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Ringling College of Art and Design Course Syllabus Spring 2009Mission of the College:

Ringling College of Art and Design recognizes that artists and designers play asignificant role in society. The school's primary mission is to provide programs leadingto a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree that prepare students to be discerning visual thinkersand ethical practitioners in their chosen area of art and design.

Instructor: Office phone: Email:

Daphne L.Rosenzweig(941) 309-5037 drosenzw@ringling.edu

CoursePrefix:Coursenumber:Section: Course Title: CreditHours:

AH 192 03 Development of Euro-WesternArt & Ideas (II)3

Building: Room: Meeting days and times:

Goldstein 05 Thursday 8:30 – 11:15 am

Course Description:

The chronological development of Euro-Western Art and Architecture considers thehistorical, cultural, and intellectual concepts that inform the creation andcomprehension of the visual arts. This course is a required, introductory art historicalstudy of the Euro-Western painting, sculpture, and architecture from the RenaissanceEra through the Post-Modern Era. South Asian and Japanese art also will beintroduced. This lecture course will provide the student with an appreciation andunderstanding of the art historical perspective with an emphasis upon the “zeitgeist” or spirit of the era in which the artists created their work. Prerequisite: AH 191 orequivalent.

Course Objectives:

The course objectives for students are as follows:

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Ability to identify a work of art by title, artist, stylistic period, and school.

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Ability to compare and contrast specific works of art in terms of purpose,meaning, iconography, style, compositional organization, and historicalsignificance.

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Understand the designated artistic themes and how themes are variouslyexpressed and interpreted in different stylistic components of the course.

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Identify aesthetic criteria as they apply to different works of art.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, students should develop the following competencies:

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Demonstrate the ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate works of art.

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Demonstrate an understanding of differences in cultures and societies.

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Demonstrate responsibility for independent learning and perseverance towardsgoal attainment.

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Recognize the social and ethical responsibility of creating art and design.

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Show an ability to discern artistic merit of diverse forms of art in their contexts.

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Be able to defend critical interpretations concerning the significance of artisticexpression.

Course Outline:

See course schedule at end of syllabus, page 6.

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Grading Policies:

Attendance policy:

Regular and timely class attendance is MANDATORY. Classonly meets once a week. There is a wealth of information,to be presented in chronological fashion. Missing a classinterrupts the systematic development of your studies.Class will begin promptly at 8:30 am. Because late arrivalsare disruptive, you are expected to be in class on time. If for some reason you must be late, enter by the back dooronly. If, during the course of the semester, too manystudents are arriving late, the doors will be locked routinelyat the beginning of each class session and there will be nolate admittance. Any student who is consistently late willhave his or her grade lowered.Attendance will be taken each class. At the beginning of each class, pick up your folder from the alphabetized boxby the back entrance to the classroom. At the end of class,you will turn this folder in to the instructor directly. Onlythe student whose name is on the folder may hand thatfolder in. There will be a break in the middle of class, butclass folders may not be picked up or handed in at thattime. Do NOT write on the attendance sheet stapled toyour folder; only the instructor will make entries on theattendance sheet.Class absences may be excused for reasons of health,family emergencies or legal requirements; however, a notefrom a doctor or the office of the Dean of Students isrequired to gain excused absences. Please be aware thatonly two unexcused absences are allowed in this class.Each unexcused absence thereafter lowers your final gradeby one-half of a letter grade. Students are responsible formaterial presented in each class as well as any outsidework required for each class.

Assignment Criteria:

In Liberal Arts Program courses at the Ringling College of Art and Design, all writing assignments (reports, quizzes,response papers, essays, essay questions on exams,research papers, etc.) are expected to be appropriatelyorganized and coherent, and demonstrate a command of Standard English. Research should be consistently andappropriately documented in accordance with a prescribedformat. For clarification of Standard English issues, anddocumentation formats, see

Keys for Writers

(FourthEdition), by Ann Raimes.

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Required Work:

1) Completion of all required readings, and meaningfulclass participation based on the readings, CD-ROM studyguides, and websites which may be introduced in certainclasses.2) There will be three mandatory examinations. These arenon-cumulative exams and will cover required chapters inthe Gardner text as well as information introduced in class.The exams will include identification of selected works of art and term identification from the Gardner text. SLDstudents may have tests read to them; please notify theinstructor in advance for this accommodation. The threeexams are scheduled as follows:First exam: week five (2/12/09)Second exam: week ten (3/26/09)Third exam: week fifteen (4/30/09)Students are expected to complete three exams on thedates stated in the syllabus. It is the student’sresponsibility to ensure that all tests have been completed.If you are ill the date of the exam, you must call or e-mailme prior to the time of the exam and submit an acceptablewritten excuse (documentation from a doctor, proof of emergency) upon return to class. Makeup exams will begiven by the week following the scheduled date in thesyllabus; see instructor to schedule. Students lacking anexam will forfeit the appropriate percentage points.First and second exams: in-class exams, includingidentification of works of art and terms; for works, knowartist’s name, title of work, date, school and medium, andbe able to discuss several important features of the work.At the end of each class, we will review the material whichwe have covered that day in your text and note therequired works and terms; be sure to bring your textbookto each class.The third exam will be a short in-class test together with aprepared essay based on a visit to the Ringling Museum;specifics will be handed out later in the semester.

Course Grade:

1) First and second exam (35% each, total 70% of grade).2) Third exam (25% of grade).3) Regular and timely class attendance and participationalso affects grade (5% of grade).