ARTH 304 SYLLABUS
ARTH 304
Ancient Art History
MW 9-10:20, Fall 2007
OFFICE HOURS: MW 10:30 am – 1 pm; TTH 12-1 & by appointment
OFFICE: FA7; 650- 2942
EMAIL: kidricv@scc.losrios.edu
Course Description: This course is intended to provide the student with an introduction to an overview of the visual arts from the Prehistoric era up to the Early Christian period in the West. It will include the study of Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations and their material culture, such as painting, architecture and sculpture.
Objectives: Students in this course will be expected to demonstrate 1) a cognizance of the major artistic monuments of each culture studied; 2) an understanding of the relationship of the monuments to their cultural and historical context; and 3) an awareness of the artistic styles associated with the cultures and the historical periods within these cultures.
Texts: Required: Janson’s History of Art (Seventh Edition)
Recommended: From Abacus to Zeus (or any typical Art History Handbook such as the Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists)
Grading
500-445 = A
444-390 = B
389-335 = C
334-275 = D
274- below = F
Instructional Methods: This class is taught in a slide lecture format. There is no structured discussion (as in discussion groups), although there is always time for student initiated conversation about the matters at hand.
Exams: Two essay exams will be given over the term; they cover both materials in the text and that given in lecture. I provide material not in the book, and I will not cover everything in the text, so you must do both the reading and come to class to get the information you need to pass the exams. The exams are open note.
Quizzes: There are four reading/lecture and slide identification quizzes given throughout the semester. No late quizzes are given for any reason. They cover the material from lecture and anything you have been asked to read in the text book. The lowest quiz will be dropped automatically. The quizzes ARE NOT open note.
Writing Assignments: There will be four very short writing assignments given through the semester (TWO TYPED PAGES). Topics, and more information about the assignments will be given during the semester.
Extra Credit: I do not give “extra credit” assignments, so there is no point in asking me. The only extra credit available to you comes in the form of slide identification in the exams. The extra credit allows me to gauge how well you have internalized the lectures and the reading.
Professionalism in the Classroom: I expect everyone to behave in a manner that encourages education. This includes:
ATTENDENCE: This class is about visual culture. Therefore, if you aren’t here
to see the slides, or get the lectures, you cannot pass. ATTENDENCE IS
REQUIRED. If you accumulate more than three absences, you may find your grade adversely affected
PUNCTUALITY: If you are unavoidably late, do not enter through the front door, as you will be walking behind me in the middle of my lecture. I do not give late exams, so if you miss any part of the exam, you will have to pick up where you come in. If you will not be in class on the day of an exam, you must take it early if you are going to take it at all, since I will not give any make up exams for those you have missed, for any reason .
TAKE NOTES IN CLASS. If you have a question, or need clarification in the lecture, just shout out. Do not raise your hand, as I’m usually not looking at you; you’ll sit there until all the blood runs out of your arm and you pass out.
THINK: This class is about art, and art is a subjective thing. There are times in this semester that I will be saying “I don’t know”—not because I haven’t done the research, but because there is simply no agreed upon answer. In some instances this semester, there will be as many “answers” as there are people in the classroom. Therefore, I will expect that not everyone will agree with me all of the time, IN fact, I’d prefer it. This lets me know that you are thinking about what I am saying, and not just sitting there like plant life—organic, but non-responsive.
OPTIMIZE YOUR EDUCATION: I will help you as much as I possibly can, either in class or out of it. I will not give you the answers to the exam, I will not tell you what is going to be on the exam, except in the most general of terms, and I will not tolerate cheating of any sort. However, if you have problems, concerns, issues, etc., that I can possibly help with, I’ll be more than happy to talk to you. Additionally, if you have a documented disability, please let me know as soon as possible so that alternative arrangements can be made for you to succeed in this class.
