Course Detail

AH 202 History of Art II

AH 202 IS Sec 1, 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 medieval through the modern 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 include (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 examinations.

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

0

Introduction

Discussion board

Week 1

1

Chapter 14: Late Medieval

Quiz

Week 1

2

Chapter 20: Late Medieval and Early Renaissance in Northern Europe

Quiz

Week 2

3

Chapter 21: Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Quiz

Week 3

4

Chapter 22: Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

Quiz

Week 4

5

Chapter 23: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe

Quiz

Week 5

Course Exam 1

Covers lessons 1-5

To be scheduled
and completed
before proceeding

Week 5

6

Chapter 24: Baroque in Italy and Spain

Quiz

Week 6

7

Chapter 25: Baroque in Northern Europe

Quiz

Week 7

8

Chapter 26: Rococo and Neoclassicism

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 27: Romanticism, Realism, and Photography

Quiz

Week 9

10

Chapter 28: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Quiz

Week 10

Course Exam 2

Covers lessons 6-10

To be scheduled
and completed
before proceeding

Week 10

11

Chapter 29: Modernism in Europe and America 1900-1945

Quiz

Week 11

12

Chapter 30: Modernism in Europe and America 1945-1980
*NOTE: chapter 31 is not covered in this course

Quiz

Week 12

13

Chapter 32: South and Southeast Asia

Quiz

Week 13

14

Chapters 33 and 34: China and Japan

Quiz

Week 14

15

Chapter 35: Native American Cultures

Quiz

Week 15

16

Chapters 36 and 37: Oceania and Africa

Quiz

Week 16

Final Project

Museum Writing Assignment

To be completed before proceeding

Week 17

Final Exam

Covers lessons 11-16

To be scheduled
and completed
before proceeding

Week 17

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.