensional surface look three-dimensional. AR-100 Spring 2018 p. 2 of 5
Week 4 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 101 118. Part one of four. Fundamentals Sep 11, Tu. Elements of color and application. Additive color system as applied to light-emitting media. Sep 13, Th. Subtractive color system as applied to pigments. The three major properties of color are hue, value, and intensity. Five primary descriptors of color: shade, tint, intensity, chrome and saturation. Conclusion: psychologically color perception and sensation is essentially subjective because it s conditional to individual character, culture and life experience. Week 5 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 119 145. Part one, five & six. Fundamentals Sep 18, Tu. Time and motion: static imagery and the evolution and use of imaginative techniques Sep 20, Th. to indicate or imply the passage of time. Op art and it physiological aspects on movement. Critical perspective on subject matter and its application to new art. Conclusion: Ancient cave paintings show or communicate the passage of time by mimicking movement through over lapping images of different size and age grouping. Post Modern methodologies imply or mimic movement and time in the same way. Compositional unity based on variety, balances and Gestalten dualities. Week 6 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 146 177. Part one, seven & nine. Fundamentals Sep 25, Tu. Interpreting scale and proportion in relation to Classical Greek ideals. Renaissance adaptation of Sep 27, Th. Greek ideals as models of human beauty and ideal proportion. The Golden section exemplified perfect proportions that s determined by mathematical formulas. Conclusion: An analysis of the mural titled The School of Athens, by Raphael Communicates essences of time, place and demonstrates visual impact through scale and proportion. Recognizing the six traditional elements of art. Focal point, emphasis, pattern, rhythm, line, and color as elements that unify composition regardless of aesthetic arrangement or alignment. Week 7 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 178 195. Part one of ten. Fundamentals Oct 02, Tu. Seven interpretive modes or types of analysis: formal analysis, stylistic analysis, iconographic Oct 04, Th. analysis, contextual analysis, feminist analysis, gender studies analysis and psychological analysis. Conclusion: There isn t a single right way to analyze works of art. However, some judgments or types of analysis are superior to others. A correct critique of a work of art will require joining or merging three of the seven modes of analysis. Week 8 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 196 214. Part two of one. Media and Processes Oct 09, Tu. Analyzing ten different media or materials and applied processes. Drawing as the basis for visual Oct 11, Th. communication. Instruments may include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, colored pencils, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, and various kinds of erasers. Conclusion: Each media requires different application hence, different range of expressive effects. A practitioner of technical drawing naturalism may be called a draftsman or illustrator. On OCTOBER 11 th Handout review sheet for mid-term exam. Preface. Pp.1 214. Week 9 Oct 16, Tu. Oct 18, Th. Read your textbook. Preface. Pages 1 214. MID-TERM EXAM. EXAM DATE---Oct 16 tu ACADEMIC MID-TERM. No class on October 18 th Grading and assessment protocol. Grades posted on Oct 19 th. Week 10 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 215 231. Part two, of two. Media and Processes Oct 23, Tu. Six historical painting media: Encaustic, Tempera, Fresco, Oil based pigments, Watercolor and Oct 25, Th. Gouache. Contemporary perceptions on breaking away from traditional formats and media. Analyzing Post Modern body paint. AR-100 Spring 2018 p. 3 of 5
Week 11 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 232 247. Part two of three. Media and Processes Oct 30, Tu. The four primary printmaking classification: Relief, Intaglio, Lithography and Silkscreen. New Nov 01, Th. Classification: Digital inkjet matrix process. Conclusion: The art and craft of painting and printmaking share a long history and have provided professionals and amateurs alike the versatile, for communicating their thoughts, feelings, ideas, and experiences. Week 12 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 248 265. Part Two of four- & five. Media and Processes Nov 06, Tu. Three-dimensional art ranges from traditional to new media. Free standing sculpture or sculpture Nov 08, Th. in the round. Free standing works, and relief sculpture. Olmec and the colossal heads. Modeling, casting, constricting, carving, fabrication, assemblage and kinetic sculpture are processes that can be classified as additive or subtractive. Conclusion: Sculpture changes and reflect the era it comes from. Week 13 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 266 291. Part two of five. Media and Processes Nov 13, Tu. