(subject to change as necessary)
Introduction to a History of the Arts
Reading: Preface + Introduction
Sept 9: Introductions / Conceptions of history (DS)
Sept 14: Evaluating the arts through contextual and formal criticism (LA + LG)
Sept 14 Dgroup: introductions and opening discussion
Ancient Greece and Rome
Reading: Chapters 2, 3 + 4
Sept 16: Ideas of Tragedy (LA)
Sept 21: Greek and Roman Sculpture and Architecture (LG)
The Arts in Biblical Times (incl Early Church)
Reading: Chapters 5 + 6
Sept 23: Music from the Old Testament to Gregorian Chant (DS)
Sept 28: Early Christian Art (LG)
Middle Ages
Reading: Chapters 7 + 8
Sept 30: Byzantine Art and Iconoclasm (LG) / Medieval Music (DS)
Oct 5: Medieval Theatre (LA)
[ Special Event: Oct 1-2 Verge conference: Arts + Environment ]
Renaissance + Baroque
Reading: Chapters 9, 10, 11 + 12
Oct 7: Art and Architecture of the Renaissance (LG)
Oct 12: Thanksgiving (no class or Dgroup: eat turkey)
Oct 14: Theatre of the Renaissance (LA)
Oct 19: Renaissance to Baroque music (DS)
Oct 21: Baroque Visual Art (LG)
Opera Broadcast: Oct 17 Metropolitan Opera broadcast (Colossus Theatre)
Enlightenment
Reading: Chapter 13
Oct 26: Concepts of Enlightenment / Music of Enlightenment (DS)
Oct 28: Theatre of Enlightenment (LA) / Neo-Classicism in Art (LG)
Oct 28: paper proposal due
Midterm Exam: Nov 2 (no Dgroups)
Romanticism
Reading: Chapter 14
Nov 4: Romanticism as Idea and in the Arts (LA, LG)
Nov 9: Romantic Music (DS)
Nov 10: Reading Break (no class)
Nov 16: Wagnerian Opera (LA)
The Last 130 years
Reading: Chapters 15, 16 + 17
Nov 18: Beyond Realism (LG)
Nov 23: Beyond Tonality (DS)
Nov 25: From the Theatre to the Screen (LA)
Nov 30: Postmodernism in Art (LG)
Dec 2: Theatre Today (LA)
Dec 7: The Rise of Popular Music (DS)
Dec 7 Dgroup: exam review
Dec 8 is the last day to submit research paper and performance reviews. Nothing
accepted after this date.