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August |
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Wed. Aug.28: |
Introduction |
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September |
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Mon. Sept. 2: |
COLLEGE CLOSED |
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Wed. Sept. 4: |
Visual Elements I (line, shape, mass, light, color); Thesis Statement; Paragraph Development; Essay Outline Review |
Getlein, Mark. “Visual Elements.” In Living with Art, 77-96. New York: McGraw-Hill Humanities, 2009. (available on Blackboard)
Instructions: Short Paper #1, https://waba.commons.gc.cuny.edu/short-paper-1/ Sample: Short Paper #1 – Outline, https://waba.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/3982/files/2019/02/Sample-Paper-1-Outline.pdf |
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Thu. Sept. 5: (Monday schedule) |
-Visual Elements II (texture, space, time/motion, unity/variety, emphasis/subordination, scale/proportion, balance) |
Getlein, “Visual Elements,” 97-112. Getlein, “Principles of Design,” 113-137. |
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Mon. Sept. 9 |
Thesis Statement; Paragraph Development; Essay Outline |
Thesis, Introductory resources | |
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Wed. Sept. 11: |
Writing Lab |
Paper #1: Formal Analysis OUTLINE due. Bb. upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Mon. Sept. 16: |
Methodology: Formalism |
1. Greenberg, Clement. “The Language of Aesthetic Discourse.” In Homemade Esthetics: Observations on Art and Taste. Oxford University Press, 1999. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/33708587ClementGreenbergHomemadeEsthetics/page/n95 2. The Art Story, Modern Art Insight. “Formalism in Modern Art – History and Concepts.” Accessed June 12, 2019. https://www.theartstory.org/definition-formalism-history-and-concepts.htm 3. Tate. “Formalism.” Accessed June 7, 2018. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/formalism |
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Wed. Sep. 18: |
Structure of a research paper; Intro to incorporating and analyzing sources; The Chicago Manual of Style |
Instructions: Short Paper #2, https://waba.commons.gc.cuny.edu/short-paper-2/
Sample: Short Paper #2, https://waba.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/3982/files/2019/02/Sample-Paper-2-Outline1.pdf Guptill, Amy. “Secondary Sources in Their Natural Habitats.” In Writing in College: From Competence to Excellence.College at Brockport, SUNY: Open SUNY Textbooks. Accessed August 6, 2018. https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/writing-in-college-from-competence-to-excellence/chapter/secondary-sources-in-their-natural-habitats/ |
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Sat. Sept. 21: |
*Paper #1: Formal Analysis OUTLINE REWRITE due (optional). Bb upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Mon. Sept. 23: |
Methodology: Iconography; Review sample paper; Writing Center Orientation |
Panofsky, Erwin. “Iconography And Iconology: An Introduction To The Study of Renaissance Art.” In Meaning in the Visual Arts. University of Chicago Press, 1983. |
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Wed. Sept. 25: |
Writing Lab |
Paper #1 Formal Analysis due. Bb upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Mon.Sept. 30: |
NO CLASSES SCHEDULED |
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October |
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Wed. Oct. 2: |
Writing Lab |
Paper #2: OUTLINE-Iconographic Analysis due. Bb upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Sat. Oct. 5: |
*Paper #1: Formal Analysis REWRITE due (optional). Bb upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Mon. Oct. 7: |
Sculpture; Assign Paper #3; Review sample paper |
Getlein, “Sculpture and Installation.” | |
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Wed. Oct. 9: |
NO CLASSES SCHEDULED |
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Sat. Oct. 12: |
*Paper #2: OUTLINE – Iconographic Analysis REWRITE due (optional). Bb upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Mon. Oct. 14: |
COLLEGE CLOSED |
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Wed. Oct. 16: |
Writing Lab |
Paper #2 Iconographic Analysis due. Bb upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Sat. Oct. 26: |
*Paper #2: Iconographic Analysis REWRITE due (optional). Bb upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Mon. Oct. 21: |
Methodology: Marxism |
1. Pages 1-66 from: Woodfin, Rupert. Introducing Marxism (graphic book). Internet Archives. Accessed July 1, 2019. https://archive.org/details/IntroducingMarxism-English-GraphicBook/page/n3
