1. SYLLABUS FOR AR 100: ART APPRECIATION Fall, 2008
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This illustrated lecture course will help the student find personal meaning in original
works of art. Students will develop a better understanding of the nature and validity of
art by studying the fundamentals of art and art history from prehistoric civilizations to art
of the twentieth century. Emphasis is on the diversity of form and content in all works.
The final goal is for students to recognize master works of art, understand the basic
development of art, and discuss art using the correct vocabulary.
TEXTBOOK: UNDERSTANDING ART by Lois Fichner-Rathus, 7th Edition.
PREREQUISITES: N/A
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Each student is expected to read the text chapters and develop comprehensive lecture
notes from the class lectures and handouts. Test items will come from the text, class
lectures, and supplemental handouts.
TESTING:
There will be a total of five exams.
Tests may consist of the following: Slide identification, True-False, Matching, Multiple
Choice and Discussion. Tests will fall into the natural break following each section
identified in your Syllabus Schedule. Students will be notified of an exam at least one
week prior to the exam. Exam Study Guides will be available one week before. There
will be NO make-up exams.
GRADING:
Your final grade will reflect the averaged totals of 5 exams and a completed museum
Worksheet. You will also have assignments throughout the semester ranging from art
paintings, assigned papers, quizzes and field studies.
Your final average will consist of the following:
Tests – 40%
Quizzes – 10 %
Museum Worksheet – 10%
Assignments – 20%
Art projects – 20%

2. ART 100: ART APPRECIATION COURSE SCHEDULE
Instructor: Marie Godines
Text: Understanding Art, 7th Edition, by Lois Fichner-Rathus
Chapter 1: WHAT IS ART?
Chapter 2: VISUAL ELEMENTS
Line, Shape, Volume and Mass,
Light, Value, Color, Texture,
Perspective, Motion
Chapter 3: PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
Unity and Variety
The Types of Balance
Emphasis and Focal Point
Scale, Proportion
Chapter 4: STYLE, FORM, AND CONTENT
Style, Form, Content
TEST 1: Chapters 1-4
Chapter 5: Drawing
Chapter 6: Painting
Chapter 7: Print Making
Chapter 8: Imaging, Photographs, Film, Video and digital Art
TEST 2: Chapters 5-8
Chapter 9: Sculpture
Chapter 10: architecture
Chapter 11: Craft and design
TEST 3: Chapters 9-11
Chapter 12: ART OF THE ANCIENTS
Prehistoric
Mesopotamia
Egyptian
Aegean
Chapter 13: CLASSICAL ART: GREECE AND ROME
Greek: The Periods-Geometric, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic:
Etruscan
Roman
Chapter 14: Christian Art……
Chapter 15: THE RENAISSANCE
Fifteenth-Century Northern Art
Italian Renaissance Art
Outside of Italy (High and Late Renaissance)
TEST 4: Chapters 12-15
Chapter 16: THE BAROQUE
The Period in Italy
The Period Outside of Italy
The Rococo

3. Chapter 17: Art beyond the west
Chapter 18: MODERN ART
Neoclassicism
Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Expressionism
Chapter 19: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Cubism
Surrealism
Chapter 20: CONTEMPORARY ART (Art since WWII)
Abstract Expressionism
Pop Art
A quick overview of Architecture from the modern age.
TEST 5 Focusing on
Chapters 16- 20