Art History 102 Art and Civilization from Renaissance to Contemporary

University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2009 Malcolm Clendenin, PhD clendeni@sas.upenn.edu Jaffe Building, 3405 Woodland Walk An overview of painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, and architecture from 1350 AD to 2000 AD, this course is designed for students with no previous background, but can also provide a useful framework for students of all levels. In addition to the materials and methods of art-making, we will analyze the relationships between art forms and social, economic, political, and intellectual history. We will make extensive use of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Students will learn the essentials of research in the humanities and of lucid, persuasive writing. Principal textbook: Hugh Honour and John Fleming, The Visual Arts: A History, Seventh Edition, Vol. 2 The Blackboard site will include all images shown in class, as well as Supplemental Readings supplied as pdf files. Weeks 1+2 Introduction; Late Medieval and Renaissance

Core reading: "Guide to Terms and Methods" in Honour and Fleming; and 416-455 Week 3 The High Renaissance Core reading: Honour and Fleming pages 457-505 Week 4 Mannerism and the Baroque H+F 567-580 Week 5 High Baroque and Rococo H+F 580-605 Week 6 Enlightenment and Liberty H+F 607-635 Week 7 Romanticism to Realism H+F 636-685 Week 8 Impressionism and Its Aftermath H+F 700-733 Week 9 1900-1919 H+F 768-797 Week 10 Between Two World Wars H+F 798-831 Week 11 Postwar and "Postmodern" H+F 832-869 Week 12 Into a New Millennium; Conclusions H+F 870-936 Essential reference sources: Oxford Art Online (go to Penn Library website; type "Oxford Art Online" into the general search box; you will be asked to enter your PennKey). Search on terms, names of artists, names of movements, etc. JSTOR (go to Penn Library website; type "JSTOR" into the general search box; you will be asked to enter your PennKey). JSTOR contains the complete text and illustrations of scholarly articles which you can download as pdf files. Tips: "limit" your search to Art, and be creative with your search terms. Penn librarians can help. Reference Librarian on duty in the Fine Arts Library (ask at Circulation desk). Grading: Attendance and participation: 5% Midterm: 20% Final exam: 35% (ID's; Compare and Contrast; essay) Research paper (roughly 15 pages of text, plus footnotes and bibliog.): 40%