Summer 2013

ARTH: Art in Italy: Antiquity to the Baroque

Professor Julia C. Fischer

Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Georgia Southern University Classroom: Class Time: Monday/Wednesday 9:00-11:30 Excursions:
Tuesdays Email: juliascher@georgiasouthern.edu Course Description and Objectives 3 credit hours; prerequisites: Art History I and Art History II (or permission of the instructor) This course is designed to introduce students to art in Italy from ancient Etruria and Rome through the Baroque period. We will examine a variety of artistic media, including architecture, sculpture, painting, mosaic, and minor arts. Lectures will examine questions of style, material, function, and patronage. Each week we will go on excursions to see rsthand many of these works of art. Tuesday Excursions Below I have included sites that we may visit. Please note: this is a wish-list. If everything goes according to plan, we will see all of these sites. But as I am sure you will quickly nd out, things dont always go according to plan in Italy! 1. Siena (May 21): Torre del Mangia, Civic Museum, Duomo, Baptistery, Duomo Museum, Library, Crypt, Dan Domenico 2. Florence (May 28): Ufzi Gallery, Duomo, Santa Maria Novella, Santa Croce 3. Sites of Ancient Rome (June 4): Colosseum, Forum, Pantheon, San Clemente, San Pietro in Vincoli (Renaissance, but its close!), Capitoline Museums (?) 4. Assisi (June 11): Santa Maria degli Angeli, Basilica of Santa Chiara, Cathedral of San Runo, Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi 5. Orvieto and San Gimignano (June 18) Required Textbooks/Materials (all available on amazon.com) You must have a ashdrive. With this ashdrive, I will be able to transfer readings and powerpoints to you so that you will have unlimited access to them (which is not dependent on the internet). You will also use it to transfer your book review to my computer on the rst day of class. Ilaria Dagnini Breys The Venus Fixers: The Remarkable Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italys Art During World War II Additional readings will be made available to you electronically. Course Requirements The nal grade for this course will be based on ve weighted evaluations: 1.
Midterm Exam: 20% 2.
Final Exam: 25% 3.
Film and Book Review (Rape of Europa and Venus Fixers): 20% 4.
Research Paper: 25% 5.
Presentation: 10%
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The grading scale I employ is a traditional 100% system: A = 90-100%, B = 80-89%, C = 70-79%, D = 60-69%, F = 59% and below. There will be two exams throughout the course of the semester. These exams are not cumulative though terms and ideas that you learn at the beginning of the semester will have importance and bearing throughout the course. A study guide will be distributed before the exam. Exams will consist of some or all of the following: slide identications, slide comparisons, map quiz of Italy, short essays, terms, and long essay. A three-page lm and book review of the documentary Rape of Europa and Ilaria Dagnini Breys The Venus Fixers: The Remarkable Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italys Art During World War II is worth 20% of your grade and is due on the rst day of class in Italy (May 20). You can digitally rent the documentary for a small fee on amazon. We will also have a discussion on the fate of art in Italy during World War II on our rst class day in Montepulciano so come to class prepared to participate. Instructions for this book review will be distributed at our rst meeting in April. 20% of your grade is your Research Paper which is due after you return to the States (7-8 pages). Your research paper topic should focus on some aspect of Italian art that you want to explore more. More instructions and possible topics will be distributed at our rst meeting in April. Finally, 10% of your grade is devoted to a presentation in this course that you will give during one of the excursions. Your presentation must be 8-10 minutes in length. Your object/site will be assigned at our initial meeting in April so that you can prepare your presentation before arriving in Italy. A note on attendance: class attendance for lectures and eld trips is mandatory. The program has a policy of ten points off the nal average for every unexcused absence. That is, if you miss a class, your grade is automatically reduced by a letter grade. I overslept or I missed the train are not valid excused for missing a class or eld trip. The only exception is medical necessity, but dont be mistaken about what that means. It means you are so ill you require medical attention (which will be provided, of course). Hangovers and snifes do not count. This syllabus is an agreement between the professor and student to respectively provide and complete a worthy learning experience. By remaining a registered student in this course, the student has identied their understanding of the obligations set forth in this syllabus for satisfactory completion of the course. Class Schedule

DATE April 13

TOPIC Orientation and Introduction to the Course

READING ASSIGNMENT

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DATE May 20 TOPIC Before the Romans: The Art of the Ancient Greeks and Etruscans Discussion: The Fate of Italys Art in World War II SIENA READING ASSIGNMENT The Venus Fixers Stockstad, Ch. 5

Excursion 1 May 22 May 22

The Art of the Early Roman Empire

Stockstad, Ch. 6 Coarelli, Roman Forum, Imperial Forum, and Valley of the Colosseum Stockstad, Ch. 6

May 27 Excursion 2 May 28 May 29 June 3 Excursion 3 June 4 June 5 June 10 Excursion 4 June 11 June 12 June 17 Excursion 5 June 18

The Art of the High and Late Roman Empire FLORENCE Medieval Italy: Ravenna and Rome Medieval Italy: Siena, Orvieto, and Florence ROME MIDTERM EXAM: Ancient and Medieval Italy The Rebirth of Antiquity: 15th Century Italian Renaissance Art ASSISI Michelangelo and Raphael Baroque Art and Architecture OSTIA ANTICA?

Beckwith, Ch. 2 Lowden, Ch. 1 and 3 Testa, Ch. 2

Testa, Ch. 3-4

Hersey, Ch. 3, 5, 6, 8 Murray, Ch. 2 and 5 Sutherland Harris, Ch. 1

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DATE June 19 TOPIC FINAL EXAM: Renaissance and Baroque Italy READING ASSIGNMENT

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