| Semester: | Fall 2002 |
| Time: | Wednesday 3.30-6.20 pm |
| Room: | P65D |
| Instructor: | Pippin Michelli |
| Contact: | |
| 15 weeks | |
| 3 credits | |
| Pre-requisites: | AH111 and EN201 or their equivalents in transfer credit |
| Elective Course, offered every semester | |
How does the Church as an institution visually address the problem of cataclysm? When the population at large experiences God's failure to intervene in disaster, or His incomprehensible overturning of accepted conditions, simple tradition is not enough. This course examines 20th century Church responses to World War, natural disaster, and acts of terrorism, setting them against earlier policies addressing religious persecutions, decimating plague and city-wide fires. Horror and hope are legitimate aspects of institutional Church art. This course will read the art itself to consider how Church leaders decide which one to promote.
AH318 provides students the opportunity to give in-depth focus to a wide range of elective topics in Art History. Experience in the disciplines is broadened through intensive reading, writing, research and oral assignments. Among the topics which students may choose to study are courses such as: 19th Century American Masters; Early Chinese Art; Women, Art, and Society; The Bauhaus; The History of Industrial Design; and others.
AH318 is an advanced-level elective course in Art History. In AH318 students will undertake an in-depth and systematic investigation of one area of study in Art History. This topic may focus on the art of a geographic area or culture, a particular movement in the history of art, or on the life and work of one artist or group of artists. In each case, the course of study will include an extensive analysis of individual works of art, the cultures from which these emerged, and the critical discourse that helps us understand this art more clearly.
As an advanced-level course, AH318 is designed with the understanding that the coursework will feature interpretation, analysis and critical method rather than the mere assimilation and recall of factual material. Students will be presented with readings and lecture material from a variety of sources - and from a range of historic and critical literature on the topic under consideration. Each student will be expected to engage actively with course materials and methods.
To successfully complete AH318 a student must be able to do the following:
AH318 is a reading and writing intensive course. Students will be required to complete regular reading assignments, prepare formal and informal writing projects, and contribute regularly to class discussions and oral collaborative efforts - such as focus groups and panel discussions - that relate to course material.
At semester's end, students will submit a portfolio that contains their best revised work of the semester. A cover letter describing the contents of the portfolio and discussing a significant idea or observation about the enclosed work must be included.
Academic work that is submitted to an instructor is assumed to be the result of one's own work, thought, research, or self-examination. Further, when wording, organization, images, music, lyrics, audio sources, or ideas are borrowed from another source, that source is to be absolutely acknowledged according to proper academic conventions.
Academic dishonesty can exist in visual work as well as in written work. In the interest of avoiding the perception of academic dishonesty, images copied, scanned, collaged, or otherwise appropriated from existing sources, must be cited according to proper academic conventions. This will be the case even when the appropriated images are re-configured to make a different organization and/or meaning than the original piece.
Projects completed for an assignment in one course cannot be turned in for another course, unless the two courses have been assigned a joint project. Collaborative works should acknowledge the contribution of each of the collaborators.
Plagiarism in the failure to acknowledge the use of words, ideas, images, music, and/or organization of another. Plagiarism can be grounds for failing a class. Anyone engaged in plagiarism may face a disciplinary hearing, possibly leading to dismissal from MIAD.
MIAD has an excellent Learning Resource Center (LRC) where you may seek help or insight with your writing or reading. If I see that you are having particular difficulty or could use additional help with your writing, I will require that you spend considerable time in the LRC with one of our excellent tutors. But you may also want to use the LRC as a place to talk with an outside reader about your work, to refine or seek new ideas. The LRC is an ideal place to do this.
All writers - even writing instructors! - share their writing with someone they trust. The LRC exists so that you can share your writing with a friendly, caring audience. You should feel free to bring drafts and journal entries from this course to discuss with the LRC staff. These are MIAD students and professionals trained to listen to your needs and to provide you with insight and support. They are not proofreaders or red-ink mongers. They will not tell you what is "wrong" or "incorrect" with your writing. Instead, they will listen carefully to what you say and then read and respond to your writing as best they can. (I may require some of you to attend on a regular [weekly] basis.)
The "C" grade indicates satisfactory work - work that demonstrates technical, creative, and critical competence. It reflects regular attendance, continuing improvement, and successful accomplishment of course objectives.