Dr. Caterina Pierre

Week # 1: March 2 and 4

Lecture: Introduction to Sculpture I: The Ancients and the Invention of Sculpture
Assignment: Read selected pages from Sculpture: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages, Volume I, pages 9-29 (this book is on reserve in the Kibbee library).

Week # 2: March 9 and 11

Lecture: Introduction to Sculpture II: The Renaissance and Baroque Periods (Donatello, Michelanglo and Bernini)
Assignment: Read Butler, Western Sculpture, Definitions of Man (you will find this on Ning and on reserve in the library), and Sculpture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, Volume II, pages 555-628, 786-795, 816-841, 851-864 (on reserve).
Choose a sculpture for your paper!

Week # 3: March 16 and 18

Lecture: Sculpture during the Enlightenment in England and France (Roubiliac, Flaxman, Pigalle, Falconet, Pajou and Houdon)
Assignment: read Janson, pgs. 30-48 (you will find this on Ning and on reserve in the library) and Sculpture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, Volume II, pages 850-866 (on reserve).
If you have not done so already, choose a sculpture for your paper!

Week # 4: March 23 and 25

Lecture: Neo-Classicism: The International Influence of Antonio Canova (Canova, Thorvaldsen, Schadow)
Assignment: read Janson, pgs. 48-56 (you will find this on Ning and on reserve in the library).

Paper Part I draft due on 3/25! (No late papers will be accepted.)

Week # 5: March 30 and April 1 (March 30 – April 6, College is Closed for Spring Break)

Spring Break Week at Kingsborough: Start reading ahead for next week’s class. Reading questions will be posted to Ning.

Week # 6: April 8

Lecture: Nineteenth-Century Sculpture in the United States (Greenough, Powers, Hosmer, Lewis, Barnard, French, Saint-Gaudens, MacMonnies)
Assignment: read Janson, pgs. 79-83; (you will find this on Ning and on reserve in the library); read selected pages from Ambrosini and Reynolds, Hiram Powers, Genius in Marble (you will find this on Ning and on reserve in the library).

Week # 7: April 13 and 15

Midterm on 4/15 (one hour): Will cover lectures and assignments from weeks 1 – 6

Lecture on 4/13: The Sculpture of Romanticism in France (Pradier, Rude, Barye, Préault, Clésinger, Orléans, Fauveau)
Assignment: read Janson, pgs. 105-127; and Baudelaire, “Salon of 1846: Why is Sculpture So Boring?” (you will find this on Ning and on reserve in the library) and Sculpture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, Volume II, pages 867-889 (on reserve).

Week # 8: April 20 and 22

Lecture: Sculpture in the Second Empire and Third Republic in France (Carpeaux, Rodin, Bartholdi, Claudel and Marcello)
Assignment: read Janson, pgs. 130-173, Pierre, “Marcello’s Heroic Sculpture,” pgs. 14-20 (on Ning and on reserve) and Sculpture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, Volume II, pages 890-915, 916-946 (on reserve)

Paper Part II draft due on 4/22! (No late papers will be accepted.)

Week # 9: April 27 and 29

Lecture: Early Twentieth Century Sculpture: From Cubism to Constructivism (Matisse, Picasso, González, Lipchitz, Gabo and Pevsner)
Assignment: read Read, pgs. 59-114; Sculpture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, Volume II, pages 949-973 (on reserve) and Withers, “The Artistic Collaboration of Pablo Picasso and Julio Gonzalez” (you will find this on Ning and in the library).

Last day to drop with a grade of “W”: 4/29

Week # 10: May 4 and 6

Lecture: Brancusi, Duchamp and the Question “What is Art?”
Assignment: Read selected pages from Constantin Brancusi: The Essence of Things, and transcripts from the court case, “United States vs. Brancusi (1927)” (you will find this on Ning and in the library).

Week # 11: May 11 and 13

Lecture: Futurist and Surrealist Sculpture in Europe (Boccioni, Schwitters, Arp, Tauber-Arp, Ernst, Giacometti)
Assignment: read Read, pgs. 115-162; Sculpture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, Volume II, pages 976-1017 (on reserve).

Paper Part III draft due on 5/13! (No late papers will be accepted.)

Week # 12: May 18 and 20

Lecture: Early Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the United States and Britain (Calder, Noguchi, Smith, Moore, Hepworth, Rauschenberg, Nevelson)
Assignment: read Read, pgs. 163-228, and read selected pages from Lichtenstern, “Henry Moore and Surrealism” (you will find this on Ning and in the library), Sculpture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, Volume II, pages 1018-1056 (on reserve).

Week # 13: May 25 and 27

Lecture: Late Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the United States and Europe (Johns, Rauschenberg, Tinguely, Saint-Phalle, Nevelson)
Assignment: Sculpture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, Volume II, pages 1057-1085 (on reserve).

Week # 14: June 1

Lecture: Conclusions: Sculpture Today (Barney, Antoni, Whiteread, Gonzales-Torres, Flack, Serra, Koons)
Assignment: Sculpture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day, Volume II, pages 1090-1146 (on reserve).

