Syllabus
Mount Saint Mary College
Enjoying Modern Art Course Syllabus
Course Number: ART4017 Credits: 3
Course Title: Enjoying Modern Art
Professor: Gary Jacketti
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday before or after class
blog: http://modernart2017msmc.blogspot.com
Class Times: Tue/Thu, 3:55 to 5:10
Course Outcomes: The objective of this course is to introduce and understand the concepts, theories and movements associated with modern art. They will develop an understanding of the reasoning and time in the context of art history. This will occur with slide presentations, documentaries and movies associated with the period and artists. The students will be introduced to the various techniques and mediums and explore projects related to the various Modern Art movements. They will also be able to recognize the difference between modern and contemporary art through readings, discussions, blogs, presentations and 2 required field trips.
Grading and Evaluation Students will need to complete 8 projects, post weekly to the class blog, and take a mid term and final examination covering the materials and history in the text. Attendance is mandatory. Three unexcused missed classes will result in the dropping of the letter grade by 1, 5 absences the grade will be lowered by 2. I will evaluate the content as follows:
Midterm Exam 25%
Blog Posts 15%
Projects 35%
Final Exam 25%
Division of Arts and Letters Grading Policy
Points
|
Grade Equivalent
|
Quality Points
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Meaning
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100-95
|
A
|
4.0
| |
94-90
|
A-
|
3.67
|
Outstanding
|
89-87
|
B+
|
3.33
|
Excellent
|
86-83
|
B
|
3.0
|
Very Good
|
82-80
|
B-
|
2.67
|
Good
|
79-77
|
C+
|
2.33
|
Above Average
|
76-73
|
C
|
2.0
|
Average
|
72-70
|
C-
|
1.67
|
Below Average
|
69-65
|
D+
|
1.33
|
Poor
|
64-60
|
D
|
1.0
|
Passing
|
59-0
|
F
|
0.0
|
Failing
|
Blog
This is a group experiment, and this will be a work in progress. The idea is to be actively involved in the reporting of the arts in the media, i.e. newspapers, magazines and the web. We will then post these ideas to create a body of research and ideas directly published on the web.
Projects
The students will be introduced to projects using a variety of mediums designed to synthesize, understand and interpret the movements associated with the movements of Modern Art.
Exams
There will be two exams in this course which will cover materials from the text and the lectures.
Course Schedule and Readings
Week 1 Introduction, Review of Syllabus, Q & A
Overview of Western Art
Chapter 1: Modernism and Its Origins in the 19th Century
Media: Vincent and Theo
Week 2 Chapter 2; Seurat, Cezanne and the Language of Structure
Week 3 Chapter 3: Gauguin and Van Gogh, and the Language of Vision
Week 4 Chapter 7: Expressionism in France,
Matisse and The Fauves
Media: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Week 5 Chapter 8: Expressionism in Germany, The Bridge and the Blue Rider
Week 6 Chapter 9: The Cubist Revolution: Braque and Picasso
Week 7 Studio Week
Mid-Term Review
Week 8 Mid-Term Critiques and Exam
Week 9 Chapter 11: Dada and Fantastic Art
Media: Jackson Pollock
Week 10 Chapter 12: Surrealism: The Resolution of Dream and Reality
Week 11 Chapter 16: American Art in the Wake of the Armory Show
Week 12 Chapter 17: The New York School
Week 13 Chapter 19: American Art of the Sixties: Pop Art and Minimalism
Media: Basquait
Week 14 Studio Week
Final Review
Week 15 Final Critiques and Exam
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