REQUIRED TEXT: Ann Sutherland Harris  Seventeenth-Century Art and Architecture. Available in the bookstore. Assigned readings are specified on the schedule attached. Additional sources will be given as handouts, placed on the website or on reserve in the library. Material presented in lectures presupposes that you have completed reading and writing assignments prior to class. You should expect to re-read and study texts again, perhaps several times. Text readings will supplement material presented in lectures. They are not a substitute for engaged attention in the classroom.

COURSE OBJECTIVES & LEARNING OUTCOMES: We will explore the concepts and formal characteristics of the Baroque and other Seventeenth-century developments in drawing, painting, printmaking, architecture, decoration, and sculpture. The chronological and topical structure of this course emphasizes an understanding of works of art within their art historical framework – as expressions of complex and changing social structures. We will examine the art in relationship to effects of the Counter-Reformation in Italy, Spain, France, the Southern and Northern Netherlands (Flanders and Holland), and other societal/cultural issues of the era, more particularly with regard to the characters and personalities of specific artists who made remarkable contributions. We will examine them in terms of technique and specific types of subject matter which were specially emphasized during the era: religion/history, classical revival, portraiture, genre, landscape/marine, architectural studies, still life, and light & drama studies of the "Caravaggisti". This presumes a mastery of the basic vocabulary of form and ability to verbalize spatial and artistic concepts, as learned in your survey classes, as well as knowledge of the basic principles of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Counter-Reformation.  Your mastery will be demonstrated through 4 exams, written exercises, a research paper, and class discussions.

RELATIONSHIP OF COURSE GOALS TO PROGRAM GOALS. This course facilitates progress towards Art Department goals of familiarity of students with works and intentions of major artists/designers and movements of the past and present; helps to develop visual sensitivity and the conceptualization means of artists, including technical processes. For Art History majors, it fulfills part of your distribution requirements.

Writing Across The Curriculum: This course has a "W" designation, as it is a Writing Across the Curriculum course. WAC accepts as a guiding principle that writing is valuable tool for learning and communication. Therefore, the course writing components are designed to help you learn the material and communicate what you have learned. As a WAC course, it demands a variety of informal and formal writing assignments which are intended to stimulate "writing to learn" (WTL) as well as "writing to communicate" (WTC).

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: UWG adheres to requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need accommodation, contact Disability Student Services at 678-839-6428.

EXAMS: All exams are in essay format (WTC). Final Exam is cumulative. You are expected to accrue and retain skills, concepts, and terms throughout the term. Exams might include (but may not be limited to) image identifications and analysis or comparison of known or unknown works, themed essays. You are expected to make your own intelligent observations, based upon thoughtful consideration of works from class, texts, lecture material. No Makeup Exams Will Be Given.

• Exam 1                                                  55 points
• Exam 2                                                  65 points
• Exam 3                                                  70 points
• Final Exam                                          85 points
• Term Project                                            100 points
• Reflective exercises: 3 @ 30      90 points
• Attendance 1 point/day                35 points
• TOTAL                                                   500 points

TERM PROJECT: You are required to complete a term project – an individual research project on a topic or issue related to Italian, Spanish, French, Flemish, or Dutch art of the 17^th–century,. This will result in a written paper (10-12 pages text) or an illustrated written catalogue for an exhibition of 8-12 works of art from this era, for which you will choose the theme .  Additionally, each will have references, images, bibliography, due on the 5^th of April. The purpose of the assignment is to incorporate the object or subject of your choice into the framework of issues of this course. Your project must follow certain guidelines and specifications, but you will have some latitude in choice, subject to my approval. Among the possible choices of theme will be that work of art in relationship to other works, or to a cultural or social issue. It is my hope that you will find a topic for which you have enthusiasm, and that you will pursue it with energy and pleasure. Detailed directives and requirements will be posted on the website.

ATTENDANCE AND CLASS PARTICIPATION: Needless to say, you are expected to attend class and to participate in discussions. You are responsible for awareness of any changes of assignment or course schedule announced in class, and for any handouts. As thorough lecture notes and visual familiarity with slides shown are essential to the successful completion of the course, attendance will be taken on a regular basis. As a courtesy to your fellow students, you should avoid tardiness and leaving class early, as well as leaving during the class period. In the event of your absence, you are responsible for lecture material and should get notes from another student. It is not my policy to provide notes or to give individualized lectures.

You will lose points off your final grade for each absence and for each tardy or early departure.  Because I consider attendance and attention so important, the penalties for absence, tardiness, lack of participation are accordingly severe, as follows: