INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE ART ARTHIST 261 SPRING 2016 Rembrandt van Rijn, Mili$a Company of District II Under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, a.k.a., The Nightwatch. 1642. Lecturer: Katherine Minerath Contact: [email protected] / 414-­‐218-­‐3909 Office hours: Online chat on D2L site, Tuesdays 1:30-­‐2:30pm and on campus by appointment. Required books: None. All required readings will be posted on the course D2L site. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES About this course Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio, GenSleschi, Velázquez. These are just a few of the arSsts we’ll encounter in IntroducSon to Baroque Art. The Baroque Period began around the year 1600, and conSnued into the first part of the 18th century. It was notable as a Sme of exploraSon and experimentaSon — not only in the arts, but in science, economics, religion, social philosophy, and many other areas of human endeavor. In this course, we will see how arSsts, sculptors, and architects transformed the visual culture of their Sme in response to profound changes, new a^tudes, and provocaSve ideas emerging in Italy, Spain, Flanders, the Netherlands, England, and France. This course saSsfies the GER HumaniSes Requirement. INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE ART ARTHIST 261 SPRING 2016 Course Material There is not an assigned textbook for this course. Readings, handouts, and links to online resources will be posted on D2L, in addiSon to recorded lecture segments and slides. Course ObjecMves As part of UWM's ongoing assessment project, the Art History faculty has developed a set of objecSves for all courses taught in our department. Our Art History courses are intended to: 1. Foster an appreciaSon of art in its myriad forms and, in so doing, increase sensiSvity to cultural diversity and to the ways in which the past has shaped the present. 2. Teach skills in visual analysis and criScal thinking that are useful for a lifeSme. 3. Require students to hone their wrifen communicaSon skills. HumaniMes DistribuMon GER Criteria (Rev. 2012) 4.2 HumaniMes (a) DefiniSon: The academic disciplines that invesSgate human constructs and values, as opposed to those that invesSgate natural and physical processes, and those concerned with the development of basic or professional skills. The humanisSc disciplines–such as art history, history, language and literature, philosophy, religious studies, film and media studies–are concerned with quesSons, issues, and concepts basic to the formaSon of character and the establishment of values in a human context. They also provide literary, aestheSc, and intellectual experiences that enrich and enlighten human life. In these courses, students will use humanisSc means of inquiry, such as: the criScal use of sources and evaluaSon of evidence, the exercise of judgment and expression of ideas, and the organizaSon, logical analysis, and creaSve use of substanSal bodies of knowledge in order to approach the subject of study. (b) Criteria: Courses saSsfying this requirement shall incorporate criterion 1 and at least one other of the following learning outcomes. Students will be able to: 1. idenSfy the formaSon, tradiSons, and ideas essenSal to major bodies of historical, cultural, literary, or philosophical knowledge; and 2. respond coherently and persuasively to the materials of humaniSes study; this may be through logical, textual, formal, historical, or aestheSc analysis, argument and/or interpretaSon; or 3. apply diverse humanisSc theories or perspecSves to other branches of knowledge or to issues of universal human concern. INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE ART ARTHIST 261 SPRING 2016 UW System Shared Learning Goals 1. Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Natural World including breadth of knowledge and the ability to think beyond one’s discipline, major, or area of concentraSon. This knowledge can be gained through the study of the arts, humaniSes, languages, sciences, and social sciences. 2. CriScal and CreaSve Thinking Skills including inquiry, problem solving, and higher-­‐order qualitaSve and quanStaSve reasoning. 3. EffecSve CommunicaSon Skills including listening, speaking, reading, wriSng, and informaSon literacy. 4. Intercultural Knowledge and Competence including the ability to interact and work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures; to lead or contribute support to those who lead; and to empathize with and understand those who are different than they are. 5. Individual, Social, and Environmental Responsibility including civic knowledge and engagement (both local and global), ethical reasoning, and acSon. GER HumaniMes Rubric INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE ART ARTHIST 261 SPRING 2016 Students Needing Special Assistance If any student needs special assistance, please discuss your requirements with the Student Accessibility Center and let the instructor know of any accommodaSons. Class Format and Requirements This course takes place enSrely online through our course site on D2L. There are five components of the course that you should pay parScular afenSon to each week: lectures, readings, discussions, quizzes, and essays. Lectures The class takes place enSrely online and allows you to view lectures at your own pace throughout their posted schedule. The lectures are available through the D2L site, and no addiSonal somware is needed to access the material. Typically, there will be 4 to 8 lecture segments to view each week. View these presentaSons just as you would a lecture in a face-­‐to-­‐
