ART-101 An Introduction
Mary Andersen
08/28/2007-12/14/2007 
T, TH 08:00AM - 09:35AM, 
Building 6, Room 6202
mandersen@ohlone.edu

Syllabus

Week 1: Intro

Aug 28
Starter Kit
What is cheating?

  • Read Sayre, Chapters 5 & 6
  • Start Reading Lust for Life
  • Read Robinson, Introduction & Chapter 1
Aug 30
Talking about Art 
Symmetry 



Week 2:  Tricks of the Trade

Sept 4
Perspectives: Linear

  • Read Sayre, Chapters 7-9
  • Read Robinson, Chapter 2
  • The development of Perspective in Renaissance Art
  • The psychology of Perspective
  • An Interactive Site about Perspective

  • Sept 6
    Value
    Color
    Color in Film

    Assignment (Read the directions carefully!)
    • Do not send me attachments.
    • Send me an e-mail directly to me (mandersen@ohlone.edu) your class number in the subject heading (ART 101) 
    • Type directly into the body of the e-mail:
      • your name (what you like to be called) 
      • telephone number
      • e-mail address  If your address changes please tell me!
    • Please answer the following questions.
      1. Why are you taking this class?
      2. What do you expect to get out of this class?
      3. What is my attendance policy?
      4. What is my policy on late work?
      5. Have you read and understoon the list of assignments and their due dates found on the syllabus and/or website?
      6. What is the address of our class website and how do you log in?
      7. Is there anything about yourself that you would like me to know?
      8. Do you have any questions for me?


    Week 3: What's Going on Underneath?

    Sept 11 
    Words and Images
    Representing the World: Representation and Abstraction
    Representing the World: Iconography

       
    Sept 13
    Representing Nature and the Genre Scene
    The Spiritual, The Mind and The Beautiful
    The Navajo Culture
     
     




    Week 4:  Yes! Artists are Different

    Sept 18
    Video: Alexander Calder

    Sept 20
    Cai Guo Qiang
    The World as Artists See It
    The World as We Perceive It
     



    Week 5:  "Motion Pictures"

    Sept 25
    Film as Art
    Aristotle's Elements of Theatre
    The 'Grammar' of Television and Film
    A Checklist for Analyzing Movies

    • Read Sayre, Chapter 4
    • Read Robinson, Chapter 5


    Sept 27
    Movie: On the Waterfront
    PLEASE ARRIVE TO CLASS AT 7:30 so we can watch the entire movie in one sitting!



     
     
     
         


    Week 6: Gogh Crazy!

    Oct 2
    Vincent's Starry Night
    Vincent Biographical
    Vincent Iconography
    A Website with a Visual Time Line of Vincent's Life
    Being An Art Critic: Daumier, Courbet, Manet
     

    Oct 4
    Movie: Lust for Life
    PLEASE ARRIVE TO CLASS AT 7:30 so we can watch the entire movie in one sitting!
     



    Week 7: The "Shock of the New"

    Oct 9
    Video: Steiglitz


    Oct 11

    Armory Show Shakes Things Up
    Visit the Virtual Armory Show at http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jconte/Armory_Show.html
    Beastly Color! "Les Fauves"



    Week 8: Expressionism

    Oct 16
    German Expressionism
    Expressionistic and Symbolist Movements

    Oct 18
    Movie: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
    No need to come early!


    Week 9: Dada & Surrealism

    Oct 23

    I want my Dada! Duchamp Style
    Surrealism
     

    • Check out www.understandingduchamp.com
    • ASSIGNMENT #5 DUE:   Caligari Film Review
    • Read Robinson, Chapters 10 & 11


    Oct 25
    Diego
    Frida



    Week 10: "Navigating the Imagination"

    Oct 30
    Movie: Frida
    PLEASE ARRIVE TO CLASS AT 7:30 so we can watch the entire movie in one sitting!
     

    Nov 1
    Joseph Cornell:  Navigating the Imagination

    •  Art Objects II 
    • Read about a toilet and Michael Jackson as art:http://www.sfmoma.org/artthink/lessonactivity.asp?lessonid=29
    • Check out SFMOMA Artcasts:  www.sfmoma.org/artcasts
    • ASSIGNMENT #7 DUE:   Frida  Review


    Week 11:  Field Trip; Regionalism & Social Realism

    Nov 6 
    MOMA Trip 

    • Visit www.sfmoma.org for more info
    • Trip Info & MOMA Review
    Nov 8
    American Genre Painting: The Ashcan School
    Edward Hopper
    Social Realism
    Regionalism

    Week 12:  Abstract Expressionism

    Nov 13
    An Introduction to Pollock
    Discussion on the film Pollock

    Nov 15
    Movie: Pollock
    PLEASE ARRIVE TO CLASS AT 7:30 so we can watch the entire movie in one sitting!


    Week 13: Genius or What?

    Nov 20

    The Myth of the Artist

    Nov 22
    No Class: Thanksgiving! Enjoy!


    Week 14:  Art Keeps Popping

    Nov 27

    Pop Art  Hamilton, Warhol, Lichtenstein

    Basquiat Nov 29

    Video: Rauschenberg



    Week 15: We Learn From Each Other
     
  • Dec 4
    • ASSIGNMENT #10 DUE: Final Project Presentations
    Dec 6
    • ASSIGNMENT #10 DUE: Final Project Presentations


    Week 16: Final Exam Week

    Dec 13

    • ASSIGNMENT #10 DUE (Final):  7:00 am - 9:00 am