Please e-mail me at  (mary.andersen@comcast.net)  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.

I also suggest that you sign up for HIST 104A Western Civilization with a World Perspective.  A survey of civilization in the Mediterranean through the beginning of early modern history with a look at other world cultures.

This section must be taken with ART-103L. See instructor on first day of class to obtain the performance lab schedule.

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: This course consists of visual art history from pre-historic cultures through the ancient styles and includes studies in African, pre-Columbian, Asian and Native American Arts from 25,000 B.C.E. to 1300 C.E.

STUDENT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES:

To assimilate a working knowledge of the periods traditionally known as Ancient, Classical, Medieval, African, Asian (India, China, Japan, or Southeast Asia), MesoAmerica, etc.

To develop an awareness of the monuments, techniques and media used during these periods.

To discover the stylistic differences and modes of of expression peculiar to different cultures.

To introduce to the student, significant examples of the visual arts pertinent to gaining a working knowledge of Ancient Art and Architecture.

To prepare students for ensuing courses of Art History.

To increase a student's sensitivity to the art of both the European and non-western cultures.

There is an internet site created for your benefit at :
home page: http://www.kenney-mencher.com/

passwords
username: ohloneuser
password: ohlone

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 will be accepted, however, for every calendar day (not classmeeting) that the assignment is late it will be marked down a full letter grade.

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.

EXAMINATIONS & QUIZZES:

There will be three exams and several pop quizzes based on the readings.

Notes and textbooks may not be used during 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.

EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE:

 

Class Participation and Attendance	10%
Work sheets	30%
Quizzes	10%
Test #1	15%
Test #2	15%
Final	20%
Total	100%

CLASSROOM CONDUCT
Some basic rules for classroom behavior during lecture, quizzes and tests.

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.

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.
 

Calendar
(This Calendar is subject to change)

• Syllabus
• Books you will need

• Starter Kit
• Navajo and Anasazi
• Syllabus,
• Note taking Skills,
• I also suggest that you sign up for HIST 104A Western Civilization with a World Perspective.  A survey of civilization in the Mediterranean through the beginning of early modern history with a look at other world cultures.

• Navajo
• NW coast
• NW coast 2
• NW coast 3
• Read Stokstad
• Introduction
• Starter Kit
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 23
• make sure you know the terms in the User Notes, Introduction, and Starter Kit
• Read Mencher Liaisons 1-5 (How to Use This Book) 7-12 (How Raven Stole the Sun)
• What is cheating?
• Read Online Starter Kit
• Read Key Concepts, Form, Iconography and Context
• Southwest Cultures of the Americas
• Northwest Cultures of the Americas

• Prehistory
• Prehistoric Cultures
• Stokstad 42-66
• Prehistory, The Neolithic Fertile Crescent
• Historic Era Fertile Crescent: Mesopotamian Art
• Chatal Huyuk and Mesopotamia
• Ur
• Treasures from the ROYAL TOMBS of Ur
• http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/religion/arcproj/war/EssayFive.html
• Stokstad Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
• Mencher Liaisons 9-11 (The Assyro-Babylonian FAQ)
• Read On-line Starter Kit

• Stratigraphy
• China Neolithic Era 5000-2000 BCE
• China c1700-221 BCE Shang and Zhou
• China 221BCE-907CE The Qin
• China 221BCE-907CE The Han
• Read Stokstad Chapter 10 and Chapter 21
• Read The Raven and Archer Yi
• Mencher Liaisons 147-158 (The Treatise and Didactic Text in Chinese Culture)
• Work Sheet #1 Due Sept 20
• Neolithic China
• Zhou and Shang
• Qin
• Han

• Early Egypt
• Akhenaten's Egypt
• Tut's Egypt
• Tut's Egypt 2
• Parallels to Tut's Egypt in Benin Art
• Egypt

Stokstad Chapter 3, Chapter 13, and Chapter 25,
• Akhenaton
• Tut

• Aegean 2800 1100BCE
• Stratigraphy
• Crete's Minoan Civilization c1500
• Mainland Greece, Tiryns c1500
• Mycenae c1500
• The Aegean to the Mainland Synthesis and Transition
• Orientalized and Archaic Greek Pottery
• The Cyclades
• Crete, Knossos, Minoan
• Early Mainland Greece
• http://bruceowen.com/worldprehist/3250s13.htm
• Stokstad Chapter 4
• Mencher Liaisons 24-46 (Irving Stone: The Greek Treasure Mycenae!)12-14 (The Blinding of Polythemus)
• Answer Questions on page 47-48 of Mencher Liaisons Due Oct 4
• Diagram of the entablature and orders of architecture
• Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic and Classic Greek Pottery
• Geometric, Orientalizing, and Archaic Greek Sculpture and Architecture