Week # 15: Finals Week (June 3 – 9)

Final Examination, date, time and room to be announced
The Final will cover the material from the entire semester, w/ emphasis on lectures from weeks 6 – 14
The final draft of your paper is due at the Final Exam

Some things to keep in mind:

• You must attend class, read the assignments, do all writing assignments and study for exams to pass this course! You will be tested on the images that are discussed and reproduced in the textbook in addition to other works that I show in class.
• If I catch you sleeping in class, I will mark you absent for the day. (Get yourself a Red Bull or something.)
• Cell Phones must remain off or set to vibrate during class. Do not play with your cell phone during class lectures and the phone must not be visible during class lectures or exams.
• No eating, please. Chatting in class is not permitted. Engagement in the class discussion, however, is encouraged.
• Lateness counts! Absences count! Please show up on time for every class; slides for the writing assignments will not be repeated.
• Please utilize a regular dictionary and/or www.artlex.com for finding vocabulary definitions.
• Please make use of the websites for this course, Ning and my e-mail if you have any questions – E-mail is the best and most efficient way to reach me if you have problems or questions.

Some information about grades and class performance:

• Please be aware that just attending class and not doing any work does not warrant a passing grade. Being here is REQUIRED.
• I do not give “extra credit” assignments. If you just study for and do well on all of the required work in this course, you will earn a passing grade.
• I do not give you your grades: you give yourself your grades. All I do is record how you do in the five required assignment areas in this course: the midterm examination; the term paper and its components; the final examination; homework and all assignments to be turned in; and in-class work that is immediately collected. It is up to you to give yourself the grade that you want in this class.
• NEVER ask me for a specific grade. You will earn a grade based on the average of your scores on the exams, papers, and assignments. If you need an A in this class, then make sure you earn it! The final grade is based on your scores on these assignments and nothing else!
• I generally do not give make-up exams. However, if you expect that you will have a problem attending the midterm or the final as they are scheduled on the syllabus, you must let me know as soon as possible. I will require that you bring in some proof as to why you cannot take the exam on the actual exam day (letter from work, doctor’s note, etc.). If you have no proof of reason for missing the exam, you will not be granted a make-up.
• Please also note: any approved make-ups are usually given BEFORE the rest of the class takes the test, not after.
• I generally do not except late work. All assignments must be handed in exactly when they are due. It is not fair to give some students extra time for assignments while others hand in work on time. If work is turned in late, I take off points for every day it is late. Once an assignment is more than one week late, I will not accept it.
• I reserve the right to refuse any work if I suspect it is not the student’s original work. Anything submitted in this class that is copied from the internet or seemingly copied from another student or is in any way plagiarized from another source will be returned with a zero grade.
• I expect that when you are here in class, you remain in the class for the duration of our meeting. While it is okay to leave the room in an emergency, please do not make it a habit. If I notice that you have left the room for a long period or left early without an excuse, I will mark you absent for the day.

Dr. Caterina Pierre

Art 09800 Course Description – Art 98: History of Modern Sculpture (3 crs., 3 hrs): A study of the major developments in the history and theory of sculpture in Europe and the United States, focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and continuing through to sculpture of the present day.

Goals of the Art 98 course:

By the end of the Art 98 course, students should be able to:

1. Appreciate sculptures from various cultures.
   1. Understand the differences between the various styles (or “isms”) in modern sculpture.
   2. Learn and utilize art terminology necessary for discussion and study of sculpture.
2. Know and be able to describe specific historical details of selected works of sculpture from Western and non-Western cultures. Students are expected to gain an understanding of the relationships between artistic works and historical events, to recognize the influence of non-Western art and popular culture onto avant-garde artists and to understand their break from traditional sculpture as it had been academically taught.
3. Write about a work of sculpture using the knowledge acquired from class lectures and the assigned readings. The students will be exposed to art historical writing (which can be, but will not be limited to, art criticism, ekphrasis/artistic description, or historical research) so that they have a model on which to create their own art historical writing project.
4. Verbally Discuss a work of sculpture using the knowledge acquired from the class lectures and the assigned readings especially with regard to how a work of sculpture speaks to the issues of its own times.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle

Exactitude is not truth. ~ Henri Matisse

Meets: Tuesdays from 12:40 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. and Thursdays from 1:50 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. in room S-238

Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment, in room S-253

Contact Information:
E-mail: cpierre@kingsborough.edu
Phone/ Voice Mail: 1-718-368-4622 (or from a campus phone, just dial 4622)
Website: www.profcaterina.com and www.art98pierre.ning.com
Mailbox: Room S-155 (Art Department Office)

Ning: Important course material, readings, resources and updates will be available on Ning and other internet-based sites. More information and handouts about this site will follow during the semester. You will need regular access to the internet to complete the assignments for this course!

Required textbook for purchase: Herbert Read, Modern Sculpture, A Concise History. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 2004 [originally published in 1964].

• Used and new copies are available at the college bookstore
• There is a copy of the book on reserve in the library
• You will also be responsible for reading all additional readings that I have placed on reserve in the library, eReserve, and on Ning
• Additional materials to help you will be found on the course website, on Ning and on reserve/eReserve in the library

Requirements for the Course:

In-Class and At-Home Writing Assignments on Artworks and Readings, worth 20% of final grade

Midterm Examination, worth 20% of the final grade
Will be on 4/15, no make-ups, no exceptions

Field Assignment, worth 20% of final grade
This is a paper project in three parts, first drafts of each part due on 3/25, 4/22 and 5/13; final draft of completed paper, all parts combined, will be due at the final exam. No e-mailed papers; no exceptions!

