Required Resources
Required Text
1. Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Vol. II (14 th ed.)
a. Chapter 14: Late Medieval Italy
b. Chapter 15: Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe
The Big Picture: Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe
c. Chapter 16: The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy
Medici Patronage and Classical Learning
Renaissance and Humanism
Florence
Linear and Atmospheric Perspective
The Big Picture: The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy
d. Chapter 18: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain
The Big Picture: High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain
e. Chapter 19: The Baroque in Italy and Spain
Baroque Art and Spectacle
The Big Picture: The Baroque in Italy and Spain
f. Chapter 21: Rococo to Neoclassicism: The 18 th Century in Europe and America
Art and Science in the Era of Enlightenment
A Century of Revolutions
Rococo
Neoclassicism
The Big Picture: Rococo to Neoclassicism: The 18 th Century in Europe and America
g. Chapter 22: Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870
Romanticism
Roots of Romanticism
Henry Fuseli
William Blake
The Romantic Spirit in Art, Music, and Literature
Realism
Courbet on Realism
Burial At Ornans
Jean-Francois Millet
The Big Picture: Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870
h. Chapter 23: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism; and Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900
Impressions of Modern Life
Marxism, Darwinism, Modernism
Marxism and Darwinism
Modernism
Impressionism
Claude Monet
Renoir on the Art of Painting
Post-Impressionism
Pointillism and 19 th -Century Color Theory
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
i. Chapter 24: Modernism in Europe and America 1900 to 1945
Global War, Anarchy, and Dada
Avante-Garde
Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945 Timeline
Science and Art in the Early 20 th Century
Primitivism and Cubism
Picasso on Cubism
The Big Picture: Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945
j. Chapter 25: Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980
The Aftermath of World War II
Articles
1. (n.d.). Mannerism. Oxford Reference. Retrieved from
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100131308
This article discusses Mannerism. The PDF version is available in your online course.
2. Metropolitan Museum of Art. (2013). Neoclassicism. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Retrieved from
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/neoc_1/hd_neoc_1.htm
This resource offers an online pictorial tour of Neoclassical works of art in the Metropolitan Museum of
Art collections. Review the terminology and the qualities that define the style. It will help you to
recognize the style and its influences, as well as help you to distinguish the period and regions in which
the style emerged and flourished.
3. Rzepińska, M., & Malcharek, K. (1986). Tenebrism in Baroque Painting and its ideological background. Artibus
et Historiae, 7(13), 91-112. Retrieved from the JSTOR database.
In this article, the authors review the terminology and qualities that define the painting technique which
distinguishes the period in which tenebrism emerged and flourished.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100131308
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/neoc_1/hd_neoc_1.htm
4. SmartHistory. (n.d.). The stonebreakers. In Realism, 1848-1907 Industrial Revolution II. Retrieved from
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/the-stonebreakers.html
This resource reviews the terminology and the qualities that defines the style in European art and helps
you to recognize the style, its influences, and distinguish the period in which the style emerged and
flourished.
Multimedia
1. Cengage. (2014). From Rococo to Revolution: Boucher and David [Video]. Available from
http://college.cengage.com/art/shared/videos/18-19thCentury/BoucherDavid/index.html
(6:38) This video can be accessed within the student’s CourseMate materials for Chapter 21 of the text.
The video provides an overview of interpretations of works of art. To access CourseMate for the first
time, refer to the CourseMate Guide (available for download in Week One). Once in CourseMate, login
and access Chapter 21 of the materials and select “Watch Videos” from the menu.
2. Cengage. (2014). Ingres and Delacroix: The battle of intellect and emotion [Video]. Available from
http://college.cengage.com/art/shared/videos/18-19thCentury/IngresDelacroix/index.html
(6:02) This video can be accessed within the student’s CourseMate materials for Chapter 22 of the text.
The video provides an overview of four different interpretations of two works of art. To access
CourseMate for the first time, refer to the CourseMate Guide (available for download in Week One).
Once in CourseMate, login and access Chapter 22 of the materials and select “Watch Videos” from the
menu.
3. Cengage. (2014). The surgeon and the artist: Rembrandt and Eakins’ visions of modernity [Video]. Available
from http://college.cengage.com/art/shared/videos/Modern/RembrandtEakins/index.html
(8:21) This video can be accessed within the student’s CourseMate materials for Chapter 20 of the text.
The video provides an overview of interpretations of works of art. To access CourseMate for the first
time, refer the CourseMate Guide (available for download in Week One). Once in CourseMate, login and
access Chapter 20 of the materials and select “Watch Videos” from the menu.
Website
1. ThingLink (http://www.thinglink.com/)
This site allows you to analyze an image and add tags with text to highlight various details in the image.
Media
1. Renoir, P. (1876). Le moulin de la galette [Oil on canvas; 131 x 176 cm]. Retrieved
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre-Auguste_Renoir,_Le_Moulin_de_la_Galette.jpg
This work of art is analyzed in relation to its characteristics significant of the corresponding movement.
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/the-stonebreakers.html
http://college.cengage.com/art/shared/videos/18-19thCentury/BoucherDavid/index.html
http://college.cengage.com/art/shared/videos/18-19thCentury/IngresDelacroix/index.html
http://college.cengage.com/art/shared/videos/Modern/RembrandtEakins/index.html
http://www.thinglink.com/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre-Auguste_Renoir,_Le_Moulin_de_la_Galette.jpg