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13, FIVE PAGE RESEARCH PAPER DUE. Nov 15, Th. Architecture is the art and practice of designing and constructing buildings that communicate important ideas of place, time, culture and permanence. Buildings and other physical structures are often perceived as the highest form of cultural achievements or symbols that encompasses knowledge of science, mathematics and social engineering. The three primary post and lintel classifications of Classical Greek columns. Classical architectural models: roman aqueducts, vaults thrusts, domes and flying buttress. The losses of aesthetic ornamentation as a characteristic. The challenges of future architecture. Week 14 THANKSGIVING BREAK: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 19 Mo. ACADEMIC FALL BREAK. Monday November 19. Nov 23, Fr. ACADEMIC FALL BREAK. Friday November 23. Week 15 Lecture: Read textbook. p. 292 306. Part two of four. Media and Processes Nov 27, Tu. Three-dimensional art ranges from traditional to new media. Free standing Sculpture or sculpture Nov 29, Th. in the round. Free standing works, and relief sculpture. Mesoamerican culture and the colossal Olmec heads as mythological and supernatural beliefs. Analyzing the process and fabrication of sculpture that can be classified as additive or subtractive. Scrutinizing Post-Modern appropriation that challenges traditional methods of creating sculptural forms. Conclusion: Sculpture changes and reflect the era it comes from Week 16 Lecture: REVIEW CONTENT, Part two of six and seven. Media and Processes Dec 04, Tu. Closing comments on the value of art appreciation. Dec 06 Th. Conclusion: How conceptual art, installation art and environmental works transformed traditional aesthetics. Contextualizing allegorical imagery and theory. Hand out review sheet for final exam. Week 17 ACADEMIC FINAL Dec 11, Tu. ACADEMIC FINAL ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 11 TH @ 10:30 a.m. Dec 13, Th. MAY PICK UP ACADEMIC FINAL ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 13 TH, @ 10:30. Dec 19, Tu. FINAL ACADEMIC GRADE POSTING ON DECEMBER 18, ON WARRIOR WEB. AR-100 Spring 2018 p. 4 of 5
IX. (CRITERIA FOR WRITING PAGE ESSAY) A. PHYSICAL ASPECTS= (MEDIA) what is the object made of, is it paint? Is it paper, plastic, plaster, metal, wood, soil, air or is it a combination of different materials? Keep in mind that some objects are manufactured specifically too fool the viewer. Example: I. Pleather, a synthetic material, plastic made to look and feel like real leather. Example: II. Plaster casts, factitious copies from original objects that have been painted or decorated to feel and look like the original object, often referred to as a replica or facsimile. B. SOCIAL-CULTURAL ASPECTS= (The object itself) Example I. When viewing works of art many observers refer to the object being viewed as real or as having the same physical properties as the real object. Critical analysis of visual imagery requires that objects of art be analyzed by employing descriptive vocabulary. Within the Social-Cultural Aspects it is essential to distinguish between viewers perception and artist intent. C. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS = (The viewer response or perceptual beliefs) The outcome or effect on an individual or society. The criteria one employs for the appreciation of art. Taste, beauty, aesthetics, and morals proposition are methods and positions for analytical disclosure. In other words, reaction or judgments towards a work of art is based on one s own experiences of taste, beauty, aesthetics, moral development and intellectual precocity. D. NOTE ON PLAGIARISM: In references to your five-page research paper due on Thursday, November 13 th. If you submit someone else s work, writing, or ideas without acknowledging the source, you are guilty of plagiarism. If I suspect an assignment is plagiarized, I will withhold a grade until we have discussed the circumstances. Any work that I determine is plagiarized will receive an automatic F and you many receive an F for the course. I will also forward a copy of the plagiarism charge to the Dean of students for investigation and sanctions in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct. For this course and for any other college course you take, your best defense against a charge of plagiarism is to brainstorms, free writes, outlines, drafts saved as separate documents at different stages of your writing process, etc, that show how you arrived at your ideas and your expression of those ideas. AR-100 Spring 2018 p. 5 of 5 TU--TH 10:30-11:45a.m. AR- 100 ART SURVEY FALL 2018 PRESENTED AUGUST 21, 2018 Esparsen
DUE THURSDAY AUGUST 23, 2018 300-word count 10 points possible. ASSEMENT QUESTION What, in your estimation is art? What should it do? What purposes, if any does it serve? It maybe worth asking, why study the arts? Try to state your ideas truthfully as opposed to writing what you think the professor wants to hear. Later in the course we will re-examine your assessments and evaluate your judgments.