Late work will be downgraded one letter grade (10 points) for each day that it is late; no work will be accepted if it is more than one week late.

Final examination, worth 20% of final grade
Final examination date to be announced; any make-ups will be downgraded one full letter and will consist of essay questions.

Class participation, worth 20% of final grade
Participation requires being involved in writing assignments and in class discussions. You must be in attendance to participate. Therefore: 3 absences/6 late arrivals = lowers grade one letter; more than this will be considered a withdrawal from the class.

Honors Enrichment Component: If you want to earn Honors credit for this course, and you currently have at GPA of 3.2 or higher, see me for the HEC assignment directions. I’ll also pass them out to students who qualify for this program.

Dr. Caterina Pierre

Week # 1: March 1, 3 and 4

Lecture: Introduction to Early 20^th-Century Art Styles: Picasso and Cubism
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 10, pp. 156-192

Week # 2: March 8, 10 and 11

Lecture: From Fantasy to Dada and the New Objectivity
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 13, pp. 236-266

Week # 3: March 15, 17 and 18

Lecture: Surrealism
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 15, pp. 288-328

Week # 4: March 22, 24, and 25

Lecture: American Art Before World War II; Harlem Renaissance
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 18, pp. 371-409

Paper Part I draft due on 3/25! (No e-mailed papers will be accepted.)

Week # 5: March 29 (March 30 – April 6, College is closed for Spring Break)

Spring Break Week at Kingsborough: Start reading ahead for next week’s class.

Reading: Abstract Expressionism and the New American Sculpture
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 19, pp. 410-445

Week # 6: April 7 and 8

Lecture: Abstract Expressionism and the New American Sculpture; Postwar European Art
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 20, pp. 446-477

Study for next week’s Midterm!

Week # 7: April 12, 14 and 15

Read on your own: Pop Art and Europe’s New Realism (Nouveau Réalisme)
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 21, pp. 478-522

Midterm on 4/15: Will cover lectures and assignments from weeks 1 – 6

Week # 8: April 19, 21 and 22

Lecture: Sixties Abstraction
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 22, pp. 523-560

Paper Part II draft due on 4/22! (No e-mailed papers will be accepted.)

Week # 9: April 26, 28 and 29

Lecture: The Second Wave of International Style Architecture
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 23, pp. 561-587

Last day to drop with a grade of “W”: 4/29

Week # 10: May 3, 5 and 6

Lecture: The Pluralistic Seventies
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 24, pp. 588-654

Week # 11: May 10, 12 and 13

Lecture: Postmodernism in Architecture
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 25, pp. 655-684

Paper Part III draft due on 5/13! (No e-mailed papers will be accepted.)

Week # 12: May 17, 19 and 20

Lecture: The Retrospective Eighties
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 26, pp. 685-729

Week # 13: May 24, 26 and 27

Lecture: Resistance and Resolution
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 27, pp. 730-775

Week # 14: May 31 (College Closed)

Study for the Final Exam!

Week # 15: Finals Week (June 3 to June 9)

Final Examination, date, time and room to be announced

• The Final will cover the material from the entire semester, w/ emphasis on lectures 7 – 14
• The final draft of your paper (all three parts combined) is due at the Final Exam: no e-mailed papers; no exceptions!

Some things to keep in mind:

• You must attend class, read the assignments, do all writing assignments and study for exams to pass this course! You will be tested on the images that are discussed and reproduced in the textbook in addition to other works that I show in class.
• If I catch you sleeping in class, I will mark you absent for the day. (Get yourself a Red Bull or something!)
• Cell Phones must remain off or set to vibrate during class. Do not play with your cell phone or send text messages during class lectures and the phone must not be visible during class lectures or exams.
• No eating, please. Chatting in class is not permitted. Engagement in the class discussion, however, is encouraged.
• Lateness counts! Absences count! Please show up on time for every class; slides for the writing assignments will not be repeated.
• The glossary in the back of the textbook is useful for studying and for the paper. Please also utilize a regular dictionary and/or www.artlex.com for finding vocabulary definitions.
• Please make use of the website for this course, Ning and my e-mail if you have any questions – E-mail is the best and most efficient way to reach me if you have problems or questions.

Some information about grades and class performance:

