Syllabus
Mount Saint Mary College
Sculpture I
Course Number: ART 2010
Course Title: Sculpture
Professor: Gary Jacketti
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday before or after class
e-mail gjac4166@my.msmc.edu
Class Times: Tuesday, Thursday 5:15 to 6:40
Requi Text: Carol Strickland, The Annotated Mona Lisa, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, Kansas City
ISBN: 0-7404-6872-7
Course Outcomes: The objective of this course is to highlight the meaning and importance of sculpture in Western Civilization. The course will investigate the influences and conventions of sculpture beginning with the dawn of time and end with Contemporary Art. The students will be introduced to the various techniques and mediums of sculpture. Numerous avenues for this exploration will include studio activities to engage in cardboard, mixed media and clay as well as lectures, slide presentations and discussions.
Grading and Evaluation
To pass this course, you will need to complete 8 projects, complete assigned blogs and take a mid term and final examination covering the materials and history in the text. Attendance is mandatory. Three unexcused missed classes will result in the dropping of the letter grade by 1, 5 absences the grade will be lowered by 2. I will evaluate the content as follows:
Mid-Term 15%
Blogs 15%
Projects 50%
Final Exam 20%
Division of Arts and Letters Grading Policy
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Points
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Grade Equivalent
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Quality Points
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Meaning
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100-95
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A
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4.0
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Superior
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94-90
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A-
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3.67
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Outstanding
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89-87
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B+
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3.33
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Excellent
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86-83
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B
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3.0
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Very Good
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82-80
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B-
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2.67
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Good
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79-77
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C+
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2.33
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Above Average
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76-73
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C
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2.0
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Average
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72-70
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C-
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1.67
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Below Average
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69-65
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D+
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1.33
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Poor
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64-60
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D
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1.0
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Passing
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59-0
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F
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0.0
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Failing
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Blogs
Students will be responsible to complete the weekly assigned blogs on Blogger. Attendance for the blog post share will be required for credit.
Critiques
Your finished sculptures will be looked at and discussed critically with your peers. Attendance and participation is mandatory. This is one of the most important tools artists use to help reflect and improve their work.
Mid Term
The exams will investigate Sculpture throughout art history and cover the materials and artists covered in the text.
Final Exam
There will be a mandatory final field trip to the Dia Beacon on a Saturday in November.
Finish at Least 8 Projects
Readings
Week 1
Introduction: How to Look at a Painting
The Birth of Art: Prehistoric through Medieval 2
Prehistoric Art: The Beginning 4
Mesopotamia: The Architects 6
Egypt: The Art of Immortality 8
Greece: They Invented a Lot More Than the Olympics 2
Rome: The Organizers 16
Week 2
The Middle Ages: The Reign of Religion 24
Golden Age of Byzantine Art 24
Romanesque Art: Stories in Stone 26
Gothic Art: Height and Light 28
Week 3
The Rebirth of Art: Renaissance and Baroque 30
The Renaissance: The Beginning of Modern Painting 32
The Italian Renaissance 34
The Northern Renaissance 40
The Renaissance in the Low Countries 40
The German Renaissance 42
Mannerism and the Late Renaissance 44
The Spanish Renaissance 45
Week 4
Baroque: The Ornate Age 46
Italian Baroque 47
Flemish Baroque 50
Dutch Baroque 52
English Baroque 57
Spanish Baroque 60
French Baroque 62
Rococo 64
Week 5
The Nineteenth Century: Birth of the "ISMS" 66
Neoclassicism: Roman Fever68French Neoclassicism 69
American Neoclassicism 72
Goya: Man without An "ISM" 74
Week 6
Romanticism: The Power of Passion 76
French Romanticism76English Romanticism 79
American Romanticism and Genre Painting 81
Realism 83
French Realism 84
American Realism 85
Week 7
Studio Class and Mid Term Exam
Week 8
Mid Term Critique
Week 9
Birth of Photography 92
Impressionism: Let There Be Color and Light 96
Rodin: First Modern Sculptor 110
Post-Impressionism 112
Early Expressionism 123
Symbolism 124
Week 10
The Twentieth Century: Modern Art 128
Fauvism: Exploding Color 130
Twentieth-Century Sculpture: A New Look 133
Twin Titans of the Twentieth Century: Matisse and Picasso 134
Cubism 138
Modernism Outside of France 139
Futurism 139
Constructivism 140
Precisionism 141
Expressionism 142
Week 11
Mondrian: Harmony of Opposites 145
Modernist Architecture: Geometry to Live in 146
Dada and Surrealism: Art Between the Wars 148
Photography Comes of Age 152
American Art: 1908-40 154
Abstract Expressionism 158
Figural Expressionism: Not Just a Pretty Face 162
Post-War Sculpture 164
Color Field 166
Week 12
Hard Edge 170
Pre-Pop Art 172
Pop Art 174
Minimalism: The Cool School 177
Conceptual Art: Invisible Visual Art 178
Photo Realism 187
Neo-Expressionism 188
The New Breed: Post-Modern Art 190
Week 13
Studio Week
Week 14
Presentations and Final Critique
Week 15 Final Exam
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