Thursday, January 29, 2015

Dance Class Blog Post #1

Edgar Degas. Dance Class. c.1876. Oil on canvas


I chose this piece of art because it allows the viewer to be able to see the people in the painting at a specific moment of time. It seems as though the ballerinas didn’t have time to pose or weren’t paying attention to someone actually painting them. It catches a random moment of time that is unexpected. This is done intentionally, because usually Impressionists painted with more freedom and recorded everyday life. Instead of the painter, painting the ballerinas in their show, which is more expected, Degas captured them backstage with their regular routine of practice. 

Cynthia Ruballos

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Syllabus

Mount Saint Mary College
Enjoying Modern Art Course Syllabus

Course Number:       ART4017                                                        Credits:          3         
Course Title:              Enjoying Modern Art            
Professor:                   Gary Jacketti
Office Hours:             Monday, Wednesday before or after class
e-mail:                         jacketti@optonline.net
                                    gjac4166@msmc.edu
blog:                            http://modernart2011.blogspot.com
Class Times:               Monday/Wednesday, 5:15 to 6:40
Required Text:          Sam Hunter, John Jacobus and Daniel Wheeler. Modern Art, New
                                    York, The Vendome Press
ISBN:                         0-13-189565-6
Course Outcomes:  The objective of this course is to introduce and understand the concepts, theories and movements associated with modern art.  They will develop an understanding of the reasoning and time in the context of art history.  This will occur with slide presentations, documentaries and movies associated with the period and artists.  The students will be introduced to the various techniques and mediums and explore projects related to the various Modern Art movements.  They will also be able to recognize the difference between modern and contemporary art through readings, discussions, blogs, presentations and field trips.
Grading and Evaluation Students will need to complete 8 projects, post weekly to the class blog, 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:
Midterm Exam            25%
Blog Posts                   15%
Projects                       25%
Final Exam                  35%

Division of Arts and Letters Grading Policy
Points
Grade Equivalent
Quality Points
Meaning
100-95
A
4.0
Superior
94-90
A-
3.67
Outstanding
89-87
B+
3.33
Excellent
86-83
B
3.0
Very Good
82-80
B-
2.67
Good
79-77
C+
2.33
Above Average
76-73
C
2.0
Average
72-70
C-
1.67
Below Average
69-65
D+
1.33
Poor
64-60
D
1.0
Passing
59-0
F
0.0
Failing


Blog
This is a group experiment, and this will be a work in progress.  The idea is to be actively involved in the reporting of the arts in the media, i.e. newspapers, magazines and the web.  We will then post these ideas to create a body of research and ideas directly published on the web.

Projects
The students will be introduced to projects using a variety of mediums designed to synthesize, understand and interpret the movements associated with the movements of Modern Art.

Exams
There will be two exams in this course which will cover materials from the text and the lectures.   

Course Schedule and Readings

Week 1                                                Introduction, Review of Syllabus, Q & A
                        Overview of Western Art
Chapter 1: Modernism and Its Origins in the 19th                                                      Century
Media: Vincent and Theo

Week 2                                                Chapter 2; Seurat, Cezanne and the Language of                                                                  Structure
                       
Week 3                                                Chapter 3: Gauguin and Van Gogh, and the                                                                          Language of Vision
                                   
Week 4                                                Chapter 7: Expressionism in France,
                        Matisse and The Fauves
                                                            Media:  Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo

Week 5                                                Chapter 8:  Expressionism in Germany, The Bridge                                                               and the Blue Rider
                                                                                               
Week 6                                                Chapter 9:  The Cubist Revolution:  Braque and                                                                    Picasso
                                               
Week 7                                                Studio Week
                                                            Mid-Term Review
                                                           
Week 8                                                Mid-Term Critiques and Exam





Week 9                                                Chapter 11: Dada and Fantastic Art
                                                            Media: Jackson Pollock
                                   

Week 10                                              Chapter 12: Surrealism: The Resolution of Dream                                                                                         and Reality

Week 11                                              Chapter 16: American Art in the Wake of the                                                                                                Armory Show

Week 12                                              Chapter 17: The New York School: Abstract                                                                                                 Expressionism

Week 13                                              Chapter 19:  American Art of the Sixties: Pop Art                                                                                        and Minimalism
                                                            Media: Basquait       

Week 14                                              Studio Week
                                                            Final Review

Week 15                                              Final Critiques and Exam