• Catch Up Day
• Stokstad Chapter 5

• Intro to the Golden Age
• The Acropolis
• Acropolis II (Nike Temple)
• Acropolis III (Propylea)
• Acropolis IV (The Parthenon)
• Acropolis V (Erechtheion)
• Mencher Liaisons 49, 87-90 (Thucydides: Perikles' Funeral Oration)
• 49-86 (Ovid "Semele") and (Euripedes "The Bacchae")
• additional sources to help:
• Greek Theatre
• Notes on the Bacchae and the Components of Greek Tragedy
• Aristotle's Elements of Theatre

An online encyclopedia of Greek mythology

• Greek Sculpture, The Geometric, Oriental and Archaic Periods
• Sculpture Golden Age
• Sculpture Golden Age to Late Hellenism
• "The Acropolis" The Panathenaic Concept and Victory
• "The Acropolis" The Parthenon and its Sculptures
• "The Acropolis" The Erectheion and its Caryatids
• Sculpture during the "Golden Age of Perikles"
• Late Hellenistic Art
• Take Home Quiz on Tragedy  Due Oct 23
• Additional Resource Agamemnon by Aeschylus

• Roman Sculpture
• Roman Architecture
• Pompeii
• Pompeii 2 (Houses)
• Pompeii 3 (Decorations and Fresco)
• Pompeii, The Gods and Theater
• Roman Art and Architecture
• Roman Art in Pompeii
• Stokstad Chapter 6
• Worksheet #2 Due Nov 1

• Mesoamerica The Olmec
• Mesoamerica Teotihuacan 1
• Mesoamerica Teotihuacan 2
• Mesoamerica Mayan
• The Olmec
• Maya and the Acropolis of Teotihuacan
• A synopis of the Popol Vuh

A Cool site about the Maya
• Stokstad Reread Chapter 12 and Chapter 23
• Mencher Liaisons 49-50 & 91-99 (The Popol Vuh, The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life)
• Optional: The Entire Text of the Popol Vuh
• Answer Questions on page 99 of Mencher Liaisons Due Nov 8

• Jewish Art
• Rome During the rise of Judeo Christian Period
• Late Rome
• Early Christian Art in Rome
• Byzantine Constantinople, Hagia Sofia
• Byzantine Italy, San Vitale, Ravenna Italy
• Jewish Art
• Early Christian Art
• Byzantine
• Stokstad 2Chapter 7 and Chapter 8
• Mencher Liaisons 15-21 (Selections from Genesis-Jacob and Esau)

• The Vienna Genesis a Byzantine Manuscript
• Islam, Muhammed, Calligraphy and Mosque Architecture
• Islamic Art

• The Monastic System
• Romanesque Sculpture at Autun
• Romanesque Architecture's basic schema
• Pisa Cathedral
• Gothic Manuscripts
• The Romanesque to Gothic Period Architecture
• Mencher Liaisons 22 (Psalm 91) 101-107 (The Treatise and Didactic Texts, Thomas Aquinas' "Five Ways")
• Stokstad Chapter 15

• Gothic Architecture
• Italian Gothic Sculpture
• Italian Gothic Painting
• Gothic Transitions, Paintings of St. Francis
• Cimabue, Giotto and St. Francis at Assisi
• Gothic and the Transition to the Renaissance in Painting, Giotto
• Giotto's Last Judgement, The Arena Chapel
• Giotto's Painting, The Arena Chapel
• Giotto's Painting, The Arena Chapel Continued
• Gothic to Renaissance, Annunciations and Iconography, Martini and Duccio and Lorenzetti
• Berlinghieri, Cimabue, and Giotto
• Duccio
• Giotto, San Francesco
• The psychology of Perspective
• An Interactive Site about Perspective
• Giotto Arena Chapel
• Dr. Farber's Lecture on the Arena Chapel
• Duccio and the Maesta Altar
• Stokstad Chapter 16 and Chapter 17
• Work Sheet #3 Due Nov 27
• Study Guide for Final