Welcome To Art History 1B - Online Spring 2005 Kathleen Grisham, Instructor

Content Overview

Studying art history online is a new and exciting way to consider art. In this course you will be introduced to the general styles and concepts in Western Art from the Early Renaissance in Europe through the beginning of Modernism in the 19th Century. You will learn about the life and times of many well known creative people. Some of the artists and their works that may be familiar to you are: Leonardo daVinci's “Last Supper', Michaelangelo's “David”, Rembrandt's portraits, Monet's “Rouen Cathedral”. Within the course materials you will find links that will lead you to a world of art; enjoy!

How This Course Works

• This course is unlike other on campus college courses you may have taken, so you should read the following.

• Survey of Western Art 1B Online consists of a physical book you are required to buy, read, and use plus the WebCT site and all the materials on it. You participate by checking your email on WebCT for messages from your instructor, reading the weekly assignment, completing the weekly assignments, following all links within the weekly assignmnet and taking a weekly quiz.

• Read a lot; complete the weekly assignments; learn a lot. It's worth stating again that there's no real-time component, no time of day when you have to be on-line. But you cannot drop out for a week or weeks at a time, either.

• If you miss a week or weeks of participation for any reason, you can't make it up--that's just time and points lost.

• Being in this class is every bit as time-consuming as any other class; it's just that you get to decide which hours you'll spend doing the work.

• Survey of Western Art 1B Online has no on campus meetings. All instruction takes place online. Click on the Syllabus link for further information.

Please click on each of the following links to learn about requirements and how to get started with the course.

Syllabus

Read the syllabus very carefully so that you understand your responsibilities and the conditions that govern this course.

How to register for this course

Getting Started

"How to Succeed in an Online Course"

Browser requirements and AOL problems

Stylistic Categories

Grove Dictionary of Art Online

YOU DO NOT NEED TO EMAIL THE INSTRUCTOR BEFORE CLASS STARTS. Your email address will be recorded automatically when you log on to WebCT on the first day of class.

revised December 2004 by Kathleen Grisham email address: [email protected]

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