face class, taking notes on key points. The lecture slides will be available as PDF files to facilitate note taking and prinSng of the images. Readings Required readings will be posted in PDF format in the Content secSon. These will be excerpted from textbooks, journals, and primary sources. It will be important to stay current on the readings, as these will omen be part of the discussion boards, a required and graded part of the course. Discussions The class will be organized into discussion groups of approximately 10 people. You will be automaScally assigned to a group for the duraSon of the semester. Discussions will usually happen on a bi-­‐weekly basis. There will be a discussion topic posted that pertains to assigned readings, websites, or other key concepts in the course. You’ll write a response to the quesSons presented and post that to the discussion forum. Your first posts are due by Thursday of the week they are assigned. An acceptable response will fully discuss all components of the given quesSon, and will be at least 150 words long. AddiSonally, you are required to respond to at least two of your colleagues’ posts in a meaningful way. This can take the form of adding informaSon, asking a quesSon, or even respecoully disagreeing. Please do not just reiterate someone else’s thoughts or simply state that you thought their post was “good” or “interesSng;” a discussion response that will receive full credit is one that adds to the dialogue in a meaningful way. These posts must be completed by Sunday during the week they are assigned. It is expected that we will all communicate courteously on the discussion board, just as we would normally in a face-­‐to-­‐face class. Keep in mind that in the online environment, we don’t INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE ART ARTHIST 261 SPRING 2016 have the usually cues of tone of voice or body language, so be judicious in the use of sarcasm or statements that could be misunderstood in their meaning. Quizzes There will be four mulSple choice quizzes during the semester, as noted on the course schedule. The quizzes will be 25 quesSons each, and you will have 30 minutes to complete each quiz. The material will be taken from the lectures, readings, and discussion assignments. You may take the quiz anySme during the week it is posted, but make sure you are prepared to begin and finish it in one session, as you cannot end or start over once you begin. You may use notes during the quiz, but pay close afenSon to the Sme limit, as you will not be able to spend Sme looking up every answer during the allofed Sme. Essays There will be four essay assignments during the semester. More informaSon on these papers will be given during the weeks they are assigned, but they will follow a format of 2-­‐3 pages (approx. 1000-­‐1500 words) addressing specific images or quesSons. GRADES Grades will be entered online, so you can easily keep track of your scores on assignments throughout the semester. Your final grade will be calculated on a points basis. Each part you are graded on has equal weight, so you’ll want to be sure to accumulate as many points as possible and keep up with the work each week. AcMvity 10 weeks of graded discussions, each worth 10 points total See below for further breakdown of discussion points Accumulated points = 100 points 4 quizzes 25 mul$ple choice ques$ons, quizzes are worth 50 points each = 200 points 4 essays Each essay is worth 50 points Total possible point for the course = 200 points -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐ 500 points INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE ART ARTHIST 261 SPRING 2016 Grading Scale The final course grade will be calculated according to the following scale: Final Course Points
Grade
Percentage
463-­‐500
A
93-­‐100
448-­‐462
A-­‐
90-­‐92
438-­‐447
B+
88-­‐89
413-­‐437
B
83-­‐87
398-­‐412
B-­‐
80-­‐82
388-­‐397
C+
78-­‐79
363-­‐387
C
73-­‐77
348-­‐362
C-­‐
70-­‐72
338-­‐347
D+
68-­‐69
313-­‐337
D
63-­‐67
296-­‐312
D-­‐
60-­‐62
0-­‐295
F
0-­‐59
