THE CONTRACT

This syllabus is the operational contract between the professor and the student.  Read it carefully.  The information contained herein is intended as a guide to allow the student to know what the policies of this class are, and to help her/him achieve success within the structure of the course.  Any effort is subject to error; should this syllabus conflict with any stated policy of the university, the syllabus will be superseded.

 CONSULTATIONS

I will be glad to schedule individual office appointments to discuss class material from lectures, readings, or examinations with any student.  At the end of a lecture, see me, and we will book your appointment.

 THE COURSE
 

The scope of this course covers the arts--painting, sculpture, and architecture--of western Europe and the United States from 1800-1900.  The  nineteenth century embodied events in the arts both highly innovative and extremely conservative.  This dualistic nature of the period has proven to be remarkably influential in that much of the cultural identity of our own time  must acknowledge  its debt to ancestors.  For the semester, we will concentrate on this interesting--often contrary--diversity of  artistic production.

 LECTURES

Lectures will be held twice a week.  During the lectures, material will be presented that is based upon the assigned reading for that day.  The points of the lectures will be demonstrated by the projection of slides of various media--drawings, paintings, sculptures, works in ceramics, and architecture, for instance.  Questions about the material under consideration are strongly encouraged.  The lecture meeting will be the best time for the student to ask about any aspect of the readings he or she found difficult or unclear.

 ATTENDANCE

The days that you come to class are entirely your own business.  WHEN you come during lectures is entirely the professor's business.  Class begins promptly at its appointed time.  Do not come late thereby interrupting your peers and the professor.  When class has started, we are busy; do not bother us.  You will know that our class is underway because the door(s) to the lecture hall will be shut; do not come in.  If you need to see the professor or a peer, wait until the class is over.

 GRADES

The grade for this course will be determined by the average of three examinations.   Your only opportunities for grades are to take the examinations at their appointed times or the approved paper to supply a missing examination grade.  Do not request special favors that cannot be granted to all of your peers; "extra work" does not exist.  These examinations are scheduled:  February 08; March 22; and the final on May 08 starting at 8:00 a.m. and concluding at 11:00.  Mark those dates on your personal calendar immediately.

Examinations are neither given earlier nor later than the scheduled slot.  Make-up examinations are not given.  Should either the first or second examination be missed, I will assign a formal research paper to replace the missing grade.  The topic will be entirely of my choosing. If you do miss either the first or second exam, see me the very next class so that we may set your paper topic.  Only one examination (either the first or the second) may be covered by the completion of a research paper.  Should both the first and second examinations be missed, a grade of 0 will be recorded for each.  (Having failed to complete two-thirds of the graded work for the course, at this juncture the student will be strongly advised to officially withdraw from the course). The final examination on May 12 is required of all students (see Undergraduate Bulletin under "Grading"); if it is missed, a zero will be averaged with the other grades rather than an INC (incomplete) assigned as the course grade.

In keeping with the policy of this university which has no standardized grading scale, I have determined that the scale for this course will be:  A 100-95;  B+ 94-92; B 91-88; B- 87-85;  C+ 84-82; C 81-78: C- 77-75;  D+ 74-72; D 71-68; D- 67-65;  F 64--.

 EXAMINATIONS

Blue Books are required.  Only complete (no pages missing) Blue Books with a signed honor pledge will be acceptable.  Ink--blue or black--is the only proper medium for your examination writing.  Your submitted examination must fulfill all of the above requirements or it will not be accepted for grading.

The examinations for Art 308 will follow usual practices for art history surveys, and each will consist of two sections:

1. Identifications--provide the crucial data for major artifacts.  Information to be included is: the title of the work, its date, location for architecture, the name of the artist, and the style or period to which it belongs.  Information for this section will be taken directly from your text unless otherwise indicated during lectures.

2. Essay(s)--will concentrate on issues of style and culture.  In studying the material, you should always construct a clear idea of the importance that specific works hold in the history of  nineteenth-century art.  Your essay should contain accurate and specific information from your text and the lectures--never vague generalizations and uninformed observations.  The essay should be written in the clear, concise standard form for essays in the English language.

Each examination will test only the material (readings and lectures) covered since the previous exam.  Note:  Spelling is essential.  As in any discipline, the student is required to know the material.  2 + 2 = 5 is not correct, and neither is Corbet for Courbet.

Your text for the course is:   19th-Century Art  by Rosenblum and Janson.  Readings will be assigned as needed.

In order to fully comply with the Federal Rights of Privacy Act, grades are never posted nor given out over the telephone.

 TELEPHONE CALLS

Telephone calls should not be necessary.  Information and questions can be dealt with by your professor during class times and conferences. .  Remember: you already have a scheduled appointment with your professor every Tuesday and Thursday—31 times this semester—and he can always be found at those times.  Also, the departmental and museum staffs are  occupied with their duties; please do not hinder them in their work.  Never call the Weatherspoon Gallery if you are trying to locate a faculty member.

 BUILDING USE

This class is held in the Cone Building which houses the Weatherspoon Gallery.  The gallery is the University's art museum and owns a world class collection of contemporary art from the United States.  As is common with museums--food, drinks, smoking are not permitted in the building.

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