Syllabus

Syllabus

Mount Saint Mary College

Enjoying Modern Art Course Syllabus

Course Number:        ART4017                                                        Credits:          3         

Course Title:              Enjoying Modern Art            

Professor:                  Gary Jacketti

Office Hours:             Tuesday, Thursday before or after class

email:                         gjac4166@my.msmc.edu

Text:           The Annotated Mona Lisa 3rd Edition, Carol Strickland

ISBN 13: 978-1449482138

blog:                            modernart2020msmc.blogspot.com

Class Times:              Tue/Thu, 6:00 to 7:45

Course                         Course Outcomes:  The objective of this course is to introduce and understand the concepts, theories and movements associated with modern art.  They will develop an understanding of the reasoning and time in the context of art history.  This will occur with slide presentations, documentaries and movies associated with the period and artists.  The students will be introduced to the various techniques and mediums and explore projects related to the various Modern Art movements.  They will also be able to recognize the difference between modern and contemporary art through readings, discussions, blogs, presentations and 1 required field trips.

Grading and Evaluation Students will need to complete 4 digital projects, post weekly to the class blog, and take a midterm and final examination covering the materials and history in the text.  Attendance is mandatory.  Three unexcused missed classes will result in the dropping of the letter grade by 1, 5 absences the grade will be lowered by 2.  I will evaluate the content as follows:

Midterm Exam              25%

Blog Posts                    20%

Projects                        20%

Final Exam                   35%

Division of Arts and Letters Grading Policy

Points	Grade Equivalent	Quality Points	Meaning
100-95	A	4.0	Superior
94-90	A-	3.67	Outstanding
89-87	B+	3.33	Excellent
86-83	B	3.0	Very Good
82-80	B-	2.67	Good
79-77	C+	2.33	Above Average
76-73	C	2.0	Average
72-70	C-	1.67	Below Average
69-65	D+	1.33	Poor
64-60	D	1.0	Passing
59-0	F	0.0	Failing

Blog

This is a group experiment, and this will be a work in progress.  The idea is to be actively involved in the reporting of the arts in the media, i.e. newspapers, magazines and the web.  We will then post these ideas to create a body of research and ideas directly published on the web.

Projects

The students will be introduced to projects using a variety of mediums designed to synthesize, understand and interpret the movements associated with the movements of Modern Art.

Exams

There will be two exams in this course which will cover materials from the text and the lectures.   

Course Schedule and Readings

Week 1                                                Introduction, Review of Syllabus, Q & A, Overview of Western Art

Birth of Photography  92

Impressionism 96

Post Impressionism  112

Media: Vincent and Theo

Week 2                                                

Symbolism 124

20th Century Modern Art 128

Fauvism 130

                       

Week 3                                                

Twin Titans of 20th Century 134

Cubism 138

Expressionism 142

Media:  Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo

                                 

Week 4                                       

Dada and Surrealism 148

American Art 154

Week 5     

Abstract Expressionism 158

Media: Basquiat

                                         

Week 6                                                

The 20th Century and Beyond 168

Pop Art 174

Final Critiques and Exam