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Western Civilization, Part Two

Spring, 2007 Instructor: Wen-ling Su Wed. 9:10-12:00 Office: LC306

Classroom: LA 403 E-mail: wling1@ms23.hinet.net

Overview: This semester we will trace the development of the last 500 years or so of the Western Civilization, moving from the Protestant Reformation to the Information Age. While our discussion follows the general timeline, special emphasis will be placed on major movements in art history (such as the Baroque style, Neoclassical Art, Impressionism, Surrealism, Expressionism, Pop Art) and in the history of ideas (such as the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Marxism, Modernism, Psychoanalysis, and Postmodernism). In addition to gaining an understanding of the historical contexts that called these intellectual monuments into being, we will concern ourselves primarily with their contribution to the humanistic tradition.

Text:

Fiero, Gloria K. The Humanistic Tradition. 5

th

ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006.

Grading:

Midterm & Final 70%

Online article (800 words) 20%

Presentation / Participation 10%

Requirements:

1. Do the reading. You won’t do well in this course if you don’t read. Save a 4-hour time slot for each chapter.

2. Attendance policy: You’ll automatically fail this course on your third unexcused absence. Two late arrivals or early departures constitute one absence. You will get a zero if you miss a test.

There will be NO make-up tests.

3. Mandatory film viewing: You are required to attend three movie screenings. They will take place from 12:40 to around 3:00 on Wednesday afternoons. Questions regarding the films will be included in the midterm and final exams.

4. Presentation: The presentation should be comprised of well-rehearsed mini-speeches. You’ll receive a “D” and below if you read from your notes.

5. Online article: Compare and contrast two artworks by two artists of the same or from different historical periods. (See http://www.gec.nthu.edu.tw/jcliu/93/achievement.htm for examples.) This course observes all rules of academic integrity. Please learn to document your sources well.

You will immediately fail this assignment if you plagiarize.

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Schedule:

Date Topics Readings & Homework

2/28 No class. (Peace Memorial Day) 3/7 Orientation

-The Protestant Reformation -The Catholic Reformation

Film: The Mission (1986, Joffe, dir.)

Ch. 19 (467-72) Ch. 20 (505-507)

3/14 -Protest and Reform -The Age of the Baroque

-The Catholic Reformation and the Baroque Style

Ch. 19 (481-98) p. 503

Ch. 20 (507-26) 3/21 -Absolute Power and Aristocratic Style

-The Baroque in the Protestant North

Presentation #1: Caravaggio, Poussin, Velázquez, Rubens

Ch. 21 (pp. 527-47) Ch. 22

3/28 -Scientific Revolution -The Age of Enlightenment -The Promise of Reason

Presentation #2: Vermeer & Rembrandt

Ch. 23 p. 597

Ch. 24 (pp. 599-605)

4/4 No class. (Spring Break) 4/11 -The Promise of Reason

-The Limits of Reason

Presentation #3: Baroque vs Rococo Architecture

Ch. 24 (pp. 605-15) Ch. 25

4/18 -Eighteenth-Century Art, Music, and Society -The Romantic Era

-The Romantic View of Nature

Presentation #4: Rococo & Neoclassical Painting

Ch. 26 p. 671

Ch. 27 (pp. 673-80)

4/25

-The Romantic View of Nature -The Romantic Hero

Presentation #5: Romantic Landscape Painting (Constable & Turner, American)

Take-home exam.

Ch. 27 (pp. 680-98) Ch. 28

Film: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994,

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Branagh, dir.) 5/2

-The Romantic Style in Art and Music Presentation #6: Romanticism:

Goya, Delacroix, Géricault

Take-home exam. due Ch. 29

5/9 -Realism and the Modernist Turn -Industry, Empire, and the Realist Style -(Music Lecture?)

Presentation #7: Realism:

Courbet, Manet, Homer

p. 741 Ch. 30

Film: Metropolis (1927, Lang, dir.)

5/16 -The Move toward Modernism -The Triumph of Modernism -The Modernist Assault

Presentation #8: Impressionism:

Monet, Renoir, Degas Presentation #9: Post-Impressionism:

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, Cézanne

Ch. 31 p. 811 Ch. 32

5/23 -The Freudian Revolution

-Total War, Totalitarianism, and the Arts

Presentation #10: Cubism & Fauvism:

Picasso, Matisse Presentation #11: Expressionism: Munch

Dada: Duchamp

Ch. 33 Ch. 34

Film: Rashomon (1950, Kurosawa, dir.)

5/30 -The Quest for Meaning -The Postmodern Turn -Identity and Liberation

Presentation #12: Surrealism:

Miró, Klee, Dali, Kahlo

Ch. 35 p. 901 Ch. 36

6/6 -The Information Age

Presentation #13: Postmodernism:

Pollock, Warhol, Hanson

Chs. 37, 38

6/13 Final Exam.

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