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ARTH173: Art History from the Rococo to Contemporary Periods
SUNY University at Geneseo
Semester: Spring 2018
Where: Newton 204
When: Wednesday 4:00pm-6:30pm
Professor: Hilary Toothe
Office / hours: Brodie 225 M 1:00 – 2:00, W 2:30-3:
TA office hours/location: TBA in class and on Canvas
Email: Htoothe@geneseo.edu - I only check and respond M-F 8am-5pm
Required Text:
- Stokstad, Marilyn and Michael Cothren, Art History Portable Editions Book 6
Canvas: It is the student’s responsibility to check added materials frequently
- Professor Toothe and TA contact information and guidelines
- Syllabus / Announcements
- Slide Lists / Images
- Other supplemental readings / videos
- Bonus Museum assignment requirements
- Grades
Course Description
This course will examine the major artists and artistic developments in painting and sculpture in the
Europe and the United States from the Rococo to Contemporary periods. We will study the position of the art
in society, the ways in which various cultures have used the visual arts and the multitude of ideas that art
served to express. Students will become familiar with both individual works of art as well as general
developments in style in light of political, religious, economic, social and cultural trends. Through lectures,
supplemental material, students will be able to analyze the significance of creativity in their own lives and
culture as well as in diverse past and present societies.
The bulk of information with which I will provide for you during lecture may not be found in your
textbooks, providing you with points of view either absent from or different from your text. This is to
expand your knowledge beyond what is presented to you in your textbook.
You will…
- Acquire competence in the historical, social and political contexts in which art was made
- Build an awareness of the approach and methodology of art history as a discipline
- Develop critical thinking and writing skills. This class emphasizes oral and written communication- be
prepared to speak and write.
- Achieve an appreciation of and ability to analyze aesthetic qualities of art
Caution! This college level course and its content are intended for mature individuals; adults with the
capacity to responsibly manage their own thoughts, feelings and actions.
Slide list and Images
- You will be provided a slide list on Canvas and you are required to print and bring the slide list to
every class. A slide list is a guide for both the lecture sequence and to the works that may appear in
class. Images of those works discussed in class will be posted alongside the corresponding slide list.
You are responsible for these images as well as information presented in the textbook for papers.
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Requirements
- Unit 1 Paper (7-10 pages) 25%
- Unit 2 Paper (10-12 pages) 2 5%
- Group Presentation 10%
- Final Presentation 40%
- Museum Extra Credit (5-7 pages, no draft) Extra 5 points added to your Final Presentation.
(Directions and guidelines located on Canvas)
A = 95-100% A = Superior Work – mastery of the material
A- = 94 - 90
B+ = 89- 87 B = Excellent Work – thorough understanding
B = 86 - 84
B- = 83 - 80
C+ = 79- 77 C = Average Work - Basic understanding
C = 76 - 74
C = 73 - 70
D+ = 69- 67 D = inferior but passing – some understanding
D = 66- 64
D- = 63 - 60
Anything below a 60 = Failing Work
GRADING IS NOT BASED ON A CURVE, YOU EARN WHAT YOU EARN! GRADE GRUBBING AT THE END OF
THE SEMSTER WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
Papers
There will be 2 comprehensive papers – one paper each course unit. Papers are not structured as a platform
to show your ability to recite facts, instead, they should analyze the material covered in lecture and the
textbook. The papers are a way to show your knowledge of content, cultural and historical context, formal
elements, and other art historical significance of each work learned from lectures, textbook, and
supplemental material.
Given the weight on your grade, you will be assigned a group (groups are posted in Canvas) so you can
share your paper with your groupmates and receive comments. In addition, each paper will require 2 drafts-
one submitted to your groupmates and another submitted to me or your TA. I will then make comments and
suggestions in anticipation for your final submission. More details regarding the papers are posted in
Canvas.
Presentations
More information will be posted on Canvas soon on possible topics. The Final presentation will be a topic of
your choice but must be between 10 - 15 minutes in duration.
- This is an Art History course, it cannot be avoided and it is expected that you learn all images from
lecture and all Art historical elements from which the artwork are.
Overall Expectations
- Read and understand the requirements laid out in the syllabus and course materials on Canvas
- Come to class, it is essential and required! Bring slide list to every class.
- Students are expected to learn all images from lecture and follow along in the textbook.
- Lateness or emailed versions of assignments are not accepted
- Computer/printer problems are not an acceptable excuse for incomplete or missing work.
- Violence on any level will result in expulsion from the class.
- Rudeness, harassment, improper language, walking around or immature activity that creates
distraction or takes focus away from the mission of education will result in expulsion from the class.
- Respect your other classmates and me!
- It is okay to laugh at my cheesy jokes!
- Have a positive attitude and have fun!
- If you need help with course content contact my TAs, a tutor, or myself before it’s too late.
Disability services
Accommodations: SUNY Geneseo will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented
physical, emotional or cognitive disabilities. Students should contact the Director in the Office of Disability
Services (Tabitha Buggie-Hunt, 106A Erwin) and their faculty to discuss needed accommodations as early as
possible in the semester. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm all arrangements.
Student Academic Dishonesty Policy And Procedures
Academic dishonesty includes cheating, knowingly providing false information, plagiarizing, and any other
form of academic misrepresentation. For more information go to Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism
through the Office of the Dean at www.geneseo.edu/dean_office/dishonesty
Cancelations / Severe Weather
Students must be aware of severe weather conditions and how they and class could be affected.
Students will be notified ahead of time if class has been cancelled via email if class is cancelled.
Further information: www.geneseo.edu
VERY IMPORTANT
It is the student’s responsibility to keep this syllabus and be fully aware of the ALL the information within
the text including guidelines, policies, assignments and due dates. It is also their responsibility to ask
questions if needed to clarify anything. Ignorance is not a defense in not knowing the syllabus or course
calendar.
This is a college level course and its content is intended for mature individuals; adults with the capacity to
responsibly manage their own thoughts, feelings and actions. By enrolling and continuing in this class, the
student agrees to reading, understanding, and adhering to all the policies, guidelines, and rules set forth in
this syllabus, which is also subject to change.
Tentative Spring 2018 Course Schedule below
Date Requirements Due
Jan 17 Syllabus / Introduction
Jan 24
Chapter 30 - SL1 and SL2 18
th
th Century Art in Europe and USA
Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism
Jan 31
Feb 7
Chapter 31 – SL3, SL4, SL
Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau,
Sculpture
Draft for Paper 1 due
Feb 14
Paper 1 DUE
Feb 21
Feb 28 Draft for Paper 2 DUE
Mar 7 Group Presentation
Mar 14
SPRING BREAK! NO CLASS!
Mar 21 Ch. 32^ –^ SL6 20^
th century Modernism
French Expressionism, German Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism,
Dada, Surrealism, American Art
Paper 2 DUE
Mar 28
Apr 4
Apr 11
Apr 18
Ch. 33 – SL7 International scene 1950 + Fantastic - Installation
MUSEUM PAPER DUE
(Late papers WILL NOT be accepted)
Apr 25
May 9 FINAL Presentation Wednesday May 9
th 7:00-9:30 FINAL Presentation
