Art History: Survey of Western Art 1B Online Syllabus - Spring 2005   History of Western Art from the Renaissance through Impressionism   Kathleen Grisham, Instructor

This course follows a set calendar; it is NOT self-paced. If you are looking for a self-paced course, this isn't it.

Course Syllabus

Course Description: Survey of Western Art 1B - Online

Survey of Western Art 1B - Online is an academic Art History course designed to provide you with the opportunity to learn the general styles, concepts, purposes, and interpretations of Western Art from the Renaissance through Impressionism. Artistic styles will be explored in relationship to man's social history, thoughts, needs and beliefs. The focus will be on painting, and to a lesser degree, on architecture and sculpture.

This course meets online only. There are no sessions on campus. This distance learning course is conducted completely via the Internet, and e-mail . You will be responsible for assignments and quizzes which will be posted weekly.

• This course follows a set calendar.

• This course is NOT self-paced. If you miss a quiz for any reason, you may not make it up.

Required Text - You must have the text to successfully participate in this course.

• Art History , Revised Second Edition -Volume II by Marilyn Stokstad. The text is available in the West Valley College bookstore. Please note and use the glossary and time tables.
• ISBN # 013-145-527-3(v. 2:PB)
• You must read and use the required text in order to successfully complete this course. Purchase it before the first day of the semester.

Course Objectives:

• become familiar with the historical development of Western Art
• learn to analyze the relationships among content, context, and style in Western Art

Major Topics

Note: This course uses only the following chapters in the book Art History: 17, 18, 19, 26, 27

Use Notes, Starter Kit and Introduction

Chapter 17: Early Renaissance Art in Europe - 15th Century

• Early Renaissance Art in Europe
• Art of Flanders, Flemish Renaissance
• Art of Italy, Italian Renaissance in Florence

Chapter 18: Renaissance Art in Sixteenth Century Europe

• Italian High Renaissance
• Venetian Renaissance
• German Renaissance
• Italian Mannerism
• Renaissance in France and Spain
• Netherlandish Art

Chapter 19: Baroque Art in Western Europe

• Baroque Art in Italy, Italian Baroque
• Baroque Art in France, French Baroque
• Baroque Art in Spain, Spanish Baroque
• Baroque Art in Flanders, Flemish Baroque
• Baroque Art in No. Netherlands, Dutch Baroque

Chapter 26: Eighteenth Century Art in Europe

• The Rococo Style in Europe
• Neo-Classicism in France

Chapter 27: 19th Century Art in Europe

• Neoclassicism and Romanticism in France
• Romanticism in Spain, Romantic Expressionism
• Romantic Landscape Painting
• Architecture and Photography
• French Naturalism and Social Realism
• Impressionism

Survey of Western Art 1B online uses the WebCT course management system. Please access the WebCT orientation page before the course begins and become familiar with how it works by using the following link:

http://cvc2.org/webct/orientations.htm

You will not have access to the server until the first day of class.

• You will go to the WebCT site to:
  • send to and receive email from the instructor
  • find the weekly homework assignments
  • take the weekly quizzes
  • track your grades
  • use the course calendar.

• Click here to learn how to log on to WebCT

• On the first day of the semester, go to the WebCT log in page http://cvc.webct.com/webct/homearea/homearea and get started. Delaying participation may cause you to miss a time sensitive assignment and lose course points that will affect your grade

• When you log on to WebCT, your email address is automatically captured. You do not need to notify your instructor that you are registered or relate you email address. You may send your instructor a message if you have a question..

Homework - Homework is self-graded. Do not send it to your instructor.

• The purpose of the homework is to prepare you for the weekly quiz.

• For each week of the semester, you will be required to:

• complete the reading assignment.

• complete the homework assignment based on the reading and all online materials. Do not send it to your instructor.

• use all weekly online assignments to prepare for the weekly quiz.

Weekly Quizzes and Conditions

This course uses a quiz format only (no midterms; no final exam; no extra credit assignments).

• After completing the weekly assignment, reviewing the online materials, and completing the homework assignment, you will take a 100 point quiz by clicking on the Quizzes icon within WebCT. Check the course calendar on the WebCT Homepage to see exact availability and due dates.

• Quizzes consist of objective, multiple choice and true/false questions.

• In order to be successful with this course, complete the homework and review the online materials BEFORE taking the weekly quiz.

• Quizzes are available ONLY through the WebCT web site for calendared ten days each. No Exceptions.

• All dates for assignments and quizzes will be posted on the course calendar accessible from the WebCT Homepage.

• Do not register for this course unless you understand that makeup quizzes will be not be given. This condition applies to all students. There is no extra credit.

Grading

Your semester grades will be based on a composite of your quiz scores. There is no extra credit.

13 quizzes valued at 100 points each = 1300 possible points

Point Assessment and letter grade equivalent

1300 - 1170 = A

1169 - 1040 = B

1039 - 910 = C

909 - 780 = D

779 - 000 = F

Withdrawal From This Course:

If you drop this course, remember that withdrawal is not an automatic process. Withdrawal is the student's sole responsibility, not the instructor's. Contact the Admissions and Records Office to initiate the Drop Process. Please read the DROP PROCEDURES carefully in the Schedule of Classes to avoid unnecessary grade penalties. If your name is on the class roster at the end of the semester, you will receive a grade. That grade will be an unearned F if you register for the course and do not drop.

Office Hours and Location

Instructors Mail Box: Fine Arts Building Room on the West Valley College campus

Instructors Office Hours: Online by arrangement. I will respond to your message within 48 hours, Monday through Thursday.

Instructors Phone Mail: 408-741-2045 X3298

Instructors Mailing Address: 14000 Fruitvale, Saratoga, Ca. 95070

e-mail: Click on email link on the WebCT Homepage

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Revised December 2004

by Kathleen Grisham kathleen_grisham,@westvalley.edu

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