• Ann Sutherland Harris  Seventeenth-Century Art and Architecture. 2nd Edition. Available in the bookstore. Assigned readings are specified on the calendar. 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.
• Maimon, Writer's Resource Guide Copyright 10ISBN 0-07-736360-4 (the same one you use for your English class)

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.

Website: http://www.westga.edu/~rtekippe/ This site will be useful to you for reference to your syllabus, image & terms lists, and other information related to class.

Academic Honesty: (see http://www.westga.edu/~handbook/index.php?page=honorcode and appendix A of the student handbook) The University has adopted a policy for promoting high ideals and the greatest possible learning for each individual. Improper academic conduct on the part of the student shall be interpreted to mean obtaining and use of information by means other than those permitted by instructor, including supplying such to other students. Also improper is plagiarism, i.e., purchase and use of ghost-written papers and reports, or incorporating into a report, term theme, research paper, or project, ideas and data obtained from another person without credit to the person from whom such information was obtained.  Further, inclusion of published or unpublished writings of another person without noting sources according to scholarly procedures acceptable for the discipline of art history shall be considered plagiarism. The definition of academic misconduct applies equally to improper use of electronic sources of information and opinion. At West Georgia, the student is urged to seek truth and beauty in and for themselves, as well as skills needed for a productive life.  Academic honesty is essential in preserving one's own integrity, that of the institution, and in gaining a true education.  The West Georgia student pledges not to lie, cheat, or steal in the pursuit of his or her studies and is encouraged to report those who do.

Plagiarism: This course requires that you adhere to high principles of intellectual honesty and personal integrity and that you demonstrate individual achievement in scholarship. Accordingly, any hint of transgression in this area will be dealt with harshly. Plagiarism in any of your writing assignments or other work will result in failure of the course. Thus, you are responsible for knowing what constitutes plagiarism and you may not plead ignorance. If you have any doubts, ask me or a librarian. To review the principles, take the time to visit these sites:

http://libguides.westga.edu/content.php?pid=10699&sid=71588 

http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ 

You are responsible for understanding and heeding what is presented in these websites.

Citation of sources for art history must be according to the Chicago Style, and must be presented in footnotes (preferred) or endnotes, NOT parenthetical references.

For further clarification, see http://www.westga.edu/~engdept/Plagiarism/plares.html

In the philosophical and practical realms, lack of such intellectual honesty is foolhardy.
You are denying yourself the opportunities for accruing valuable personal knowledge that can serve your creative and intellectual life. At the same time, you endanger your own reputation and career here at UWG and possibly beyond (if you are expelled).