Survey of Western Art

Fri, Sep 6     Course introduction

Mon, Sep 9     A 16-33, Introduction
Wed, Sep 11    B 62-76, Ancient Near East, Jericho to Lagash
Fri, Sep 13    A 76-89, Ancient Near East, Babylon to Persia

Mon, Sep 16    B 90-108, Ancient Egypt, Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom
Wed, Sep 18    A 108-114, Ancient Egypt, the Middle Kingdom
Fri, Sep 20*   B 114-125, Ancient Egypt, the New Kingdom

Mon, Sep 23      Review of first assignment
Wed, Sep 25    A 126-142, Aegean Art, Cycladic Islands, Crete and the Minoans
Fri, Sep 27*   B 142-149, Aegean Art, Greece and the Mycenaeans

Mon, Sep 30    A 155-161, Ancient Greece, Geometric period
Wed, Oct 2     B 161-178, Ancient Greece, Orientalizing and Archaic periods
Fri, Oct 4*    A 178-184, Ancient Greece, Early Classical period

Mon, Oct 7     B 184-197, Ancient Greece, High Classical period
Wed, Oct 9     A 197-209, Ancient Greece, Late Classical period
Fri, Oct 11*   B 209-219, Ancient Greece, Hellenistic period

Mon, Oct 14    A 220-233, Etruscan
Wed, Oct 16      Prepared Discussion: Cave painting
Fri, Oct 18      MID TERM

Mon Oct 21       MID TERM
Wed, Oct 23    B 233-245, Roman, the Republican period
Fri, Oct 25    A 245-259, Roman, Augustan sculpture to Flavian dynasty

Mon, Oct 28    B 259-273, Roman, Early Empire
Wed, Oct 30    A 273-285, Roman, Late Empire
Fri, Nov 1*    B 286-297, Early Christian and Jewish

Mon, Nov 4     A 297-308, Early Christian, Imperial period
Wed, Nov 6     B 308-322, Early Byzantine
Fri, Nov 8*    A 323-335, Middle and Later Byzantine

Mon, Nov 11    B 336-349, Early Islamic
Wed, Nov 13    A 349-363, Later Islamic
Fri, Nov 15*   B 480-498, Early Medieval, Scandinavia, British Isles, Carolingian
Mon, Nov 18    A 498-505, Early Medieval, Ottonian
Wed, Nov 20    B 505-521, Romanesque, France and Spain, architecture, relief sculpt.
Fri, Nov 22*   A 521-530, Romanesque, France and Spain, full sculpture and painting

Mon, Nov 25    B 530-543, Romanesque, Britain, Normandy, Germany, Italy
Wed, Nov 27      THANKSGIVING
Fri, Nov 29      THANKSGIVING

Mon, Dec 2     A 544-564, Gothic, France to Amiens cathedral
Wed, Dec 4     B 564-576, Gothic, France, Reims  
Fri, Dec 6     A 576-584, Gothic, England and Spain

Mon, Dec 19    B 584-595, Gothic, Holy Roman Empire and Italian architecture
Wed, Dec 11    A 595-608, Gothic, Italian sculpture and painting

Wed, Dec 18
9.00 a.m.      Final Exam: Prepared Discussion: Gothic architectural intentions