Reading Schedule & Weekly Writing Assignments (Email to the professor. Due every Thursday by 1:00PM PT): Your weekly chapter summaries should be 2 pages in length and should highlight the most important points made in the assigned chapters. These assignments should be written in fully articulated sentences and edited carefully for grammar and syntax. Do not use bullet point lists in your summaries. All assignments should be emailed to your professor in either PDF, WORD or Pages Documents. DO NOT SEND them in shared Google Docs, Canvas, etc. These are downloaded and saved.
Additionally, each week select a monument or work of art from your reading assignment that you found particularly interesting, and discuss why. Email all of your assignments to your professor each week (including the midterm and final research papers). Please include the following information in your email subject line: ARTH 203, Week 1 Chapter 1 (with the appropriate assignment information each week).
YOUR PAGE NUMBERS MAY VARY IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER EDITION OF THE BOOK (THIS IS FROM THE 2021 EDITION):
Reading Schedule: LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS YOU RECEIVED AN EXTENSION BEFORE THEY ARE DUE. PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU HAVE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
WEEK 1 (August 26-30): Course Introduction
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Introduction: What is Art History? p.1-14.
Due Thursday, August 29 by 1:00PM: Introduction Summary: What is Art History?
WEEK 2 (September 3-6): Art in the Stone Age. Labor Day Holiday September 2.
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 1: Art in the Stone Age p. 15-30.
Due Thursday, September 5 by 1:00PM: Chapter 1 Reading Summary. ARTH 203 Questionnaire found on the course website.
WEEK 3 (September 9-13): Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 2: Ancient Mesopotamia and Persia p. 31-56.
Due Thursday, September 12 by 1:00PM:
WEEK 4 (September 16-20): Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 3: Egypt from Narmer to Cleopatra p. 57-84.
Due Thursday, September 19 by 1:00PM: Reading summary Chapter 3.
WEEK 5 (September 23-27): The Prehistoric Aegean
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 4: The Prehistoric Aegean p. 85-104.
Due Thursday, September 26 by 1:00PM: Reading summary Chapter 4.
WEEK 6 (September 30- October 4): Ancient Greece
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 5: Ancient Greece p. 105-164.
Due Thursday, October 3: OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO MISSED AN ASSIGNMENT. Reading summary Chapter 5.
WEEK 7 (October 7-11): Midterm Preparation
Due Thursday, October 10 by 1:00PM: Turn in page 1, the thesis statement and the bibliography for your midterm research paper.
WEEK 8 (October 14-18): Midterm Research Paper Due
Due: Midterm Paper Due Thursday, October 17 by 1:00PM PT
WEEK 9 (October 21-25): The Roman Empire
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 7: The Roman Empire p. 181-236.
Due Thursday, October 24 by 1:00PM: Reading summary Chapter 7.
WEEK 10 (October 28-November 1): Late Antiquity
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 8: Late Antiquity p.237-262.
Due Thursday, October 31 by 1:00PM: Reading summary Chapter 8.
WEEK 11 (November 4-8): Byzantium
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 9: Byzantium p. 263-292.
Due Thursday, October 7 by 1:00PM: Reading summary Chapter 9.
WEEK 12 (November 12-15): The Islamic World. Veterans Day Holiday, November 11.
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 10: The Islamic World p. 293-317.
Due Thursday, November 14 by 1:00PM: Reading summary Chapter 10.
WEEK 13 (November 18-22): Late Medieval Italy
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Chapter 14: Late Medieval Italy p. 419-441.
Due Thursday, November 21 by 1:00PM: OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO MISSED AN ASSIGNMENT. Reading Summary Chapter 14.
WEEK 14 (November 25-27): Thanksgiving Holiday November 28-29. Final Preparation
Due Wednesday, November 27 by 1:00PM: Turn in page 1, the thesis statement and the bibliography for your final research paper.
WEEK 15 (December 2-6): Final Research Paper Due
Due Friday, December 6 by 1:00PM : Final Research paper due.