• Please be aware that just attending class and not doing any work does not warrant a passing grade. Being here is REQUIRED.
• I do not give “extra credit” assignments. If you just study for and do well on all of the required work in this course, you will earn a passing grade.
• I do not give you your grades: you give yourself your grades. All I do is record how you do in the five required assignment areas in this course: the midterm examination; the term paper and its components; the final examination; homework and all assignments to be turned in; and in-class work that is immediately collected. It is up to you to give yourself the grade that you want in this class.
• NEVER ask me for a specific grade. You will get a grade based on the average of your scores on the exams, papers, and assignments. If you need an A in this class, then make sure you earn it! The final grade is based on your scores on these assignments and nothing else!
• I generally do not give make-up exams. However, if you expect that you will have a problem attending the midterm or the final as they are scheduled on the syllabus, you must let me know as soon as possible. I will require that you bring in some proof as to why you cannot take the exam on the actual exam day (letter from work, doctor’s note, etc.). If you have no proof of reason for missing the exam, you will not be granted a make up.
• Please also note: any approved make-ups are usually given BEFORE the rest of the class takes the test, not after.
• I generally do not except late work. All assignments must be handed in exactly when they are due. It is not fair to give some students extra time for assignments while others hand in work on time. If work is turned in late, I take off points for every day it is late. Once an assignment is more than one week late, I will not accept it.
• I reserve the right to refuse any work if I suspect it is not the student’s original work. Anything submitted in this class that is copied from the internet or seemingly copied from another student or is in any way plagiarized from another source will be returned with a zero grade.
• I expect that when you are here in class, you remain in the class for the duration of our meeting. While it is okay to leave the room in an emergency, please do not make it a habit. If I notice that you have left for a long period or left early without an excuse, I will mark you absent for the day.

Dr. Caterina Pierre

Art 03600 Course Description – Art 36: Modern Art: From 1945 to the Present (3 crs., 3 hrs): An introduction to movements in painting, sculpture and architecture in the aftermath of World War II. The course begins with the rise of New York as the international center of the art world and continued through recent developments in visual arts.

Goals of the Art 36 course:

By the end of the Art 36 course, students should be able to:

1. Appreciate works of art from various cultures.
   1. Understand the differences between the various styles (or “isms”) in modern art.
   2. Learn and utilize art terminology necessary for discussion and study of art.
2. Know and be able to describe specific historical details of selected works of art from Western and non-Western cultures. Students are expected to gain an understanding of the relationships between artistic works and historical events, to recognize the influence of non-Western art and popular culture onto avant-garde artists and to understand their break from traditional art as it had been academically taught.
3. Write about a work of art using the knowledge acquired from class lectures and the assigned readings. The students will be exposed to art historical writing (which can be, but will not be limited to, art criticism, ekphrasis/artistic descriptions or historical research) so that they have a model on which to create their own art historical writing project.
4. Verbally Discuss a work of art using the knowledge acquired from the class lectures and the assigned readings especially with regard to how a work of art speaks to the issues of its own times.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle

Exactitude is not truth. ~ Henri Matisse

Meets: Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12:40 – 1:40 p.m., in room S-238

Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment, in room S-253

Contact Information:
E-mail: cpierre@kingsborough.edu
Phone/Voice Mail: 1-718-368-4622 (or from a campus phone, just dial 4622)
Website: www.profcaterina.com and www.art36pierre.ning.com
Mailbox: Room S-155 (Art Department Office)

Ning: Important course material, resources and updates will be available on Ning and other internet-based sites. More information and handouts about this will follow during the semester.

Required textbook: Arnason, A.A. and Elizabeth C. Mansfield, History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. Custom Edition for Kingsborough Community College (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2009).

• You are responsible for bringing the book to class every time
• Copies are available at the college bookstore
• There is a copy of the book on reserve in the library
• You will also be responsible for reading any and all additional handouts given in class
• Additional materials to help you will be found on the website, on Ning and on reserve in the library

Requirements for the Course:

In-Class and At-Home Writing Assignments on Artworks and Readings, worth 20% of final grade

Midterm Examination, worth 20% of the final grade
Will be on 4/15, no make-ups, no exceptions.

Field Assignment, worth 20% of final grade
This is a paper project in three parts, first drafts of each part due on 3/25, 4/22, and 5/13; final draft of completed paper, all parts combined, will be due at the final exam. No e-mailed papers; no exceptions!

Late work will be downgraded one letter grade (10 points) for each day that it is late; no work will be accepted if it is more than one week late.

Final examination, worth 20% of final grade
Final examination date to be announced; Any make-ups will be downgraded one full letter and will consist of essay questions.

Class participation, worth 20% of final grade
Participation requires being involved in writing assignments and class discussions. You must be in attendance to participate. Therefore: 3 absences/6 late arrivals = lowers grade one letter; more than this will be considered a withdrawal from the class.

Dr. Caterina Pierre

Week # 1: March 1, 2 and 3

Lecture: The Origins of Modern Art
Assignment: Read Leroy and answer questions (handout available on Ning, due Wednesday 3/10); also, read Arnason, Chapter 1, pp. 1-16

Week # 2: March 8, 9 and 10

Lecture: The Search for Truth: Realism, Impressionism and Early Photography
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 2, pp. 17-50

Leroy Summary due on 3/10!

Week # 3: March 15, 16 and 17

Lecture: Post-Impressionism
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 3, pp. 51-81

If you have not done so already, GO to the museum and choose a work of art for your paper!

Week # 4: March 22, 23 and 24

Lecture: The Origins of Modern Architecture and Design and Art Nouveau and the Beginnings of Expressionism
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 4, pp. 82-93, and Chapter 5, pp. 94-109

Paper Part I draft due on 3/24! (No e-mailed papers will be accepted.)

Week # 5: March 29 (March 30 – April 6, College is closed for Spring Break)

Spring Break Week at Kingsborough: Start reading ahead for next week’s class.

