Art100 ART APPRECIATION (Online)

Joon Sung, Professor, Department of Art - Western Kentucky University

Email: joon.sung@wku.edu   Tel: 270-745-2154   Office: 414 Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center

Description

Art Appreciation fulfills General Education goals by offering students an informed acquaintance with major achievements in the visual arts, while giving them a perspective that connects present accomplishments in the visual arts to historical precedents.

Objectives

“In accordance with WKU’s General Education goals, at the conclusion of this course students will be able to demonstrate how social, cultural, and historical contexts influence creative expression in the arts and humanities.”

To foster an interest in and understanding of the visual arts through an introduction to expressive, formal and historical artistic frameworks. Specifically..

• Discuss why visual art is made and its relevance to society.
• To be able to analyze a work of art formally and critically.
• To gain a preliminary understanding of techniques for several, specific visual art disciplines.
• Discuss some major art historical periods and to identify specific works within those periods.
• Apply basic visual critical thinking and visual literacy techniques to art and objects in everyday life.
• Discuss the formal elements and principles of design used in a work of art.
• Evaluate a work of art from the aesthetic, formal, technical, and historical points of view.
• Describe how you will seek out art related experiences after the course ends.

Requirements for online courses

• To have reliable access to a computer connected to the internet.
• To have basic Internet navigation and word processing skills.
  

Prebles' Artforms , Prentice Hall; 11 edition Author(s): Patrick Frank, Publisher: Pearson

You can choose either eText or Print version.

eText ISBN: 9780205972210
Textbook digital rental: 180 days
https://www.vitalsource.com/referral?term=9780205972210

Print ISBN: 9780205968114

• You take 22 tests that are worth 20 points each.
• All tests will concentrate on each relevant chapter as well as online screenings usually at Youtube or Vimeo.
• Timed Test: Each test is open book, but has a time limit of 50 minutes.
• Timer Setting: You will be notified when time expires, and you may continue or submit.
• Force Completion: The test can be saved and resumed later. The timer will continue to run if you leave the test.
• The tests will be available at Blackborad between 8am - 11:59pm on the day.
• You can only take them once, so be ready to complete them the first time you access.

You have two short paper assignments. They must be turned in through Blackboard.

>>Paper 1 (50 points)
Choose one of the chapters from below, and then write a Two-Page (Typed, Calibri, 11pt, Single-spaced) summary of the chapter. You should emphasize the chapter’s main points but also include specific details where they are important. In short, distill the chapter into a summary that could serve you in the future.


Chapter 15. From the Earliest Art to the Bronze Age
Chapter 16. The Classical and Medieval West
Chapter 17. Renaissance and Baroque Europe

>>Paper 2 (50 points)

[Option1]
Research a topic about an artist, an art style, a period in art history, a particular type of visual art then write a two-page paper (typed, Calibri, 11pt, Single-spaced).


[Option2]
Visit any art gallery or museum and write a two-page paper (typed, Calibri, 11pt, Single-spaced) about your thoughts and impressions of the current show.

Here is the list of local and regional galleries and museums.
- Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center Gallery http://www.wku.edu/art/gallery_info.php
- Capitol Arts Gallery: http://www.capitolarts.com/galleries.html
- SKyPAC Main Gallery: http://www.theskypac.com/visual-arts-gallery/skypac-main-gallery
- Capitol Houchens Gallery: http://www.theskypac.com/visual-arts-gallery/capitol-houchens-gallery
- Speed Art Museum, Louisville: http://www.speedmuseum.org/home.html
- University of Kentucky Art Museum: http://finearts.uky.edu/art-museum
- The Frist Art Center, Nashville: www.fristcenter.org
- Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum of Art: www.cheekwood.org
- Cincinnati Art Museum: http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/

***Whichever option you choose, your paper should contain: 1. An argumentative thesis (i.e., there is more than one side to the issue). 2. Textual examples from the work to support your point (also known as quotes!)

***Plagiarism: Whole or parts of sentences just copied and pasted with no references cited immediately following is considered plagiarism. I want to know what you think about the work, not some art critic who submits writing to Wikipedia, for example!

