Spring 2013

ART XXX Introduction to Non-Western Art

Professor Julia C. Fischer

Department of Art, College of Fine Arts and Communication, Lamar University Classroom: Dishman 101 Class Time: Tuesday/Thursday 9:35-10:55 Ofce: Dishman 202A Ofce Hours: Tuesday 12:30-3:30 or by appointment Virtual Ofce Hours By Appointment: Via skype (username julia.c.scher) Email: julia.scher@lamar.edu Ofce Phone: 409-880-7784 (the best way to contact me is via email) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FischerArtHistory Twitter: https://twitter.com/FischerArtHist COURSE DESCRIPTION Introduction to Non-Western Art o!ers a visual encounter with the cultural and historical heritage of selected Non-Western societies from ancient times to the present. Non-Western cultures are those that early on were considered to have developed outside the realm of Western culture and include Africa, Pacic, Asia, and cultures of the Americas before Columbus. Selections include painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, and ber arts. Classes will consist of lectures, discussion, video clips, presentations, and debates. COURSE OBJECTIVES The main objective of this course is to provide students with a global perspective to art. New ideas, values, and aesthetic insights that di!er from Western culture will be learned. You will understand how the arts in Non-Western traditions have played, over the centuries, an integral part of life in these cultures. You will examine how with globalization, traditional art forms have been integrated with ideas from other cultures to create dynamic new art forms. You will learn how to look, analyze form, and to associate forms with specic cultures. You will learn how to talk and write about NonWestern art, how to analyze and to evaluate visual material, and how to be able to use descriptive, conceptual, and appropriate vocabulary for discussing Non-Western works of art in an intelligent and clear manner. REQUIRED TEXTS Marilyn Stockstad and Michael Cothren, Art History Portable: A View of the World Part I (volume 3) and Art History Portable: A View of the World Part 2 (volume 5) COURSE BLOG This course has a wordpress blog in which you will upload selected assignments and comment on other students assignments.
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TWITTER AND FACEBOOK This course also has Twitter and Facebook pages. Both are public and therefore you do not need to have a Twitter or Facebook account in order to view the content of this page though you can like the pages so they show up in your updates and feeds. Twitter and Facebook will be used for updates on whats going on in the art world today. COURSE REQUIREMENTS The nal grade for this course will be based on ve weighted evaluations. 1. Three Exams: 30% 2. Assignments: 30% 3. Attendance, Participation, and Pop Quizzes: 10% 4. Google Art Project Paper and Sliderocket Presentation: 15% 5. Online Discussions/Participation (via blackboard and course blog): 15% Please note: this course requires you to keep up with readings and assignments. Half the battle is going to class and turning in your assignments, discussions, and project on time. Throughout the semester, there are three exams. Study guides will be posted on the course website approximately one week prior to the exam. Your exam will consist of slide identications, slide comparisons, matching and labeling terms, maps, and/or a longer essay There will be no make-up exams unless an extremely unusual circumstance prevents you from taking the testand even then only if you have contacted me before the test and can provide appropriate documentation. Please be advised that there are no make-up exams for make-up exams. It is your responsibility to request and make an appointment for a make-up exam if you are granted an excused absence. Students who miss an exam without being excused will receive a zero. There are a total of ten assignments throughout the semester. Your grade will be based on seven - though do all of them to get the most points! Some of your assignments must be posted directly onto the course blog. More instructions will be distributed in class. Google Art Project: Virtual Museum tour Illicit trade of antiquities in China Inuence of Japanese art on modern Western art Inuence of Western art on modern Chinese and Japanese art Aboriginal art Virtual yer in support of return of looted Benin [Nigeria] objects Restoration of Angkor Wat Reinterpret a Non-Western inspired work of art
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Rebuild or Reconstruct? The Fate of the Bamiyan Buddhas WikiLoot contribution: Non-Western Art (write a museum label) 15% of your grade is based on your attendance, participation, and performance in pop quizzes. Students are expected to attend all classes. That is, attendance is mandatory. Roll is taken at the beginning of each class. If you are tardy, be sure to check in with the instructor (your attendance will be marked as tardy and two tardies are the equivalent of an absence). Each absence over three will result in two points deducted from your overall nal grade. As for participation, your active involvement and engagement in class discussions and debates is expected. As such, you must complete your assigned readings prior to class and come to class ready to participate. In order to ensure that you come to class prepared, throughout the semester there will periodically be pop quizzes. Another paper and presentation will involve Google Art Project. For your project, you will write a visual analysis and short research paper (4-5 pages) of a particular nonwestern work of art found in Google Art Project. As a second portion of this assignment, you will create a sliderocket presentation, including your own discussion of this object, and post it on the course blog. Every student is required to watch all the videos posted and to comment on them. This assignment will be discussed further. In addition to in-class participation, you also will participate in online discussions on the course blog and website. You will be posting your assignments and projects on the blog and you are required to comment on these. At times, the instructor will also pose open-ended questions that you will respond too. More instructions will follow. IMPORTANT: An impending graduation date, a scholarship which requires the maintenance of a particular GPA, or the GPA requirement for admission to an academic program of study will not earn you a passing grade in this course.! While it does seem to be the trend nowadays, there will be no negotiation of changing a nal grade you will meet with no success.! I do not give grades your grade will be evaluated solely on the scores you earn on your exams and assignments.! While I am happy to meet with you to help you nd ways to improve your scores, do not wait until the end of term to contact me as this will almost certainly be too late. If you believe I have made a mistake in my calculations, please contact me, and I will be happy to review your grade.!!!! CLASS ETIQUETTE AND DECORUM You are expected to arrive on time and not disturb those around you with private chatter, doing work for other classes, answering cell phone calls, texting, or playing games. All of these are distracting not only to the students but also to me! Whispers travel in the auditorium, so refrain from talking while I am lecturing. Please turn o! your phones and put them away. Students who participate in disruptive and inappropriate behaviors will be asked to leave the class and you will not have

