Course Detail

AH 201 History of Art I

AH 201 IS Sec 2, University of Mississippi
[See UM Catalog for Description]

3 credit hours

Instructor Information:

Instructor name:
Louise Arizzoli, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art

Instructor Information:
Louise Arizzoli teaches a variety of art history courses for the Art and Art History department at the University of Mississippi.

She received her PhD in Art History from Indiana University in 2013, with a specialization in the history of collections in America, as well as Renaissance and Baroque European Art. She also holds an MA in art history from Indiana University and an MA from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, with a focus on museum studies.

Prior to joining the University of Mississippi in the Spring of 2013, she was Acting Curator for Western Art before 1800 at the Indiana University Art Museum.

arizzol@olemiss.edu

Contact Information:

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Course Description

This 16-lesson Independent Study course is a chronological and thematic survey of the art, architecture, and artifacts of world civilizations of the ancient through medieval eras. A variety of cultural issues, aesthetic styles, contextual perspectives, artists, and exemplary works of art will be examined and considered.

Textbook Information:

Textbook information will be provided upon enrollment in your iStudy course.

Course Objectives:

Objectives (but are not limited to):

1. developing an artistic vocabulary for critical thinking as relates to the visual arts
2. understanding the processes by which art is produced
3. evaluating the formal and expressive content of art
4. learning proper historical perspectives for the original contexts of works of art
5. introducing the fundamentals of connoisseurship, and facilitating the recognition of masterworks

Course Outline:

This course consists of 16 instructional modules, 1 final project, and 3 proctored exams.

You MUST complete the syllabus quiz as soon as you have access to your Blackboard course. This is mandatory to verify your attendance.

*  NOTE: you must pass the Syllabus and Orientation Quiz for the course materials to appear on the Lessons page.

LESSON

Reading Assignments

Due for Grades

Pacing guide to complete the course in one semester

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*You MUST complete the syllabus quiz as soon as you have access to your Blackboard course. This is mandatory to verify your attendance.*NOTE: you must pass the Syllabus and Orientation Quiz for the course materials to appear on the Lessons page.

Syllabus Quiz

Week 1

1

Introduction: What is Art History?
Chapter 1: Art in the Stone Age

Quiz

Week 1

2

Chapter 2: Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia

Quiz

Week 2

3

Chapter 3: Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra

Quiz

Week 3

4

Chapter 4: The Prehistoric Aegean

Quiz

Week 4

5

Chapter 5: Ancient Greece: Early Classical through Hellenistic Periods

Quiz

Week 5

Course Exam 1

Covers the introduction - chapter 5

To be scheduled
and completed
before proceeding

Week 5

6

Chapter 6: The Etruscans

Quiz

Week 6

7

Chapter 7: The Roman Empire

Quiz 

Week 7

8

Chapter 8: Late Antiquity
Chapter 9: Byzantium

Quiz

Week 8

MIDPOINT OF COURSE

If you are a semester student, you must reach the midpoint of your course by the date specified in your orientation information.
If you are a Flex UM student, you CANNOT WITHDRAW from this course after the lesson has been submitted.

All lesson assignments or exams needed to reach the midpoint of the course

The exact date semester students are required to reach the midpoint is specified in your information.

9

Chapter 10: The Islamic World

Quiz 

Week 9

10

Chapter 11: Early Medieval Europe

Quiz 

Week 10

Course Exam 2

Covers chapters 6-11

To be scheduled
and completed
before proceeding

Week 10

11

Chapter 12: Romanesque Europe

Quiz

Week 11

12

Chapter 13: Gothic Europe

Quiz

Week 12

13

Chapter 14: Late Medieval Italy

Quiz 

Week 13

14

Chapter 15: South and Southeast Asia before 1200

Quiz 

Week 14

15

Chapter 16: China and Korea to 1279
Chapter 17: Japan before 1333

Quiz 

Week 15

16

Chapter 18: Native American Cultures before 1300
Chapter 19: Africa before 1800

Quiz 

Week 16

Final Project

Museum Writing Assignment

To be completed
before proceeding

Week 16

Final Exam

Covers chapters 12-19

To be scheduled
and completed
to finalize credit

Week 16

Grading Information:

Grading Scale:
90 - 100% = A
80 - 89% = B
70 - 79% = C
60 - 69% = D
Below 59% = F

FAILURE TO TAKE THE FINAL EXAM WILL RESULT IN FAILURE OF THE COURSE.

You must submit the lessons required to take the course exam(s). Lessons required but not submitted will receive a grade of zero. For the final exam, all coursework must be submitted and graded.