Please e-mail me at  ( KMencher@ohlone.cc.ca.us )  if you are one of my students and let me know what class your in:  I'll send you updates and info by e-mail as I get post them to the internet.

This section must be taken with ART-101 L. See instructor on first day of class to obtain the performance lab schedule.

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: This course is a survey of the visual arts; i.e., painting, sculpture, architecture, and film.  The student will be introduced to the various functions of art in our society.

STUDENT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES:

• To define what an aesthetic system is.
• To develop an individual aesthetic system.
• To define what art is and its role in western culture.
• To define the role of the artist in western culture.
• To define and understand the process of artistic creation.
• To define and identify several dominant styles and periods of art.

Texts: Henry M. Sayre, A World of Art, 4th Edition.
Dracula by Bram Stoker
A cheap copy can be gotten through Amazon
There is an internet site created for your benefit at :  home page: http://www.kenney-mencher.com/

passwords
username: ohloneuser
password: ohlone

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION:
Class will be primarily interactive lectures based on the assigned readings and projected slides.  Occasionally we will be viewing video tapes.  Homework is primarily reading from the textbooks; However, from time to time you will be asked to go to the library and read an article or a text I have placed on reserve or to use the internet.   Part of your grade will be based on class participation and attendance.
 
 

There is an internet site created for your benefit at : http://www.vsearch.com/Kenney/
A tentative calendar/schedule will be provided with this greensheet; however, there will be times when the schedule will need to be adjusted.

Attendance is mandatory and attendance will be taken.

You are allowed 2 absences before it affects your class participation grade.

The 3rd absence drops your "Class Participation/Attendance/Office meeting" grade a full letter.

Each additional absence drops your "Class Participation/Attendance" grade a half a letter.

A lateness is worth a half absence.  Please note that this is significant because it comprises 10% of your over all grade.

If you miss 3 classes consecutively you will either fail or be dropped from the class.

Late Work

Late work will not be accepted.

All work is due at the beginning of the class on the day it is due.

If you are late to class the work will late and marked down a full letter grade.

You may not e-mail assignments to me unless we have discussed it and I have given you permission in advance of the due date.

Writing essays is a major component of this class.  If you are frightened or have problems with writing I will personally tutor you or provide you with resources.  However, my standards are very high in terms of writing.  Papers with spelling errors and poor grammar will not be graded until all the problems have been fixed by you. All work must be typewritten except for the fill in sections on worksheets.
 

EXAMINATIONS & QUIZZES:

There will be three exams (take home) and several pop quizzes based on the readings.

Notes and textbooks may not be used during in class examinations.

Missed quizzes and exams will be calculated as zeros.

MAKE UP EXAMS AND GRADE IMPROVEMENT:

Make up exams are only available in one of two instances: to those students who have made provisions to take the exams in advance of the test date or if a student has a signed medical excuse.  In general a makeup exam will be different than the original exam and will take the same amount of time to complete as the original.  Extra credit will be given, however, it will not replace or have as much weight as the normal assignments turned in on time.
EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:

 

Class Participation and Attendance	20%
Work sheets (Take home Quizzes)	30%
Pop Quizzes	10%
Term Paper	20%
Presentation (This counts as your final)	20%
Total	100%

Over an 18-week presentation of a course, three hours per week are required for each unit of credit. For each hour of lecture, two hours of independent work done outside of class are required. The students in this class will be doing the following outside of class:

Study

Answer Questions

Required Reading

Written Work (essays/composition/report/analysis/research)

Observation of, or participation in, an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum, concert, debate, meeting, etc.)

If you are caught plagiarizing or cheating you will earn an immediate "F."

Please turn off all cell phones and beepers: if your cell phone or beeper goes off in class you will be lowered a letter grade in terms of class participation.

Please do not get up during lectures to go to the bathroom or wander the halls.  Do this before lecture.

Please do not come in late.

Do not talk when I am talking.

Please raise your hand to respond to a question or to ask a question.

Be generous with your contributions.

Earn interest by listening to others and take notes on their responses.  (The instructor isn't the only one with significant ideas.)

Agree to disagree in the open forum: don't roll your eyes or side talk when someone says something you disagree with.  Listen carefully to understand the thought being presented, then offer your opposing viewpoint.

Speak to the whole class not just the instructor.

If you cannot hear a response, raise your hand and ask for it to be repeated.

You are allowed 2 absences before it affects your class participation grade.

The 3rd absence drops your "Class Participation/Attendance/Office meeting" grade a full letter.

Each additional absence drops your "Class Participation/Attendance" grade a half a letter.

A lateness is worth a half absence.  Please note that this is significant because it comprises 10% of your over all grade.

If you miss 3 classes consecutively you will either fail or be dropped from the class.

DO NOT QUOTE THE GLOSSARY OR BOOK'S PASSAGES: USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

Academic dishonesty defrauds all those who depend upon the integrity of the College, its courses, and its degree and certificates.  Students are expected to follow the ethical standards required in Ohlone courses.  These Standards are defined in the Policy on Academic Dishonesty .  Violations of this policy include cheating and plagiarism.  (Copies of this policy are available in the offices of the Vice President, Educational Services/Deputy Superintendent; or Division Deans.)

7.8.4.1 Definitions of Academic Dishonesty  (for further information visit http://www.ohlone.cc.ca.us/org/board/policy/Chapter7Reg.htm#7.8.2)

A. Cheating

At Ohlone, cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work through the use of any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Cheating at Ohlone includes but is not limited to the following:

1. Copying, in part or in whole, from another's test or other evaluation instrument or obtaining answers from another person during the test;
2. Submitting work previously presented in another course, if contrary to the rules of either course;
3. Using or consulting during an examination sources or materials not authorized by the instructor;
4. Altering or interfering with grading or grading instructions;
5. Sitting for an examination by a surrogate, or as a surrogate;
6. Any other act committed by a student in the course of his or her academic work which defrauds or misrepresents, including aiding or abetting in any of the actions defined above.