Grading for discussion boards Each topic is worth a total of 10 points. You will need to make an iniSal response to the discussion quesSon by Thursday of the week it is assigned, and can receive up to 6 points for your iniSal post: • 5-­‐6 points for an answer meriSng an ‘A’ grade • 3-­‐4 points for an answer meriSng a ‘B’ grade • 1-­‐2 points for an answer meriSng a ‘D’ or ‘C’ grade • 0 points for work not completed Four addiSonal points are possible when you post a response to someone else’s work on the discussion board. You will receive 1 or 2 points, depending on the quality of your posts, provided at least two are substanSal and meaningful posts that advance the dialogue. For an example, please see the “Sample Discussion Forum” on the D2L site. Late Work Discussion boards and quizzes must be completed during the weeks they are assigned; there are no make-­‐ups except in the case of substan'ated emergencies. Technical difficulMes are not emergencies. Plan accordingly so you may use computers on campus, in a library, or elsewhere if needed to complete your work in a Mmely manner. Essays will be accepted only up to two weeks late. They will lose 2 points per day for lateness. Keep in mind that the essays are only worth 50 points each, so a deducSon of 2 points per day adds up very quickly. Again, technical difficulMes are not an acceptable reason for lateness, so plan accordingly to submit your work before the deadline. INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE ART ARTHIST 261 SPRING 2016 D2L COMPONENTS Because this course is conducted enSrely online through D2L, it is vitally important that you log in regularly to the site. In the event of any technical difficulMes with D2L, contact the Help Desk at 414-­‐229-­‐4040 or [email protected]. The following informaSon will describe these important pages: Content, Dropbox, Discussions, Quizzes, Grades, and Chat, which are all accessible from the course homepage. Content This is where course documents, such as the syllabus, will be posted. And, even more importantly, this is where you’ll find the new lectures and readings each week. Discussions This is where you will parScipate in the weekly discussions. You can also see the Sample Discussion Forum here. Links Links to art historical research resources, museums, local art venues, plus arSsts’ sites for our weekly topics are located here. Quizzes This is where the quizzes will be located. Each will need to be taken during a specific window of Sme (i.e., one week), and once the test is begun, it cannot be restarted. Dropbox This is where you will submit your essay assignments as required. Grades You can check your scores here for discussions, essays, and quizzes. Be aware that the class is organized into mulMple discussion groups. You’ll only see your score for your posts in your discussion group, though headings for the other discussion groups are visible. Online Ofc Hours Chat This is where office hours will be held. This is a general and open chat, which means that it is visible to all students in this course. If you have a private quesSon (grades, etc.), please contact the instructor by email to discuss or to arrange a specific Sme for an online chat or in-­‐person meeSng on campus. INTRODUCTION TO BAROQUE ART ARTHIST 261 SPRING 2016 COURSE SCHEDULE Our regular course week goes from 12:01am Monday – 11:59pm Sunday. New material will automaScally be posted on Mondays. Old material such as lectures and readings will not be removed from the site, and will conSnue to be available for review. WEEK
1
DATES
Jan. 25-­‐31
TOPIC
TASKS
IntroducSon to the class and art Lecture Set 1 historical terminology / Discussion 1
Preceding contexts – The Renaissance and Mannerism / The Carracci
2
Feb. 1-­‐7
The talented and tumultuous Caravaggio /Followers of Caravaggio: the CaravaggisS 3
Feb. 8-­‐14
4
Feb. 15-­‐21
EmoSon and moSon in the Lecture Set 3 sculpture of Gianlorenzo Bernini
Baroque architecture in Italy
Lecture Set 4 Discussion 3 5
Feb. 22-­‐28
12
Apr. 18-­‐24
Lecture Set 2 Discussion 2 Essay 1 assigned IntroducSon to Spanish Baroque / MysScism, Mystery and El Greco
Feb. 29-­‐Mar. Ge^ng Real: Naturalism in 6
Spanish Baroque Lecture Set 5 Essay 1 Due by 11:59pm 2/28 Quiz 1
6
Lecture Set 6 Discussion 4 Essay 2 assigned 7
Mar. 7-­‐12
The Victory of Diego Velázquez / Lecture Set 7 Peter Paul Rubens, ArSsSc Rock Star Spring Break March 13-­‐20
8
Mar. 21-­‐27
Rubens conSnued… / PainSng Lecture Set 8 Royalty with Antony Van Dyck Discussion 5 Essay 2 due by 11:59pm 3/27
9
Mar. 28-­‐Apr. Something for everyone: Lecture Set 9 3
Landscape, sSll life, and genre Essay 3 assigned painSng in Flanders
10
Apr. 4-­‐10
IntroducSon to Dutch Baroque / Lecture Set 10 Frans Hals Discussion 6 Quiz 2
11
Apr. 11-­‐17
Rags, Riches, and Rembrandt
Lecture Set 11 Vermeer / Dutch genre painSngs and sSll life
Lecture Set 12 Discussion 7 Essay 3 due by 11:59pm 4/24
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14
ARTHIST 261 Apr. 25-­‐May 1 IntroducSon to English Baroque in Architecture / 17th-­‐century painSng May 2-­‐8
French Baroque with various painters SPRING 2016 Lecture Set 13 Essay 4 assigned Quiz 3
Lecture Set 14 Discussion 8 15
May 9-­‐15
Baroque architecture in France Lecture Set 15 and beyond Discussion 9
16
May 16-­‐20
Final exam week Discussion 10 Quiz 4 Essay 4 due by 11:59pm 5/20