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credit for attending the class. If you intend to take notes on your laptop, please respect the decorum of the classroom by not working on other assignments or playing games, updating your facebook status, etc. This is disrespectful not only to the professor but especially to those around you who are engaged in the class. Academic Dishonesty Policy [Insert Lamar University policy.] No cheating; no plagiarism. If you are uncertain what constitutes cheating and plagiarism, these topics are covered in your student handbook, and you are expected to be familiar with them. As members of the campus community, students are encouraged to actively support academic honesty and integrity in the classroom. Any occurrences of cheating and/or plagiarism will be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible. !Accommodations for Disability: [Insert Lamar University policy.] Do not wait until the day of the exam to notify me that you require accomodations and expect me to make these accommodations it is logistically impossible. CLASS SCHEDULE AND OUTLINE Below is a very general outline of what we will be studying with corresponding readings of the text. Handouts will be given at the beginning of each new section containing terms and images, possible readings, and good websites pertaining to specic cultures. The schedule and procedures listed in this syllabus are subject to change as I deem necessary. Date TR 1/7 Topic Stockstad Reading/ QUIZ DATES/DUE DATES Chapter 9 pp. 291-298

Introduction to the Course India and Southeast Asia before 1200 Indus Valley Vedic Period Early Buddhism and Art - Theraveda Maurya Period Early India and Southeast Asia continued Shungas, Andhras, and Kushan Periods Stupas Rock Cut Halls Mahayana Buddhism and Images of the Buddha Gandhara and Mathura Styles

1/9

Chapter 9 pp. 298-305

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Date TR 1/14

Topic

Stockstad Reading/ QUIZ DATES/DUE DATES Chapter 9 pp. 306-319

Early India and Southeast Asia continued Gupta Period and Style Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Ajanta Caves Bamiyan and the Silk Road Development of Hindu Temples - Northern and Southern Narrative Reliefs Early India and Southeast Asia continued Buddhism in Tibet and Southeast Asia Borodubur Angkor NO CLASS: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Art of South and Southeast Asia after 1200 Development of Mughal Art Later Indian Art China and Korea before 1279 Neolithic Culture in China Taotie, Cong, and Bi Shang and Zhou Dynasties - Bronze Age China Qin Dynasty and the beginning of Empire Daoism and Confucianism Han Dynasty Early China and Korea continued Six Dynasties Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Buddhism in China