B. Plagiarism
At Ohlone, plagiarism is the act of representing the work of another as one's own (without giving appropriate credit) regardless of how that work was obtained and submitting it to fulfill academic requirements. Plagiarism at Ohlone includes but is not limited to
1. The act of incorporating the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, or parts thereof, or the specific substance of another's work, without giving appropriate credit, and representing the product as one's own work; and
2. Representing another's artistic/scholarly works such as musical compositions, computer programs, photographs, paintings, drawings, sculptures, or similar works as one's own.
 

STANDARDS OF STUDENT CONDUCT
The student has the right and shares the responsibility to exercise the freedom to learn. The student is expected to conduct himself/herself in accordance with standards of the college that are designed to perpetuate its educational purposes.  These procedures, along with applicable penalties for violation, are found in the Standards of Student Conduct and Discipline and Due Process Procedures. (Copies of this policy are available in the offices of the Vice President, Educational Services/Deputy Superintendent; or Division Deans.)

A note of encouragement:

On first glance I know this class seems very hard-- it's not as hard as you might think.  The majority of students who take this class earn an A or a B.  You can do this and in most cases earn that A or a B if you come to class everyday, do the readings on time, and turn in your assignments on time.

If you are having any problems at all, I want you to call or see me. It's a good idea for you to drop by at least twice a semester just to say hello and have a chat.
I care about how you do.

Week 1
8/18-8/27

• Syllabus and Requirements
• Starter Kit
• Starter Kit
• Read Key Concepts, Form, Iconography and Context
• Syllabus,
• Note taking Skills
• Vincent Form

• Your cheatin heart!
• Perspectives: Linear
• Color and Value
• The development of Perspective in Renaissance Art
• The psychology of Perspective
• An Interactive Site about Perspective
• An interactive page with a great example of two point perspective.
• Color_Basics
Please read in Sayre
II. THE FORMAL ELEMENTS AND THEIR DESIGN: DESCRIBING THE ART YOU SEE.
5. Line.
Varieties of Line. Qualities of Line.
6. Space. Shape and Mass. Three-Dimensional Space. Two-Dimensional Space. Linear Perspective.
7. Light and Color. Light.
8. Other Formal Elements. Texture. Pattern. Time and Motion.
9. The Principles of Design. Balance. Emphasis and Focal Point.
III. THE FINE ARTS MEDIA: LEARNING HOW ART IS MADE.
12. Painting.

Encaustic. Fresco. Works in Progress: Michelangelo's Libyan Sybil. Tempera. Oil Painting. Works in Progress: Milton Resnick's U + Me. Watercolor. Gouache. Synthetic Media. The Critical Process: Thinking about Painting.

• The World as Artists See It
• The World as We Perceive It
• Words and Images
• Representing the World: Representation and Abstraction

Read in Sayre
I. THE VISUAL WORLD: UNDERSTANDING THE ART YOU SEE.
1. A World of Art.  The World as Artists See It.
2. Developing Visual Literacy.  Words and Images.
3. The Themes of Art. The Representation of the World. The Power of Imagination. The Idea of the Beautiful.
4. Seeing the Value in Art. Art and Its Reception. Art, Politics, and Public Space.

• Representing the World: Iconography
• Representing Nature and the Genre Scene
• The Spiritual, The Mind and The Beautiful
• The Romanesque to Gothic Period Architecture
• Dr Farber's lecture:  Visit the Royal Portals of Chartres
• Caspar David Friederich
• Romanticism
• Worksheet Take Home Test Due 9/11

• Art and It's Reception: Criticism
• Get Real! Daumier, Courbet, Manet
• Vincent Iconography
• Vincent in Context

V. THE VISUAL RECORD: PLACING THE ARTS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
21. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. The Rococo. Neoclassicism. Romanticism.
• Get Real: Daumier, Manet and Courbet
• Contrapposto Magazine Bringing Olympia Into the Present
• Optional: Rent the film or read one of these books:
• Madame Bovary Flaubert
• Les Miserables by Hugo
• The Age of Innocense
• Vincent
• The Moon and Sixpence
• Lust for Life
• A Wolf at the Door

• Lesson on how to appreciate Film
• We Watch "Lust for Life"
• Aristotle's elements of theatre
 
III. THE FINE ARTS MEDIA: LEARNING HOW ART IS MADE.
• 15. The Camera Arts.  Photography. Works in Progress: Jerry Uelsmann's Untitled. Film. Video. Works in Progress: Bill Viola's Greeting. The Critical Process: Thinking about the Camera Arts.
• Van Gogh
• http://www.artchive.com/artchive/V/vangogh.html
• http://www.vangoghgallery.com/
• van Gogh's Letters - Unabridged
• Start Reading your copy of Bram Stoker's "Dracula"

• German Expressionism
• German Expressionism in Cinema and Music
• Take Home Quiz on Theatre Due 10/21

22. The Twentieth Century.

• Read Vampires: Cultured Vampires: The Audiences Whom They Consume and the Audiences Who Consume Them
• Bram Stoker's "Dracula"

You will also have to attend one of the following performances of Dracula at the Smith Center
• October 24, 25 at 8 p.m.
• Take Home Quiz on Theatre Due 10/30 on the stage production of Dracula

Final Day
Presentations