Notes

Notes:
Blackboard technical issues should be contacted to WKU IT Help Desk at 270-745-7000.
Other questions regarding the class, post on the discussion board.
When you send me an email to ask any questions you might have, allow 24 hours for me to respond to you. I’ll try all my best to get back to you as quick as possible.

Grading

Academic Honesty. Here is how WKU defines plagiarism in the student handbook: “To represent written work taken from another source as one's own is plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious offense. The academic work of a student must be his/her own. One must give any author credit for source
material borrowed from him/her. To lift content directly from a source without giving credit is a flagrant act. To present a borrowed passage without reference to the source after having changed a few words is also plagiarism.”

If you are unsure of what specifically constitutes plagiarism, consult me or tutors at the WKU Writing Center (http://www.wku.edu/writingcenter/).

Syllabus statement from the SARC

In compliance with University policy, students with disabilities who require academic and/or auxiliary accommodations for this course must contact the Student Accessibility Resource Center located in Downing Student Union, 1074. SARC can be reached by phone number at 270-745-5004 [270-745-3030 TTY] or via email at sarc.connect@wku.edu. Please do not request accommodations directly from the professor or instructor without a Faculty Notification Letter (FNL) from The Student Accessibility Resource Center.

Title IX Sexual Misconduct/Assault Policy: Western Kentucky University (WKU) is committed to supporting faculty, staff and students by upholding WKU’s Title IX Sexual Misconduct/Assault Policy (#0.2070) at  https://wku.edu/eoo/documents/titleix/wkutitleixpolicyandgrievanceprocedure.pdf and 
Discrimination and Harassment Policy (#0.2040) at  https://wku.edu/policies/hr_policies/2040_discrimination_harassment_policy.pdf. Under these policies, discrimination, harassment and/or sexual misconduct based on sex/gender are prohibited. If you experience an incident of sex/gender-based discrimination, harassment and/or sexual misconduct, you are encouraged to report it to the Title IX Coordinator, Andrea Anderson, 270-745-5398 or Title IX Investigators, Michael Crowe, 270-745-5429 or Joshua Hayes, 270-745-5121.Please note that while you may report an incident of sex/gender based discrimination, harassment and/or sexual misconduct to a faculty member, WKU faculty are “Responsible Employees” of the University and MUST report what you share to WKU’s Title IX Coordinator or Title IX Investigator. If you would like to speak with someone who may be able to afford you confidentiality, you may contact WKU’s Counseling and Testing Center at 270-745-3159.

STATEMENT REGARDING IMAGE RESEARCH: When accessing images for educational consultation, be sure to obtain them from a legitimate source.  These include sites for universities, museums, and research institutes that are subject to professional editing and peer review. Such places are much more likely to contain accurate information about the artist, title, date, provenance, and current ownership and rights information of an object than commercial sites, personal blogs, or photo-sharing engines.
Five good places to start that are known to be accurate are:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/collections
The Web Gallery of Art: http://www.wga.hu/
The British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx
The Louvre: http://www.louvre.fr/en/moteur-de-recherche-oeuvres#
The National Gallery of Art: http://www.nga.gov/collection/index.shtm

STATEMENT REGARDING ART USE AND REPRODUCTION: The art department of WKU respects the authorship or original artwork produced in our classes, but also reserves the right to reproduce these pieces for departmental promotion, instruction or program files.  Reproduced work will be identified by name or as “student work.”  The college is also not liable for artwork lost from a designated pick-up space, hallway display or after specified retrieval time has expired.

STATEMENT ON CRITICAL THINKING:  As with all courses with an emphasis in critical thinking, this class will introduce concepts, ideas and images that may be challenging.  These may include, but are not limited to: religious ideas, political viewpoints, social issues and nudity. In such cases, it is the professional judgment of the faculty that the use of such concepts, ideas and images is a fundamental component of the curriculum.

USE OF MODELS: As in all studio art courses, this course may use unclothed models or images of the same.
In such cases, it is the professional judgment of the faculty that the use of such models is a fundamental component of the curriculum. (WKU Policy)

As a studio art course with an anatomy focus, this course will use unclothed models and images of the same.
In such cases, it is the professional judgment of the faculty that the use of such models is a fundamental component of the curriculum. (WKU policy)