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ARTS 1A SPRING 07"Arts 1A Spring 07 Course Grades" (in a .pdf file)
DUE AT 9:00AM ON 6/23 (FINAL CLASS MEETING):
*Video Notes, Q&A on 3 videos: Degenerate Art, Dirty Pictures, Running Fence (posted 6/17/07)
IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT YOUR FINAL EXAM/FINAL PROJECT & REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CLASS:
posted 2:15pm Sun. 6/17/07
Final Exam & Final Project Presentation: Saturday June 23 9AM-12:40AM
This is last class meeting for Spring quarter. THERE IS NO MAKEUP. Students who do not attend the class receive grade of zero points for final exam/final project. See useful info about selling your books at end of page)
ADVISORY: YOUR GRADE MAY BE REDUCED. Read carefully.
You are expected to attend entire class. Since students have the option of taking a written exam or presenting a project, the entire class period will probably be consumed in these activities. Late arrival and early departure on June 23 will result in a reduction in your grade on the final exam/project, which will also affect your grade in the course. This applies to all students, whether you are taking the written exam or presenting a project.
Click here for info on PHOTO ESSAY PROJECT (Advice: choose a VERY SPECIFIC topic/theme. If your topic/theme is too general or too broad, you will not be successful. When in doubt, "narrow it down."
REVIEW FOR THE WRITTEN FINAL EXAM:
This test is open book, open notes:
-Bring all your notes, image ID forms, video notes, museum notes etc. (in other words bring your entire Arts 1A notebook.)
-You should also bring your textbooks.
Please bring pen and a few sheets of blank lined paper.
PART 1 will consist of objective questions formatted as true/false, multiple choice, matching questions, and/or fill in the blank. You may be asked to respond to questions about or to apply what you have learned in the following areas:
GENERAL TOPICS IN ART
Subject vs. Content
Formal: the composition and the media or technique
Patron: person or institution
3 Types of imagery: representational, abstract, non-objective
7 Formal Elements. esp. Shape vs. Form, Space, Values, Color
Critical Perspectives
Art Media: only the items we discussed in class. We didn't cover all of it.
ART IS LIKE A PIZZA, Chapters 1-5
PART 2 will consist of short essay questions (usually 1-3 paragraphs) to allow you to demonstrate your ability to discuss the subject, content, form, context, and style of specific art works or periods assigned for homework/research or analyzed during class periods. Short essay Qs may also relate to videos and class discussions on controversies in art. With exception of Jane Alexander, examples of 20th C artists can be found in the 2 texts.
SPECIFIC ART WORKS in their approximate chronological order:
1 work in each of the following ancient Mediterranean cultures:
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome (including function and patron)
Polyclitus: Doryphorous, ideas/values in Ancient Greek art
Botticelli, Birth of Venus
Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper
Michelangelo, David
Gentileschi: The Death of Holofernes
Kauffman, Cornelia Pointing to Her Children
Rodin: Gates of Hell & Burghers of Calais
Picasso, the Cubist style (look at Demoiselles d'Avignon as example)
Matisse, example of Fauve style (look at The Dance or Red Studio as examples)
Jackson Pollock/Abstract Expressionism: any of the large action paintings
Your personal selections from THE 20TH CENTURY ART BOOK
Jane Alexander: Butcher Boys (find it online)
VIDEOS: CONTROVERSY IN ART
The Nude in Art
Degenerate Art: Nazi era, German Expressionism: Kathe Kollwitz, Ernst Kirchner
Dirty Pictures: Cincinnati trial on Mapplethorpe exhibit "The Perfect Moment"
Running Fence: Northern California installation by Christo & Jeanne Claude
SELLING YOUR TEXT BOOKS
DAC will only buy books that instructors have indicated they will use in the next quarter. I will not be teaching Arts 1A class in Summer however I will be using these 2 books again in Fall. If bookstore does not buy them now, they will buy them at end of summer session. Of course you can always sell books online or at any bookstore that sells used books. (Aida's bookstore across the street (Oaks Shopping Center) buys for more than one college). Robert's Bookstore in downtown SJ buys for San Jose State.