1/16

Chapter 9 pp. 319-323

1/21 1/23

Chapter 23 pp. 325-335 Chapter 10 pp. 325-335

1/28

1/30

Chapter 10 pp. 335-338

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Date TR 2/4

Topic

Stockstad Reading/ QUIZ DATES/DUE DATES Chapter 10 pp. 338-353

Early China and Korea continued Buddhist Architecture Tang Dynasty and the Golden Age Tang ceramics Pure Land Buddhism Pagodas Northern and Southern Song Chan Buddhism Neo-Confucianism Korean Three Kingdoms Period China and Korea after 1279 Yuan Dynasty Ming Dynasty Court artists vs. Literati Ming ceramics Forbidden City Exam 1: India, Southeast Asia, and China Early Japanese Art before 1333 Jomon Period Yayoi Period and the Bronze Age Kofun Period Shintoism and kami - Ise Shrine Asuku Period and the coming of Buddhism to Japan (Horyuji) Nara Period Early Japanese Art continued Heian Period Esoteric Buddhism Pure Land Buddhism Byodoin Yamato-e painting Calligraphy Kamakura Period and the Rise of the Samurai Raigo paintings

2/6

Chapter 24 pp. 791-811

2/11 2/13

Chapter 11 pp. 355-363

2/18

Chapter 11 pp. 363-375

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Date TR 2/20

Topic

Stockstad Reading/ QUIZ DATES/DUE DATES Chapter 25 pp. 813-821

Later Japanese Art after 1333 Muromachi Period Zen Buddhism and Art Zen Gardens Momoyama Period Later Japan continued Castles and interiors Shoin design Tea ceremony Edo Period/Tokugawa Ukiyo-e 20th century Japanese Art Art of the Americas before 1300 The Olmec Teotihuacan NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK Art of the Americas continued The Maya Development of the Mayan City and Architecture: Classic and Post Classic Tikal Palenque Relief sculpture The Ball Game Maya paintings and ceramics Chichen Itza and Post Classic Chiefdoms in Costa Rica and Panama Art of the Americas continued South America - Andean cultures Chavin de Huantar Feline deity Cupisnique Paracas and Nazca

2/25

Chapter 25 pp. 821-83

2/27

Chapter 12 pp. 377-384

3/4-3 /8 3/11

Chapter 12 pp. 384-391

3/13

Chapter 12 pp. 391-392

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Date TR 3/18

Topic

Stockstad Reading/ QUIZ DATES/DUE DATES Chapter 12 pp. 393-401

Art of the Americas continued Tiahuanaco and Huari Moche culture Chimu/Chan-Chan Art of North American cultures Eastern Woodlands Adena and Hopewell Mississippian Cahokia Florida glades North American Southwest Chaco Canyon Art of the Americas after 1300 Cultures at the time of conquest and later Aztecs - Tenochtitlan Incas - Cuzco and Machu Picchu North America EXAM 2: Japan and the Americas Art of Pacic Cultures Laptia Culture Australia Dreaming Melanesia Asmat - New Guinea Shields, canoes, headhunting, bisj poles Abelam - New Guinea Yam Ceremony Haus Tambaran Micronesia Nan Madol Art of Pacic Cultures continued Polynesia Mana and Tapu Ancestors Tattooing Marquesas Islands Hawaii

3/20

Chapter 26 pp. 835-854

3/25 3/27

Chapter 27 pp. 859-867

4/1

Chapter 27 pp. 868-872

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Date TR 4/3

Topic

Stockstad Reading/ QUIZ DATES/DUE DATES Chapter 27 pp. 870-877

Art of Pacic Cultures Easter Island Maori - New Zealand Tapa Cloth Early African Art Rock art Sub-Saharan civilizations Nok Igbo-Ukwu Ife Court of Benin Early African Art continued Western Sudan Kingdoms of Mali, Ghana, and Songhay Jenn Jeno Early African Art continued Kingdoms of East Africa Great Zimbabwe Aksum and Lalibela Kingdoms of Central Africa Kongo Kingdom Art of Africa in the Modern Era Discussion of issues dening modern Africa - the traditional with the contemporary Architecture Children Art of Africa in the Modern Era continued Initiation/Societies The spirit world Leadership Death and Ancestors Catch up/Wrap up EXAM 3: Pacic and Africa

4/8

Chapter 13 pp. 403-415

4/10

Chapter 13 pp. 416-417

4/15

Chapter 13 pp. 417-421

4/17

Chapter 28 pp. 879-885 PROJECT DUE Chapter 28 pp. 885-901

4/22

4/24 5/2

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