ARTH 101 History of Art: Prehistoric Through Medieval Spring 2025 PDF

Prof. Streit ARTH 101 History of Art: Prehistoric through Medieval – ARTH 101-01 - 21585 No Prerequisites MWF 12:00 – 1:50 Simons Center for the Arts 380 Spring 2025 Instructor: Prof. Jessica Streit Email: streitj@cofc....

Prof. Streit ARTH 101 History of Art: Prehistoric through Medieval – ARTH 101-01 - 21585 No Prerequisites MWF 12:00 – 1:50 Simons Center for the Arts 380 Spring 2025 Instructor: Prof. Jessica Streit Email: [email protected] Office: Simons Center for the Art 386 Office Hours: MWF 10:00 – 11:00am & (but really) by appt. Course Description A combined visual and historical survey of Western art from prehistoric through medieval times. The techniques, forms, and expressive content of painting, sculpture, and architecture will be studied within the context of the cultural environment in which they were produced. Student Learning Outcomes Course Specific Students should leave this course with the ability to: 1. Perform formal analyses on works of art 2. Use appropriate art historical and architectural vocabulary 3. Identify the major periods of premodern western art and architecture and the visual elements that distinguish them 4. Situate works of premodern western art and architecture in their historical, cultural, religious, and social contexts General Education Student Learning Outcomes This course satisfies Humanities general education requirements. Students will complete the following general education learning outcomes: 1. Critical Thinking: Students conduct or provide analyses or interpretations to substantiate claims a. Identifies or frames a claim or assumption requiring evidence or support b. Uses appropriate evidence to support analysis or claim c. Reaches a warranted conclusion These outcomes will be assessed in AA4. AA4 is worth 15% of the course grade. Foreign Language Alternative This course has been approved to satisfy Category 2 of the Foreign Language Alternative program. Upon completion of this course, students will use models and theories to analyze a cross-cultural issue (program learning outcome 2). Evaluation and Grading A weighted percentage system will be used to determine grades, which breaks down as follows: 20%: Quizzes (Each quiz is worth 1.67% of your final grade) 15%: Application Assignment (AA) 1 15%: AA2 15%: AA3 15%: AA4 20%: Final Exam The following percentages are used to assign letter grades: 93-100% A 87-89% B+ 77-79% C+ 67-69% D+ 0-59% F 90-92% A- 83-86% B 73-76% C 63-66% D 80-82% B- 70-72% C- 60-62% D- Midterm grades will be based on work completed when the grade is submitted. course Materials There is no textbook for this course. Required Hardware Functional laptop with at least an hour of battery life All in-class written work will be administered through OAKS. You must bring a laptop to class on these days and ensure that it is functional and charged. Non-functional hardware is not a legitimate excuse for missing these evaluations. Required Software Poll Everywhere mobile app OAKS All evaluations in this class will be administered, collected, and graded through OAKS. OAKS will also be used to provide the syllabus, class materials, assignment instructions, exam study guides, and grades. Student Responsibilities Attendance Policy I take attendance every day. You must attend at least once before add/drop ends, or you will be dropped for non-attendance. If you miss class, you are responsible for gathering missed lecture material and/or announcements from your classmates or OAKS. I will not go over missed material with you individually. Experience has overwhelmingly shown me that students who come to class do better. Weekly Content Quizzes Thirteen timed, online content quizzes will test your knowledge of the lecture content of a given week. Quizzes are open from 12:00AM to 11:59PM EST on Mondays (if Monday is a holiday, this due date will move to Wednesday). All due dates are listed in the calendar. Please check the time limits on individual quizzes to give yourself time to complete them. The lowest quiz score will drop from your grade. In-Class Application Assignments Four application assignments (AAs) will ask you to write about a work of art not covered in class. These will be administered in class, meaning that you must come to class on the day they are given for them to be counted as on-time. You must complete them using a laptop. These assignments should help you achieve one of the course’s goals: to apply the