Class Schedule
ARTH 304
Unit ONE: Prehistoric and the Ancient Near East
August 27-September 12th
READING: Chapters 1 & 2, pp. 1-46
QUIZ: September 12th at the end of class
Writing Assignment # 1 Due: September 10th
Cultures Covered:
Pre History
Paleolithic (c. 50,000-8,000 BC)
Mesolithic (c. 8, 000- 6000/4000 BC)
Neolithic (c. 6000/4000- 2000/1800 BC)
Ancient Near East
Uruk (c. 3500-3100 BC)
Sumer (c. 3500-2300 BC)
Akkad (c. 2300-1800)
Babylon (c. 1800-539 BC)
Assyrian Empire (c. 1300-612 BC)
Achaemenid Persians (600- 331 BC)
>Scythians (700-400 BC)
Unit TWO: Egyptian
September 17th- October 10th
READING: Chapter 3, pp. 47-78
Quiz: October 3th at the end of class
Writing Assignment # 2 Due: October 8th
Cultures Covered:
Egyptian
Predynastic (5450- 3100 BC)
Early Dynastic (3100-2649 BC)
Old Kingdom (2649-2150 BC)
Middle Kingdom (c. 1991-1700 BC)
New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC)
Ptolemaic Rule (323-31 BC)
MIDTERM: OCTOBER 15th
UNIT THREE: AEGEAN & GREEK ART
October 17-November 7
READING: Chapters 4 & 5, pp. 79-160
QUIZ: November 7th at the end of class
Writing Assignment # 3 Due November 5th
Cultures Covered:
Aegean
Cycladic (c. 3000-1100 BC)
Minoan (c. 3000-1100 BC)
Mycenaean (c. 1600-1100 BC)
Greek
Geometric Style (c. 1000-700 BC)
Orientalizing Style (c. 700-600 BC)
Archaic Style (c. 600-480 BC)
Severe [aka Transitional or Early Classical Style] (c. 480-450 BC)
Classical Style (c. 450-400 BC)
Late Classical (4th century BC)
Hellenistic (323-31 BC)
UNIT FOUR: ETRUSCAN & ROMAN ART
November 14th-December 12th
READING: Chapters 6 & 7, pp. 161-234
QUIZ: December 5th at the end of class
Writing Assignment # 4 Due December 10th
Cultures Covered:
Etruscan (c. 1000 to 100 BC)
Roman
Republic (509 to 27 BC)
Empire (27 BC to 476 AD)
FINAL EXAM: Monday Dec. 17th, 8:00 – 10:00 AM
Unit ONE
Prehistoric and the Ancient Near East
Chapters 1 & 2, pp. 1-46
Cultures Covered:
Pre History
Paleolithic (c. 50,000-8,000 BC)
Mesolithic (c. 8, 000- 6000/4000 BC)
Neolithic (c. 6000/4000- 2000/1800 BC)
Ancient Near East
Uruk (c. 3500-3100 BC)
Sumer (c. 3500-2300 BC)
Akkad (c. 2300-1800)
Babylon (c. 1800-539 BC)
Assyrian Empire (c. 1300-612 BC)
Achaemenid Persians (600- 331 BC)
Scythians (700-400 BC)
Major works
Image # Title Date
1.1 Venus of Willendorf, c. 25,000-21,000 BC
1.2 Venus of Laussel, c. 25,000-21,000 BC
1.3 Bison with Turned Head c. 11,000-9000 BC
1.4 Bison c. 13,000-8000 BC
1.7 Handprints from Pech-Merle c. 16,000 BC
1.10 Hall of Bulls c. 15,000-13,000 BC
1.11 “Chinese Horse” c. 15,000-13,000 BC
1.17 Saharan Rock Painting, Tassili c. 5000-4000 BC
1.19 Mother Godess before 2500 BC
1.22 Stonehenge c. 2800-1500 BC
1.26 Stonehenge c. 2800-1500 BC
