ART216  -  Art History Survey II: Renaissance through the 21st Cent.

Prof. Roann Barris

213 Powell; x. 6001; email: rbarris@radford.edu

Fall 2009: office hours: M W 11 - 3; other times by appt.

Artemisia Gentileschi: Self-Portrait as La Pittura, ca. 1638/9

Complete copy of course syllabus

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Topic Outline and Study Links: (links will be added throughout the semester)

WEEK

TOPIC

READING

1

Introduction; Religion and Art; pre-Renaissance Europe

Italy in the 14th century
Northern Europe in the 15th cent.

ch. 14-15; Image group 1: Italy and N. Europe, 1300-1500

2

Renaissance Italy: sacred and secular art

Italian Art in the 15th Century: Masters of Illusion

16; Image group 2: Italy in the 15th century

3

the “high” Italian renaissance: Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo

Italy in the 16th Century: Leonardo and Raphael
Michelangelo: Sculptor, Painter, Architect

17: 456-474; Image group #3: Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo

SEPT 17 

TEST 1

ANSWER KEY TO SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS, TEST 1

4

Renaissance architecture; the “other” Renaissance: Venice;  late Renaissance styles

17: 475-500; Image group 4: From Michelangelo to Mannerism

5

Northern Europe and Spain in the Reformation

Bosch and Grunewald (N. Europe in the 16th century, pt. 1);
N. Europe in the 16th century, pt. 2

18; Image group 5: N. Europe and Spain in the 16th Century

OCT 6

TEST 2: Study groups on Monday, 12:00 and 2:00, 210 Powell 

Image Groups 3 (Michelangelo slides) - 5; chapters 17 and 18

6-7

17th Century Italy and Spain

1. St. Peter's and Bernini
2. A Baroque Architect

CHALLENGE QUIZ 1

Italian and Spanish Painting; challenge 2

19; Image group 6: Italian baroque architecture and sculpture;

Image group 7: Italian and Spanish painting in the 17th century 

7

the rise of the middle class patron: Northern Europe in the 17th century

Answer Key to Parts 2 and 3 of Test 2

20: 550-568

Image Group 8: Flemish and Dutch Baroque

8

Rembrandt and Vermeer; England and France

Flemish and Dutch Baroque Painting

Baroque Versailles

Test 3 Practice Questions on Baroque Styles

20 (568 - end of chapter)

Image group 9: French and English Baroque

OCT 22

no class

Essay Format Guidelines

OCT 27

first essay due

9

From rococo to enlightenment

21; image group 10: 18th century art and architecture

NOV 3

Test 3; review sessions on Monday, Nov. 1, 12 and 2 pm, Powell 210

Practice Test Answers with Additional Study Questions

Answer Key to Part 2 of the 3rd Test

chapters 19 - 20; image groups 6 - 9

10

From neoclassicism to romanticism

22: 610-630; image group 11: 19th cent. art and arch., pt. 1

11

Realism, politics and the new media

22: 630-650; image group 12: realism and revivals in the 19th c.

12

Impressionism

23: 653-663; image group 13: Impressionism and the impressionist impulse

NOV 19

TEST 4: Practice Test and Study Guide [note that questions on realism are not on the practice test, but they will be on the real test]

Answer key to the practice test

chapters 21 - 22; image groups 10 - 12

PDF File of 4 Exemplary Essays

13

late 19th c. styles (post-impressionism), early 20th century avant-gardes

ch. 23: 663-682; 
ch. 24: 685-708

DEC 8

2nd essay due

14

From modern to postmodern

ch. 24: 716-728; ch. 25

DEC 17: Final Exam, 10:15, MG 206


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