Reading: The New Century: Experiments in Color and Form
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 6, pp. 110-132

Week # 6: April 7

Lecture: Expressionism in Germany (The Bridge and The Blue Rider)
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 7, pp. 133-157

Study for next week’s Midterm!

Week # 7: April 12, 13 and 14

Lecture: Cubism
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 8, pp. 158-192

Midterm on 4/14: Will cover lectures and assignments from weeks 1 – 6

Week # 8: April 19, 20 and 21

Lecture: Early Twentieth-Century Architecture
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 9, pp. 193-205

Paper Part II draft due on 4/21! (No e-mailed papers will be accepted.)

Week # 9: April 26, 27 and 28

Lecture: European Responses to Cubism
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 10, pp. 206-234

Last day to drop with a grade of "W": 4/28

Week # 10: May 3, 4 and 5

Lecture: Picturing the Wasteland: Western Europe during World War I
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 11, pp. 235-263

Week # 11: May 10, 11 and 12

Lecture: Art in France after World War I
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 12, pp. 264-284

Paper Part III draft due on 5/12! (No e-mailed papers will be accepted.)

Week # 12: May 17, 18 and 19

Lecture: Clarity, Certainty, and Order: de Stijl and the Pursuit of Geometric Abstraction
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 13, pp. 285-296

Week # 13: May 24, 25 and 26

Lecture: Bauhaus and the Teaching of Modernism
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 14, pp. 297-318

Week # 14: June 1 (College Closed, May 31)

Lecture: Surrealism and its Discontents
Assignment: Read Arnason, Chapter 15, pp. 318-359

Week # 15: Finals Week (June 3 – June 9)

Final Examination, date, time and room to be announced

• The Final will cover the material from the entire semester, w/ emphasis on lectures 7 – 14
• The final draft of your paper (all three parts combined) is due at the Final Exam: no e-mailed papers; no exceptions!

Some things to keep in mind:

• You must attend class, read the assignments, do all writing assignments and study for exams to pass this course! You will be tested on the images that are discussed and reproduced in the textbook in addition to other works that I show in class.
• If I catch you sleeping in class, I will mark you absent for the day. (Get yourself a Red Bull or something!)
• Cell Phones must remain off or set to vibrate during class. Do not play with your cell phone or send text messages during class lectures and the phone must not be visible during class lectures or exams.
• No eating, please. Chatting in class is not permitted. Engagement in the class discussion, however, is encouraged.
• Lateness counts! Absences count! Please show up on time for every class; slides for the writing assignments will not be repeated.
• The glossary in the back of the textbook is useful for studying and for the paper. Please also utilize a regular dictionary and/or www.artlex.com for finding vocabulary definitions.
• Please make use of the website for this course, Ning and my e-mail if you have any questions – E-mail is the best and most efficient way to reach me if you have problems or questions.

Some information about grades and class performance:

• Please be aware that just attending class and not doing any work does not warrant a passing grade. Being here is REQUIRED.
• I do not give “extra credit” assignments. If you just study for and do well on all of the required work in this course, you will earn a passing grade.
• I do not give you your grades: you give yourself your grades. All I do is record how you do in the five required assignment areas in this course: the midterm examination; the term paper and its components; the final examination; homework and all assignments to be turned in; and in-class work that is immediately collected. It is up to you to give yourself the grade that you want in this class.
• NEVER ask me for a specific grade. You will get a grade based on the average of your scores on the exams, papers, and assignments. If you need an A in this class, then make sure you earn it! The final grade is based on your scores on these assignments and nothing else!
• I generally do not give make-up exams. However, if you expect that you will have a problem attending the midterm or the final as they are scheduled on the syllabus, you must let me know as soon as possible. I will require that you bring in some proof as to why you cannot take the exam on the actual exam day (letter from work, doctor’s note, etc.). If you have no proof of reason for missing the exam, you will not be granted a make-up.
• Please also note: any approved make-ups are usually given BEFORE the rest of the class takes the test, not after.
• I generally do not except late work. All assignments must be handed in exactly when they are due. It is not fair to give some students extra time for assignments while others hand in work on time. If work is turned in late, I take off points for every day it is late. Once an assignment is more than one week late, I will not accept it.
• I reserve the right to refuse any work if I suspect it is not the student’s original work. Anything submitted in this class that is copied from the internet or seemingly copied from another student or is in any way plagiarized from another source will be returned with a zero grade.
• I expect that when you are here in class, you remain in the class for the duration of our meeting. While it is okay to leave the room in an emergency, please do not make it a habit. If I notice that you have left for a long period or left early without an excuse, I will mark you absent for the day.

Dr. Caterina Pierre

Art 03500 Course Description – Modern Art: From 1880 to 1945 (3 crs., 3 hrs): An introduction to the development of modern art, beginning in late nineteenth-century France. The course traces the emergence of various art movements, the rise of the historical avant-garde in Europe, and the development of abstract art.