Click here for PHOTO ESSAY PROJECT an optional alternative to Final Exam (as discussed in class on 6/9/06)
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNED 6/2. DUE 6/9: 2 parts
I WILL COLLECT HOMEWORK at 9am so bring a copy for your use in class discussion.
I WILL NOT ACCEPT HOMEWORK LATER THAN 9AM to preclude students writing it in class.
1 "Pizza" book:
Read Chapters 4 & 5. For each chapter do the following:
For each chapter: Identify the thesis, question or problem posed by the author.
List or outline the key points of her discussion. (Probably about 10 or so.)
Index cards are too small. Do this on 8.5x11 paper
Make a separate page for each chapter.
No essays. Complete sentences not necessary.
2 "Art" Book
Go through the entire book with some care. Choose the 3 images that you find MOST disturbing. Identify title, artist and page number.
Explain why you find each of them disturbing. This is not an intellectual exercise. This is related to your own personality, your feelings, fears and life experiences. What disturbs you may not disturb someone else. Or your reasons may differ from reasons that other viewers find it disturbing.
This explanation will require a minimum of one paragraph per image. Spell out specifically why the image disturbs you. General comments get no credit.
NO CLASS ON MAY 26: MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNED 5/12 AND DUE 5/19 to be collected at Cantor Center
Research sculptor Auguste Rodin and his work.
Write a COMPLETE and thoughtful Image ID for each of the following (i.e. 2 Image IDs total)
The Burghers of Calais
The Gates of Hell
I collected this homework at Cantor Center after you wrote any additional notes based on class discussion at the Rodin Sculpture Garden. If you did not do the homework, you must email it to me no later than midnight Thursday May 24. After that date it will not be accepted and will not earn points. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASON.
REMINDER:
Late homework will be accepted for only for absences I have excused in advance. If you don't understand what you are supposed to do on an assignment, it is your job as a student to find out what is expected. In a college class, confusion, leaving early or missing class are NOT ACCEPTABLE EXCUSES for not doing the course work.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNED ON 5/5 AND DUE AT 9:00 ON 5/12:
I checked off this homework (below) on the due date and returned it to students to add to it, based on our class activity. We will work on it again on 6/2 and I will collect it at that time. If you didn't attend class on 5/12, or you didn't have the homework ready, your assignment is considered late unless you had an excused absence (excused by me).
However you must do the assignment and turn it in on 6/2 or you will get zero points as a grade, rather than just a late penalty.
Complete an Image ID form on the following. You are required to do research on these sculptures/paintings in order to have a good understanding of the images, including: subject, symbolism, patrons, and historical/religious context. Also research the medium so you know how the work was created, what kind of material was used.
*Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
*Death of Holofernes by Artemesia Gentileschi
*Cornelia Pointing to her Children (sometimes called Cornelia Showing Off her Children) by Angelica Kauffman
*Sculpture of David by Michelangelo
*Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
HOMEWORK WARNING:
You chose to be graded on this.
Homework is collected at 9:00am, at beginning of class, so you need to be on time for class. Late submissions will no longer be accepted without prior arrangement. This is an attempt to end the practice of using class time to do homework.
ABSENCE, TARDY ARRIVAL AND EARLY DEPARTURE:
You chose to be graded on this.
Requires prior notification to instructor.
Will be recorded for the attendance grade, rounded to the nearest half hour.
Homework assigned on 5/5/07 due on 5/12 at 9:00am.
If you miss a class, talk to other students and find out what you mssed. After you have done so, I will be happy to answer any questions you might have.
PROJECTS:
If you choose to be graded on this:
Anyone who has not emailed a proposal and received my approval will not be able to do a project. Email your revised projects or bring paper copy to class no later than 5/12 or you will be required to take the final test. (There will be a review before the final test.)
On May 19 (2 weeks) we will meet at Cantor Center for Visual Arts at 9:15AM
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