Art 1010
“Art history and Its Meaning” (57520)
Contact Information
Prof. Natalie Greenberg
Mo We 12:50 – 2:05 3129 Boylan
Email: Natalie.Greenberg@Brooklyn.CUNY.edu
Office Hours – Wed 12:00 – 12:30 or by appointment Room 5307
Description
This class is an introduction to the study of art and its history from ancient times to the present. In this course, we will study the history of Western art, beginning with the first objects created by prehistoric humans around 20,000 years ago and ending with the art and architecture of contemporary times.
The information presented in this course will provide you with the tools to recognize important works of art and historical styles, as well as to understand the historical context and cultural developments of Western art history through the end of the modern period. Introductory readings paired with detailed lectures will provide you with a well-rounded sense of the history, art, and culture of the West up through modern times.
At the end of this course, you will be able to identify key works of art and artistic periods in Western history. You will also be able to discuss the development of stylistic movements and relate those developments to important historical events.
Course Syllabus Art1010_Syllabus
View Course Schedule – BC COURSE SCHEDULE- Spring 2019
Museum Paper Due Monday Nov 25th IN CLASS TO ME BC-Museum-visit-paper- (3)
Writing Assignments
- Writing Assignment #1 Due on Monday September 9th
- Writing Assignment #2– Due on Monday October 7th
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Writing Assignment #3- Due on Monday November 11th – see Realism
NOTE: If you cannot open the link to the reading, please send me an email and I will send you a PDF of the reading.
Course Units
Image list for Exam #2 on November 4th
Romanesque and Gothic Art
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral Jamb figures
Barcelona Haggadah
Renaissance Art
Giotto- Arena Chapel – Meeting at the Golden gate
Masaccio- Holy Trinity
Lorenzetti- Peaceful City
Donatello – David
Leonardo da Vinci- Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci- The Last Supper
Jan Van Eyck- Arnolfini Wedding
Michelangelo- David
Michelangelo – Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo- Creation of Adam
Raphael- Philosophy ( School of Athens)
Titian- The Venus of Urbino
16th century and Baroque
El Greco- The Burial of Count Orgaz
Bernini- David
Caravaggio- The Calling of Saint Matthew
Gentilischi- Judith Slaying Holofernes
17th Century
Velasquez- Las Meninas
Vermeer- The Love Letter
Poussin- Burial of Phocian
18th Century
Jacques Louis David, Oaths of Horatii
Ingres, Apotheosis of Homer
Ingres, Grande Odalisque
Goya, Third of May, 1808
Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
Turner, The Slave Ship
Church, Twilight in the Wilderness