knowledge you’ve learned in class to works of art you haven’t studied. They also give you some lower-stakes practice before the final exam. If you are unsatisfied with a grade on an AA, you may rework it for a chance of a higher grade within one week of receiving the assignment back. If you do earn a higher grade, it will replace the original grade you received. Late penalties incurred on the original carry to the revision. Final Exam There will be one cumulative final exam, which will have two parts. First, there is a multiple-choice portion. You will complete this portion outside of class by 11:59pm EST on the exam day. Second, an in-class written portion consists of three short answer questions. You will complete this in class on your laptop via OAKS. A study guide with more specific information will be distributed before the exam. Make-up and Late Work Policy I will not email you to let you know you missed an assignment. Due dates are listed on the syllabus, and you are responsible for knowing what is due and when. I will always allow full credit on makeup work when given a doctor’s note, obituary, proof of an “Act of God”-style disaster or trauma (car accident, fire, crime victimization, etc.), or evidence that you were representing the College at academic, artistic, or athletic events. In the absence of the above: Missed quizzes can be taken up to a week late. After one week, they receive a 0. AAs can be submitted up to one week late. They are administered via a clearly labeled OAKS quiz (i.e., “Late AA #2”). Late AAs incur a 3-point late penalty, making the highest possible grade a B+. The Final Exam may not be made up or submitted late without proof of emergency. Remember that nonfunctional hardware is not a legitimate excuse for missing an in-class evaluation. You must ensure that your laptop is functional and charged when we have written assessment in class. These penalties will hurt your grade. I will make no exceptions to this policy. Extra Credit There will be one opportunity to earn extra credit by EITHER attending a public lecture sponsored by the Art & Architectural History department OR completing an alternative assignment. Details will be distributed closer to the lecture date. No other extra credit will be offered. Instructor Consultation, Technology, and Classroom Conduct Students are responsible for their learning. If you have a question, please ask! You can raise your hand, speak with me privately before class, during office hours, or email me. I will make every effort to respond to email within 24 hours. I check my email once or twice a day on weekdays. I do not check it on weekends/breaks. Using backlit electronic devices (i.e., laptops, tablets, phones, smartwatches, etc.) is not allowed—not even for note-taking—without my permission. I will call you out if I see you using them. Finally, please abstain from leaving and/or re-entering the classroom during class. When someone has the speaking floor, refrain from interrupting and carrying on side conversations or discussions. I will call you out on this, too. Other Important Information Academic Integrity As members of the College of Charleston community, we affirm, embrace, and hold ourselves accountable to the core values of integrity, academic excellence, liberal arts education, respect for the individual student, diversity, equity and inclusion, student-centeredness, innovation, and public mission. Congruent with these core values, the College of Charleston expects that every student and community member has a responsibility to uphold the standards of the honor code, as outlined in the Student Handbook. In pursuit of academic learning, you are expected to reference the work of other scholars and complete your own academic work, while utilizing appropriate resources for assistance. Any acts of suspected academic dishonesty will be reported to the Office of the Dean of Students and addressed through the conduct process. Your adherence to these practices and expectations plays a vital role in fostering a campus culture that balances trust and the pursuit of knowledge while producing a strong foundation of academic excellence at the College of Charleston. Any questions regarding these expectations can be clarified by your instructor. Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy You may use AI programs (e.g., ChatGPT) to help you study. However, you should note that the material generated by these programs may be inaccurate, incomplete, or otherwise problematic. Beware that use may also stifle your own independent thinking and creativity. With the exception of work edited with Grammarly, which you may use to refine your writing as you write, you may not submit any work generated by AI as your own. If you include material generated by AI, it should be cited like any other reference material (with due consideration for the quality of the reference, which may be poor). Any plagiarism or other form of cheating will be dealt with severely under relevant CofC policies. Accommodations for Students with Disabilities The College of Charleston is committed to providing access and inclusion for all persons with disabilities. Students with disabilities who anticipate or experience disability-related barriers in the academic setting should notify their professor, and also initiate contact with the Center for Disability Services (CDS) to move forward with the college’s established accommodation process (email: [email protected]; phone: 843-953-1431; location: Lightsey Center 104). Students already connected with CDS for academic-related accommodations should share their Professor Notification Letter (PNL) with each professor as early in the semester as possible so that accommodations can be made in a timely manner. The PNL informs faculty of potential course access and accommodations that might be necessary and reasonable. It is the student’s responsibility to follow this process each semester. Inclement Weather, Pandemic, or Substantial Interruption of Instruction If the College of Charleston closes and members of the community are evacuated due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances, students are responsible for taking all of their course materials with them in order to continue with course assignments consistent with instructions provided by faculty. During the period of the College’s closing, students may be expected to find Internet access for e-mail communication and access to course materials in OAKS. In cases of extended periods of power outages where students have relocated, instructors will articulate a plan that allows for supplemental academic engagement despite these circumstances.  Course Calendar I will do my best to stick to this schedule! Changes will be announced in class and on OAKS. Date Topic Due Wed, Jan 8 Syllabus & Course Policies Fri, Jan 10 Art Historical Analysis, I Mon, Jan 13 Art Historical Analysis, II Quiz 1 Wed, Jan 15 Art Historical Analysis, III Fri, Jan 17 Art Historical Analysis, IV Mon, Jan 20 No Class—Happy MLK, Jr. Day! Wed, Jan 22 Paleolithic Art: Cave Art Quiz 2 Fri, Jan 24 Catch-Up and Application Assignment Day AA 1 in class Mon, Jan 27 Neolithic Art: Catal Hoyuk Quiz 3 Wed, Jan 29 Neolithic Art: Monumental Architecture Fri, Jan 31 Ancient Sumer: Temples Mon, Feb 3 Ancient Sumer: Grave Goods Quiz 4 Wed, Feb 5 Ancient Mesopotamian Empires: Akkadia Fri, Feb 7 Ancient Mesopotamian Empires: Assyria Mon, Feb 10 Ancient Mesopotamian Empires: Neo-Babylonia Quiz 5 Wed, Feb 12 Catch-Up and Application Assignment Day AA 2 in class Fri, Feb 14 Old Kingdom Egypt: Pyramids Mon, Feb 17 Old Kingdom Egypt: Tomb Imagery Quiz 6 Wed, Feb 19 New Kingdom Egypt: Temples Fri, Feb 21 New Kingdom Egypt: Unconventional Rulers Mon, Feb 24 The Ancient Aegean: Minoans Quiz 7 Wed, Feb 26 The Ancient Aegean: Mycenaeans Fri, Feb 28 No class today! Check OAKS for more. No Class March 4 – March 8: Happy Spring Break! Date Topic Due Mon, Mar 10 Early Ancient Greek Art, I Wed, Mar 12 Early Ancient Greek Art, II Date Topic Due Fri, Mar 14 Catch-Up and Application Assignment Day AA 3 in class Mon, Mar 17 The Akropolis & Greek Temples Quiz 8 Wed, Mar 19 The Roman Republic Fri, Mar 21 The Early Roman Empire Mon, Mar 24 The Roman Fora Quiz 9 Wed, Mar 26 The Late Roman Empire Fri, Mar 28 Rome Changing: The Tetrarchs & Constantine Mon, Mar 31 Late Antiquity: Monotheistic Art Quiz 10 Wed, Apr 2 Late Antiquity: Christianity Imperialized Fri, Apr 4 Catch-Up and Application Assignment Day AA4 in class Mon, Apr 7 Anglo-Saxon Art Quiz 11 Wed, Apr 9 Insular & Carolingian Art Fri, Apr 11 Carolingian & Ottonian Art Mon, Apr 14 Romanesque Art: Sacred Objects Quiz 12 Wed, Apr 16 Romanesque Art: Pilgrimage Architecture Fri, Apr 18 Romanesque Art: Monastic Art Mon, Apr 21 Gothic Architecture: Exteriors Quiz 13 Wed, Apr 22 Gothic Architecture: Interiors Fri, Apr 23 Gothic Devotional Art FINAL EXAM TO BE HELD IN OUR REGULAR CLASSROOM ON TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH, 10:30AM – 12:30PM EST