Goals of the Art 35 course:

By the end of the Art 35 course, students should be able to:

1. Appreciate figurative and abstract works of art from various cultures.
   1. Understand the differences and progression between the various styles (or “isms”) in modern art.
   2. Learn and utilize art terminology necessary for discussion and study of art.
2. Know and be able to describe specific historical details of selected works of art from Western and non-Western cultures, gain understanding of the relationship between artistic works and historical events, and recognize the influence of non-Western art onto avant-garde artists.
3. Write about a work of art using the knowledge acquired from class lectures and the assigned readings. The students will be exposed to art historical writing (which can be, but will not be limited to, art criticism, ekphrasis/artistic description or historical research) so that they have a model on which to create their own art historical writing project.
4. Verbally Discuss a work of art using the knowledge acquired from the class lectures and the assigned readings especially with regard to how a work of art speaks to the issues of its own times.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle

Exactitude is not truth. ~ Henri Matisse

Meets: Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., in room S-238

Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment, in room S-253

Contact Information:
E-mail: cpierre@kingsborough.edu
Phone/ Voice Mail: 1-718-368-4622 (or from a campus phone, just dial 4622)
Website: www.profcaterina.com and www.art35pierre.ning.com
Mailbox: Room S-155 (Art Department Office)

Ning: Important course material, resources and updates will be available on Ning and other internet-based sites. More information and handouts about this will follow during the semester.

Required textbook: Arnason, A.A. and Elizabeth C. Mansfield, History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. Custom Edition for Kingsborough Community College (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2009).

• You are responsible for bringing the book to class every time
• Copies are available at the college bookstore
• There is a copy of the book on reserve in the library
• You will also be responsible for reading any and all additional handouts given in class
• Additional materials to help you will be found on the website, on Ning and on reserve in the library

Requirements for the Course:

In-Class and At-Home Writing Assignments on Artworks and Readings, worth 20% of final grade

Midterm Examination, worth 20% of the final grade
Will be on 4/14, no make-ups, no exceptions.

Field Assignment, worth 20% of final grade
This is a paper project in three parts, first drafts of each part due on 3/24, 4/21, and 5/12; final draft of completed paper, all parts combined, will be due at the final exam. No e-mailed papers; no exceptions!

Late work will be downgraded one letter grade (10 points) for each day that it is late; no work will be accepted if it is more than one week late.

Final examination, worth 20% of final grade
Final examination date to be announced; Any make-ups will be downgraded one full letter and will consist of essay questions.

Class participation, worth 20% of final grade
Participation requires being involved in writing assignments and class discussions. You must be in attendance to participate. Therefore: 3 absences/6 late arrivals = lowers grade one letter; more than this will be considered a withdrawal from the class.

Dr. Caterina Pierre

Week # 1: March 1, 3 and 4

Lecture: Introduction to Art History
Assignment: Read Adams, Introduction pp. 1-25

Week # 2: March 8, 10 and 11

Lecture: Precursors of the Renaissance (13^th and 14^th Centuries)
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 12, pp. 449-475

Week # 3: March 15, 17 and 18

Lecture: The Early Renaissance (15th Century), Part I
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 13, pp. 480-503
If you have not done so already, GO to the museum and choose a work of art for your paper!

Week # 4: March 22, 24, and 25

Lecture: The Early Renaissance (15^th Century), Part II
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 13, pp. 504-538

Paper Part I draft due on 3/25! (No e-mailed papers will be accepted.)

Week # 5: March 29 (March 30 – April 6, College is closed for Spring Break)

Spring Break Week at Kingsborough: Start reading ahead for next week’s class.

The High Renaissance in Italy (16th Century), Part I
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 14, pp. 542-577

Week # 6: April 7 and 8

Lecture: The High Renaissance in Italy (16^th Century), Part II
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 13, pp. 504-538

Study for next week’s Midterm!

Week # 7: April 12, 14 and 15

Read on your own: Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy; Sixteenth Century Printmaking in Northern Europe
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 15, pp. 583-600 and Chapter 16, pp. 604-622

Midterm on 4/15: Will cover lectures and assignments from weeks 1 – 6

Week # 8: April 19, 21 and 22

Lecture: The Baroque Style in Western Europe
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 17, pp. 626-674

Paper Part II draft due on 4/22! (No e-mailed papers will be accepted.)

Week # 9: April 26, 28 and 29

Lecture: Rococo and the Eighteenth Century
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 18, pp. 678-698

Last day to drop with a grade of "W": 4/29

Week # 10: May 3, 5 and 6

Lecture: Neoclassicism: The Late 18^th and Early 19^th Centuries
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 19, pp. 702-719

Week # 11: May 10, 12 and 13

Lecture: Romanticism: The Late 18^th and Early 19^th Centuries
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 20, pp. 721-744

Paper Part III draft due on 5/13! (No e-mailed papers will be accepted.)

Week # 12: May 17, 19 and 20

Lecture: Nineteenth-Century Realism
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 21, pp. 746-770

Week # 13: May 24, 26 and 27

Lecture: Nineteenth-Century Impressionism
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 22, pp. 772-799

Week # 14: May 31 (College Closed)

Reading: Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century; Introduction to the 20^th Century
Assignment: Read Adams, Chapter 23, pp. 803-826

Week # 15: Finals Week (June 3 to June 9)

Final Examination, date, time and room to be announced

• The Final will cover the material from the entire semester, w/ emphasis on lectures and assignments from weeks 7 – 14
• The final draft of your paper (all three parts combined) is due at the Final Exam: no e-mailed papers; no exceptions!

