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?
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Read Sayre, Chapters 5 & 6
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Start Reading Lust for Life
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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!)
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Do not send me attachments.
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Send me an e-mail directly to me (mandersen@ohlone.edu)
your class number in the subject heading (ART 101)
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Type directly into the body of the e-mail:
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your name (what you like to be called)
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telephone number
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e-mail address If your address changes please tell me!
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Please answer the following questions.
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Why are you taking this class?
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What do you expect to get out of this class?
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What is my attendance policy?
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What is my policy on late work?
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Have you read and understoon the list of assignments and their due dates
found on the syllabus and/or website?
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What is the address of our class website and how do you log in?
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Is there anything about yourself that you would like me to know?
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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
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Read Sayre, Chapter 4
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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!
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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
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Check out www.understandingduchamp.com
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ASSIGNMENT #5 DUE: Caligari
Film Review
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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
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Art Objects II
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Read about a toilet and Michael Jackson as art:http://www.sfmoma.org/artthink/lessonactivity.asp?lessonid=29
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Check out SFMOMA Artcasts: www.sfmoma.org/artcasts
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ASSIGNMENT #7 DUE: Frida
Review
Week 11: Field Trip; Regionalism & Social
Realism
Nov 6
MOMA Trip
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Visit www.sfmoma.org for more info
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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
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ASSIGNMENT #10 DUE: Final Project Presentations
Dec 6
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ASSIGNMENT #10 DUE: Final Project Presentations
Week 16: Final Exam Week
Dec 13
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ASSIGNMENT #10 DUE (Final): 7:00 am - 9:00 am
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