2.1 Plastered Skull from Jericho c. 7000 BC
2.3 Mother Godess from Çatal Huyuk c. 6500-5700 BC
2.6 Carved Alabster Vases from Uruk c. 3500-3000 BC
2.7 Female Head from Uruk c. 3500-3000 BC
2.8 The White Temple c. 3500-3000 BC
2.12 Statues from Abu Temple
at Tell Asmar c. 2700-2500 BC
2.14 (both a & b) Bull Lyre from Ur c. 2685 BC
2.16 (both a & b) Head of an Akkadian Ruler c. 2300 BC
2.17 Victory Stele from Naram Sin c. 2254-2218
2.19a Statue of Gudea c. 2100 BC
2.20 Nanna Ziggurat c. 2100-2050 BC
2.21 (both a & b) Stele of Hammurabi c. 1792-1750 BC
2.25 King Assurnasirpal II Hunting c. 883-859 BC
2.27 Dying Lioness c. 668-627 BC
2.30 Ishtar Gate (reconstruction) c. 575 BC
2.33 Stag c. 700-600 BC
2.35 Apadana of the palace of Daruis
at Persepolis c. 500 BC
2.37 Bull capital, Persepolis c. 500 BC
UNIT TWO:
Egyptian; Chapters 3 pp 78-115
Cultures Covered:
Egyptian
Predynastic (5450- 3100 BC)
Early Dynastic (3100-2649 BC)
Old Kingdom (2649-2150 BC)
Middle Kingdom (c. 1991-1700 BC)
New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC)
Ptolemaic Rule (323-31 BC)
Major Works
Image # Title Date
3.1 Palette of Narmer c. 3100 BC
3.2 Palette of Narmer (Obverse) c. 3100 BC
3.11 Step Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser) c. 2630-2611 BC
3.12 Pyramids of Giza c. 2551-2472 BC
3.15 The Sphinx of Giza c. 2520-2494 BC
3.17 Seated statue of Khafre c. 2520 BC
3.18 Menkaure and his Queen c. 2490-2472 BC
3.19 Rahotep and Nofret c. 2551-2528 BC
3.20 Seated Scribe c. 2551-2528 BC
3.25 Sesostris III c. 1878-1841 BC
3.31 Court of Ramses II & Collonade c. 1279-1213 BC & 1390
and Court of Amenhotep -1352 BC, respectively
3.33 Temple of Queen Hatshepsut c. 1504-1458 BC
3.37 Akhenaten c. 1353-1350
3.38 Nefertiti c. 1349-1336 BC
3.39 Akhenaten and Nefertiti and
Their Children c. 1349-1336 BC
3.40 Mask of Tutankhamon c. 1327 BC
3.40 Canopic Jar from Tutankhamon’s
Tomb c. 1327 BC
3.47 Temple of Ramses II, c. 1279-1213 BC
Abu Simbel
UNIT THREE:
AEGEAN & GREEK ART
Chapter 5, pp136-192
Cultures Covered:
Aegean
Cycladic (c. 3000-1100 BC)
Minoan (c. 3000-1100 BC)
Mycenaean (c. 1600-1100 BC)
Greek
Geometric Style (c. 1000-700 BC)
Orientalizing Style (c. 700-600 BC)
Archaic Style (c. 600-480 BC)
Severe (aka as Transitional or Early Classical Style (c. 480-450 BC)
Classical Style (c. 450-400 BC)
Late Classical (4th century BC)
Hellenistic (323-31 BC)
Major Works
Image # Title Artist Date
4.1 & 2 Cycladic Idols c. 2700-2300 BC
4.3 Cycladic Flute Player c. 2700-2300 BC
4.6 Palace at Knossos, Crete c. 1600-1400 BC
4.7 Toreador Fresco c. 1500 BC
4.8 The Queen’s Megaron c. 1600-1400 BC
4.9 The “Throne room” c. 1600-1400 BC
4.10 Snake Godess c. 1600 BC
4.11 Harvester Vase c. 1650-1450 BC
