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Key to abbreviations for assignments listed on this page: |
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| CTAH | Nelson, Robert S. and Richard Shiff, eds. Critical Terms for Art History |
| AAH | Preziosi, Donald, ed. The Art of Art History |
| SGWAH | Barnett, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing About Art History, 10th edition |
| TBA | To be announced |
| Online | You can access several of the readings below online; just click on the hyperlink for that reading. If a reading is not hyperlinked, it is only available in the texts listed above. Note that the online readings are PDF files, readable only via Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you may download it for free at http://www.adobe.com |
Please note: this syllabus is subject to change with notice.
January 12
| Readings: | CTAH Introduction by Robert S. Nelson, "Mediation" (ix-xii) |
| CTAH Afterword by Richard Shiff, "Figuration" (479-485) | |
| SGWAH Sylvan Barnett, A Short Guide to Writing About Art
History (Skim through the entire book, especially if you have never studied or written an academic paper about art.) |
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| Assignment: | Bring your Introduction Form to our first class meeting |
January 19
| Readings: | CTAH 13 Charles Harrison, "Modernism" (188-201) |
| CTAH 8 Paul Mattick, Jr. "Context" (110-127) | |
| Skim CTAH 12 David Carrier, "Art History" (174-187) | |
| Assignment: | Response Paper 1 due |
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January 26
| Readings: | AAH Caroll Duncan, "The Art Museum as Ritual" (424-434) |
| CTAH 27 Donald Preziosi "Collecting/Museums" (407-418) | |
| Field trip: | Meet at High Museum of Art (1280 Peachtree Street, Atlanta 404-733-HIGH) at 5:00pm |
| 5:30-6:30pm | Docent-led gallery tour of the HMA permanent collections |
| 6:30-8:00pm | Tour of "Picasso to Warhol" Exhibit |
| Assignment: | Response Paper 2 due via email Word attachment by Monday |
February 2
| Readings: | AAH Walter Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproduction" (435-442) |
| CTAH 26 Paul Wood, "Commodity" (382-406) | |
| Assignment: | Response Paper 3 due |
February 9
| Readings: | CTAH 15 Mark Antliff and Particia Leighten, "Primitive" (217-233) |
| AAH Timothy Mitchell, "Orientalism and the Exhibitionary Other" (409-423) | |
| Presenters: | Jalisa and Tamika |
| Assignment: | Response Paper 4 due |
February 16
| Readings: | CTAH 29 Homi K. Bhabha, "Postmodernism/Postcolonialism" (435-451) |
| AAH Rey Chow, "Postmodern Automatons (367-374) | |
| Presenters: | Mike and Jeneane |
| Assignment: | Response Paper 5 due |
| Research topic proposal due (one paragraph with initial sources listed in MLA format) |
February 23
| Readings: | CTAH 20 Suzanne Preston Blier, "Ritual" (296-105) |
| Review readings on Postmodernism, Postcolonialism, Orientalism, Primitive, Art Museum as Ritual... others... | |
| Study the Odyssey Online website for both Ancient Greece and Ancient Americas **before** the field trip and include it in your response paper in light of our readings above. | |
| Field trip: | Meet at 5:00pm at
The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University (571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta 404.727.4282) Gather at back entrance: look for the triangle entrance way across the bridge on Kilgo Circle. Don't be late! Doors will close and lock after we enter at 5p. Park in the Fishburne Deck at 1672 North Decatur Road, Atlanta 30322. Visitor parking decks are indicated with a letter P inside a red square on the Emory campus map. |
March 1
| Readings: | AAH Judith Butler, "Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory" (356-366) |
| AAH Jennifer Doyle, "Queer Wallpaper" (391-401) | |
| Presenters: | Rob and Chastity |
| Assignment: | Response Paper 6 due |
March 8
| No class during Spring Break |
March 15
| Readings: | CTAH 14 Ann Gibson, "Avant-garde" (202-216, okay to skim pp. 205-207) |
| CTAH 22 Margaret Olin, "Gaze" (318-329) |
| Field trip: | Meet at High Museum of Art (1280 Peachtree Street, Atlanta 404-733-HIGH) at 5:00pm |
| 5:00-7:00pm | Docent-led gallery tour of the HMA permanent collections |
| 7:00-8:00pm | Valerie Cassel Oliver lecture, "Black Performance" at 7:00pm in the Hill Auditorium |
March 22
| Readings: | CTAH 3 Michael Camille, "Simulacrum" (35-50) |
| Field trip: | Meet at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (535 Means Street NW, Atlanta 404-688-1970) at 5:00pm |
| 5:00-6:00pm | Gallery talk with Curator Stuart Horodner |
| 6:30-8:00pm | Guided tour of Current Exhibitions |
March 29
| Readings: | AAH Amelia Jones, "'Every Man Knows Where and How Beauty Gives Him Pleasure': Beauty Discourse and the Logic of Aesthetics" (375-390) |
| CTAH 19 Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, "Ugliness" (281-295) | |
| Presenters: | Chastity and Nikki |
| Assignment: | Response Paper 7 due |
April 5
| Workshop Presentations on research projects | |
| Assignment: | Written summaries and bibliographies due |
April 12 Class canceled for conference/writing time
| Readings: | Your scholarly sources for your research paper |
| Assignment: | Write your paper and visual presentation |
April 19
| Final Presentations on research projects | |
| Assignment: | Written papers with full bibliographies due |
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April 26
| Readings: |
Research on selected artists in the private collection, including: Vito Acconci (sculpture), Richard Artschwager (painting and sculpture), Jennifer Bartlett (painting and sculpture), Louise Bourgeois (sculpture and drawing), James Casebere (photography), William Christenberry (photography and sculpture), Gregory Crewdson (photography), Katharina Fritsch (sculpture), Robert Gober (sculpture), Damien Loeb (painting), Jacco Olivier (video), Tony Oursler (video), Ed Ruscha (painting), Thomas Ruff (photography), Rachel Whiteread (sculpture) |
| Presenters: | Lisa and Rick |
| Field trip: | Meet at The wareHOUSE at 5:00pm |
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Thursday, May 3, 5:00-7:00pm in T215
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| Screen on your own before class: | Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse/The Gleaners and I (Agnes Varda 2000, France, 80 min.) |
| Reading: | Virginia Bonner, "The Radical Modesty of Agnes Varda's Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse" |
| Assignment: | Response Paper 8 due |