Some things to keep in mind:

• You must attend class, read the assignments, do all writing assignments and study for exams to pass this course! You will be tested on the images that are discussed and reproduced in the textbook in addition to other works that I show in class.
• If I catch you sleeping in class, I will mark you absent for the day. (Get yourself a Red Bull or something!)
• Cell Phones must remain off or set to vibrate during class. Do not play with your cell phone or send text messages during class lectures and the phone must not be visible during class lectures or exams.
• No eating, please. Chatting in class is not permitted. Engagement in the class discussion, however, is encouraged.
• Lateness counts! Absences count! Please show up on time for every class; slides for the writing assignments will not be repeated.
• The glossary in the back of the textbook is useful for studying and for the paper. Please also utilize a regular dictionary and/or www.artlex.com for finding vocabulary definitions.
• Please make use of the website for this course, Ning and my e-mail if you have any questions – E-mail is the best and most efficient way to reach me if you have problems or questions.

Some information about grades and class performance:

• Please be aware that just attending class and not doing any work does not warrant a passing grade. Being here is REQUIRED.
• I do not give “extra credit” assignments. If you just study for and do well on all of the required work in this course, you will earn a passing grade.
• I do not give you your grades: you give yourself your grades. All I do is record how you do in the five required assignment areas in this course: the midterm examination; the term paper and its components; the final examination; homework and all assignments to be turned in; and in-class work that is immediately collected. It is up to you to give yourself the grade that you want in this class.
• NEVER ask me for a specific grade. You will get a grade based on the average of your scores on the exams, papers, and assignments. If you need an A in this class, then make sure you earn it! The final grade is based on your scores on these assignments and nothing else!
• I generally do not give make-up exams. However, if you expect that you will have a problem attending the midterm or the final as they are scheduled on the syllabus, you must let me know as soon as possible. I will require that you bring in some proof as to why you cannot take the exam on the actual exam day (letter from work, doctor’s note, etc.). If you have no proof of reason for missing the exam, you will not be granted a make-up.
• Please also note: any approved make-ups are usually given BEFORE the rest of the class takes the test, not after.
• I generally do not except late work. All assignments must be handed in exactly when they are due. It is not fair to give some students extra time for assignments while others hand in work on time. If work is turned in late, I take off points for every day it is late. Once an assignment is more than one week late, I will not accept it.
• I reserve the right to refuse any work if I suspect it is not the student’s original work. Anything submitted in this class that is copied from the internet or seemingly copied from another student or is in any way plagiarized from another source will be returned with a zero grade.
• I expect that when you are here in class, you remain in the class for the duration of our meeting. While it is okay to leave the room in an emergency, please do not make it a habit. If I notice that you have left for a long period or left early without an excuse, I will mark you absent for the day.

Dr. Caterina Pierre

Art 03400 Course Description – Survey of Art History from Renaissance to 19^th-Century Art (3 crs., 3 hrs): Study of Western art from the Renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century, noting changes and growth in style and form.

Goals of the Art 34 course:

By the end of the Art 34 course, students should be able to:

1. Appreciate works of art from various cultures.
   1. Understand the differences between and the progression of the various styles (or “isms”) in art from the early Renaissance to the early modern period.
   2. Learn and utilize art terminology necessary for discussion and study of art.
2. Know and be able to describe specific historical details of selected works of art from Western and non-Western cultures and gain understanding of the relationship between artistic works and historical events. Students will also know the roles of artists, their techniques and the beginnings of the art market and the history of commissioned works of art over the centuries.
3. Write about a work of art using the knowledge acquired from class lectures and the assigned readings. The students will be exposed to art historical writing (which can be, but will not be limited to, art criticism, ekphrasis / artistic description or historical research) so that they have a model on which to create their own art historical writing project.
4. Verbally Discuss a work of art using the knowledge acquired from the class lectures and the assigned readings especially with regard to how a work of art speaks to the issues of its own times.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle

Exactitude is not truth. ~ Henri Matisse

Meets: Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:20 a.m. – 11:20 a.m., in room S-238

Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. or by appointment, in room S-253

Contact Information:
E-mail: cpierre@kingsborough.edu
Phone/Voice Mail: 1-718-368-4622 (or from a campus phone, just dial 4622)
Website: www.profcaterina.com and http://art34pierre.ning.com
Mailbox: Room S-155 (Art Department Office)

Ning: Important course material, resources and updates will be available on Ning and other internet-based sites. More information and handouts about this will follow during the semester.

Required textbook: Laurie Schneider Adams, Art Across Time, Volume II: The Fourteenth-Century to the Present. Third Edition. McGraw-Hill, 2007. ISBN # 978-0-07-296974-0.

• You are responsible for bringing the book to class every time
• Used and new copies are available at the college bookstore
• There is a copy of the book on reserve in the library
• You will also be responsible for reading any and all additional handouts given in class
• Additional materials to help you will be found on the website, on Ning and on reserve in the library

Requirements for the Course:

In-Class and At-Home Writing Assignments on Artworks and Readings, worth 20% of final grade

Midterm Examination, worth 20% of the final grade
Will be on 4/15, no make-ups, no exceptions.