4.13 Octopus Vase c. 1500 BC
4.17 Boxing Children c. 1650-1500 BC
4.22 Lion Gate, Mycenae c. 1300-1200 BC
4.23 The Treasury of Atreus c. 1300-1200 BC
4.29 “Mask of Agamemmnon” c. 1500 BC
4.30 Vapheio Cups c. 1600-1500 BC
5.4 Geometric Amphora c. 800-750 BC
5.5a & b The Blinding of Polyphemos Polyphemos Painter 675-650 BC
5.6 The Blinding of Polyphemos Polyphemos Painter 675-650 BC
5.8 Achilles and Ajax Playing
Draughts Exekias 540-530 BC
5.15 The Battle of Issos 100-1 BC
5.19a & b The New York Kouros c. 600 BC
5.20 Hera of Samos Cheramyes Master c. 560 BC
5.21 Peplos Kore c. 530 BC
5.22a Kritios Boy c. 480 BC
5.23 Poseidon/Zeus c. 450 BC
5.24 Diskobolos Myron c. 460-450 BC
5.26 Doryphoros Polykleitos c. 440 BC
5.44 The Acropolis c. 480 BC
5.46 The Parthenon Iktinos & Kallikrates 447-438 BC
5.50 & 5.51 The Elgin Marbles Phidias(?) c. 432 BC
5.58 Temple of Athena Nike 427-424 BC
5.60 The Erechtheum 421-405 BC
5.61 The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheum 421-405 BC
5.65a & b Apoxyomenos Lyssipos c. 320 BC
5.69 Nike of Samothrace c. 190 BC
5.73 Laocoön c. 1st c. AD (?)
5.75 Altar of Zeus c. 180 BC
5.76 Athena Battling with Alkyoneus c. 180 BC
UNIT FOUR:
ETRUSCAN & ROMAN ART
Chapters 6 & 7, pp. 193-258
Cultures Covered:
Etruscan (1000-100 BC)
Roman
Republic (509-27 BC)
Early Empire (14 – 180 AD)
Julio-Claudians (14-68)
Flavians (69-96)
The “Good Emperors” (96-180
The Decline (180-235)
Commodus (180-192)
The Severans (193-235)
The Tetrarchy 284-305
Diocletian & the Tetrarchs
Late Empire 306-337
Constantine (306-337)
Early Christian 330-425
Major Works
Image # Title Artist Date
6.1 Temple at Veii (reconstruction) c. 515-490 BC
6.2 Capitoline Wolf c. 500 BC
6.3 Wounded Chimera c. 375-350 BC
6.4 Apollo of Veii c. 515 BC
6.7 Cinerary Urn c. 600-650 BC
6.13a Sarcophagus from Cerveteri c. 520 BC
6.14 Sarcophagus of Ramtha Visnai c. 300-280 BC
6.16 Tomb of the Leopards c. 480-470 BC
7.3 Atrium, House of the Silver Wedding c. 75 AD
7.10 Plan of the Forum, Rome c. 40-120 AD
7.12 Basilica Ulpia Apollodorus 98-117
7.18 Baths of Caracalla 211-217
7.21 The Colosseum 72-80
7.23 Pont du Gard, Nimes c. 50 BC
7.24 Temple of Portunus c. 150-100 BC
7.28 The Pantheon 117-125
7.31 The Ara Pacis 13-9 BC
7.34 Column of Trajan 113
7.38 Arch of Titus 81 AD
7.40 Arch of Canstantine 313
7.44 Bust of Trajan 125-150
7.45 Patrician with Ancestors 13
7.46 Flavian Lady 90 AD
7.48 Augustus Prima Porta 25-75 AD
7.50 Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius 164-166
7.52 Bust of Constantine 313
7.54 Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries c. 65-50 BC
7.60 Still Life from Herculaneum c. 50 AD
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