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| Date | Topic | Stokstad reading | Website |
| Jan 21 | Introduction | ||
| Jan 23 | Art on the Rocks Introduction to Pictures & Spaces |
Chapter 1 |
required Stonehenge
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| Jan 28 | Monumentality The Ancient Near East Map quiz I ∞ Download HERE |
Chapter 2 | required |
| Jan 30 | Deborah Hutton, Skidmore College "Interpreting the Veil in the Works of Shahzia Sikander and Shirin Neshat" 4 pm, Library 321 |
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| Jan 30 | Class cancelled
attend lecture & work on discussion paper! |
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| Feb 4 | Monumentality Shang Dynasty China discussion paper due |
Ch 10 to p. 407 Wu Hung reading (ereserves) |
required |
| Feb 6 | Greece: Ideals & Empire | Ch 5 (selections) | Geometric
Greece Classical Greece available |
| Feb 11 | Rome & Persia: Empire Take Two | Ch 6 (except pp. 273-84) review pp. 85-89 |
required (Persia) |
| Feb 13 | An Afternoon of Asian Art
Rebecca Brown & De-nin Lee present recent research 4 pm, Library 321 |
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| Feb 13 | City & Religious Space Early Christian |
Ch 7 to p. 308 | |
| Feb 18 | Cancelled: Snow Day | ||
| Feb 20 | No class
College Art Association Conference |
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| Feb 25 | City & Religious Space Buddhist & Hindu India practice midterm question in class |
Chapter 9 | |
| Feb 27 | No class
Snow Day |
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| Mar 4 | MIDTERM Download Handout HERE. e-mail me with any questions! |
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| Mar 6 | City & Religious Space Islamic |
Chapter 8 | required
(Cordoba) |
| Mar 11 | Library Day Meet in LIB 321! |
David Carrier Reading | |
| Mar 13 | Depicting the World Space in 15th c. Europe And Chinese Landscape Painting |
Chapter 17 Chapters 10 & 21 |
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| Mar 18 & 20 | Spring Break: No class | ||
| Mar 25 |
Chinese Landscape Painting (carried over) |
Ch 18 to p. 721 pp. 751-761 |
required (Papal) |
| March 27 | No class
Association of Asian Studies conference Go to WGSX colloquium & work on discussion day reading! |
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| Apr 1 | Advising Day: No class | ||
| Apr 3 | Art of Empire Mughal India Discussion day (no paper due) Map Quiz II |
Chapter 20 Brand article (ereserves) |
required (Mughals) |
| Apr 7 | Intro Paragraph Due by 5 pm via e-mail! | ||
| Apr 8 | Art of Empire
Spain | Aztec | Inca |
Ch 23 to p. 883 | required (Spain | Aztec | Inca) |
| Apr 10 |
Painting the Individual Caravaggio, Gentileschi, and Velázquez |
Ch 19 to p. 769 |
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| Apr 15 | The French Self & The French Other discussion paper due |
Nochlin article (ereserves) and pp. 955-66 |
required
(Orientalism) |
| Apr 17 |
Sculpting & Weaving the Individual & Japan in the 19th Century
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Chapters 13, 25, Ch 22 | required (Africa) available (Japanese Prints) |
| Apr 22 |
What you see & What you get |
Ch 27, selections | required
(Japonisme) |
| Apr 27 | Toward the Modern | Ch 28, selections | available (Pop Art) |
| Apr 29 | The Postmodern and Art on the Margins Diaspora in America Discussion day |
bell hooks article (ereserves) Chapter 29, selections |
required |
| May 1 | Final Exam during class!!
Note: Change in date! |
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| May 8 | Final Paper Due by Midnight via e-mail.
Note: change in date! |
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