Field Assignment, worth 20% of final grade
This is a paper project in three parts, first drafts of each part due on 3/25, 4/22, and 5/13; final draft of completed paper, all parts combined, will be due at the final exam. No e-mailed papers; no exceptions!

Late work will be downgraded one letter grade (10 points) for each day that it is late; no work will be accepted if it is more than one week late.

Final examination, worth 20% of final grade
Final examination date to be announced; Any make-ups will be downgraded one full letter and will consist of essay questions.

Class participation, worth 20% of final grade
Participation requires being involved in writing assignments and class discussions. You must be in attendance to participate. Therefore: 3 absences/6 late arrivals = lowers grade one letter; more than this will be considered a withdrawal from the class.

Information Coming Soon!

Paper Part II: Reading-Based Assignment Using the Textbook and (at least) One Outside Source

Expectations: As explained to you in class, you will write a term paper in three separate parts, handed in to me of the course of the semester as drafts, which you will later correct and combine into a complete paper at the end of the semester; this is Part II. For this second part, I expect you to write a historical and text-based analysis of the work of art that you chose on your own during your museum visit. In addition to using your textbook, you should find at least one other textual source (a book or article) to be used to further discuss your work of art or artist. I expect the paper to be at least three (3) typed pages, double-spaced. To do this assignment, please follow the steps outlined below:

Step 1: Using the textbook, begin your essay by identifying the period of time from which your artwork originates. To do this, read through the table of contents and locate the chapter that best fits your artwork. Then, identify and define the style of your artwork based on the information in the textbook concerning other works of art similar to yours. This should NOT be a one or two-sentence description of period and style; instead it should be at least two paragraphs and include the definition of the style in question.

Please keep in mind that your specific artwork and/or artist may or may not be covered in the textbook; if this is the case you may have to find an additional textual source for this part of the paper.

Step 2: Once you have identified the chapter, period and style in which your artist and similar artworks would be placed in the book, provide an overview of the major historical points of the chapter in your essay. Who, besides your chosen artist, were the major artists working at the same time? Where was the focus of the art world at the time? What were the major historical events at the time that your work was made? Who were the foremost purchasers of art? How was art displayed in that time? You must include vocabulary words from the course list in your essay to illustrate the different components of your artwork. Remember to discuss the style, subject matter, media and techniques used in your artwork.

Step 3: Finally, please locate at least one other book or article about your artist, artwork or the style of the artwork. You may use any scholarly book or article. You may use the internet to find articles in a database or archive, such as in JSTOR or on NYTimes.com, but you may not use websites such as Wikipedia OR Encyclopedias for information. To find articles in databases you can look at one or more of the databases on the KCC Kibbee Library website at: http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/kcclibrary/articles/DBLibrary/alphalist.php

After finding your second source and reading it thoroughly, please discuss the following in your essay:

Can you answer any of your original thesis questions from Part I of your paper? Did you learn any biographical information about your artist? What was your artist’s life like? Was your specific artwork discussed in your second source? Why did you choose this second source? Did it have a lot of information that you found interesting? Did this book or article contain any additional information about your artwork that you did not read about in the textbook?

Again, I want this essay to be a narrative in your own words. I am not interested in reading papers in which you have cut-and-pasted material right from the books or the internet into your essay.

Citations and Bibliography:

I expect that you will use proper citations (such as footnotes, endnotes or parenthetical notes) in your paper. If you do not know how or when to include a citation, please consult a style manual, such as the MLA Style Guide. We can briefly go over citations in class. The thing to remember is that if you include anything in your paper that was based on something you read, written by someone else, you can include it, but you must provide a citation for the original source of the information including page number and date of publication, at least.

This paper also requires you to include a bibliography. This is also covered in MLA and we can quickly discuss it in class. This is a document at the end of the paper where you list all of the sources that you used for the information in your essay. Everyone’s bibliography should include at least two sources: the textbook information and you’re the information about your one outside source.

Format:

The paper should include the title, an introductory paragraph and a concluding paragraph.

Papers must be typed on clean white paper, double spaced, with no more than 1" margins all around and using a font size no larger than Times New Roman 12.

Please run the spell check feature before turning the paper in to me; spell check will not catch all errors, but it will clean up some basic and minor spelling issues.

Important: Attach a cover sheet with the title of your paper, your full name, the course number and the section. No plastic report covers please. Just staple everything together using one staple in the top left corner and include the cover sheet mentioned above.

Length should be approximately three (3) typed pages.

Remember that this part of the paper will be attached to the end of Part I. Make sure that the ideas seem to flow in a clear an organized manner from Part I to Part II.

Expectations and Grading Criteria:

This paper is a draft, and as such will not be given a number grade but will be evaluated in terms of the depth and quality of the visual analysis, readability and style and organization. On the first draft, you will receive, a "check +" for excellence, a "check" for a good paper, and a "check -" for a poor paper. Papers with a significant amount of errors will be returned to the student unmarked for an immediate re-write. ALL STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RE-WRITE ALL PORTIONS OF THIS PAPER AND RESUBMIT IT WITH MY CORRECTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS AT THE END OF THE TERM FOR A NUMBER GRADE.

Failure to complete this portion of the paper, all drafts and the rewrite at the end of the term will result in a lower final grade.

NO LATE PAPERS OR E-MAILED PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!