2. Pages 288-291 from: Antal, Frederick. “The Art of the Early Fifteenth Century: A Critical Outlook on Which It is Based.” In Florentine Painting And Its Social Background. Internet Archives. Accessed July 1, 2019. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226708/page/n311 |
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Wed. Oct. 23: |
Comparative analysis: sample papers |
Walk, Kerry. “How to Write a Comparative Analysis.” Writing Center at Harvard University. Accessed July 10, 2018. https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/how-write-comparative-analysis
Sample: Short Paper #3 – Outline, https://waba.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/3982/files/2019/02/Sample-Paper-3-Outline.pdf |
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Mon. Oct. 28: |
Methodology: Psychoanalysis I |
1. Freaudfile.“What Is Psychoanalysis.” Accessed October 9, 2017. http://www.freudfile.org/psychoanalysis/definition.html 2. See Oedipal Complex in Freaudfile. “Glossary of Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts.” Accessed October 9, 2017. http://www.freudfile.org/psychoanalysis/glossary.html 3. McLeod, Saul. “Id, Ego, and Superego.” SimplyPsychology. Published 2007, updated 2016. Accessed October 9, 2017. https://www.simplypsychology.org/psyche.html. 4. Sigmund Freud. “Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood,” parts I, II, and IV (2240-2267 and 2281-2289). Internet Archive. |
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Wed. Oct. 30: |
Writing Lab |
Paper #3 OUTLINE-Comparative Analysis (sculpture) due. Bb upload by 11:59 pm |
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November |
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Mon. Nov. 4: |
Methodology: Feminism |
The Art Story. “Feminist Art.” Accessed August 18, 2018. https://www.theartstory.org/movement-feminist-art.htm Nochlin, Linda. “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” ARTNews (January 1971). Posted May 30, 2015. http://www.artnews.com/2015/05/30/why-have-there-been-no-great-women-artists/ |
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Wed. Nov. 6: |
Library Orientation |
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Sat. Nov. 9: |
Paper #3 OUTLINE-Comparative Analysis (sculpture) REWRITE due (optional). Bb upload by 11:59 pm |
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Mon. Nov.11 : |
Methodology: Structuralism |
(read pages 90-94 and 112-114) Pooke, Grant and Diana Newall. “Semiotics and Poststructuralism.” In Art History, the Basics. New York, Routledge, 2008. (on Bb) |
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Wed.Nov. 13: |
Extra credit assignment: WordPress |
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Mon. Nov. 18: |
Methodology: Postmodern theories I |
1.(read pages 63-77) Allen, Graham. “The Death of the Author.” Roland Barthes. New York, Routledge, 2003. Internet Archive. https://ia800605.us.archive.org/12/items/RolandBarthesRoutledge/Roland%20Barthes%20routledge.pdf 2. Tate. “Postmodernism.” Accessed November 12, 2019. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/postmodernism
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Wed. Nov. 20: |
Writing Lab |
Paper #3: Comparative Analysis (sculpture) due. Bb upload by 11:59 pm |
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Mon. Nov. 25: |
Methodology: Postmodern theories II |
(read pages 192-212) Pooke, Grant and Diana Newall.“Globalized Perspectives and Proximities.” In Art History: The Basic. London and New York: Routledge 2008. (on Bb) |
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Wed. Nov. 27: |
Term paper topic presentations; Review sample term papers |
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December |
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Mon. Dec. 2: |
Writing Lab |
Extra Credit via Bb due. |
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Wed. Dec. 4: |
Writing Lab |
Term Paper: Stage 1 (Working Thesis; Rough Outline; Annotated Bibliography) due. Bb upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Sat. Dec. 7: |
Paper #3 -Comparative Analysis (sculpture) (Final Draft) REWRITE due (optional). Bb upload by 11:59 pm |
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Mon. Dec. 9: |
Writing Lab |
Term Paper: Stage 1 REWRITE due (optional) (Working Thesis; Rough Outline; Annotated Bibliography) . Bb upload by 11:59 pm. |
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Wed. Dec. 11: |
Last Day of classes |
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Wed. Dec. 18: |
Term Paper: Stage 2 due. Bb upload by 11:59 pm. Late submissions will not be accepted. |
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