Syllabus
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 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
|
Meaning
|
|
100-95
|
A
|
4.0
|
Superior
|
|
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: Abstract
Expressionism
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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