Reading Schedule & Weekly Writing Assignments (Email to the professor. Due every Thursday by 1:00PM PT): Your weekly chapter summaries should be 2-3 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 or Canvas Docs. These are downloaded and saved.
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.
PART I: MAKING ART (Chapters 1-3)
PART II: DISSEMINATING ART (Chapters 4-5)
PART III: ANALYZING ART (Chapters 6-8)
PART IV: INTERPRETING ART (Chapters 9-10)
PART V: ARTIST TALKS
Reading Schedule: Be sure to always cite the pages to which you refer (footnotes or in-text citations)
PART I: MAKING ART (Chapters 1-3)
WEEK 1 (January 23-27): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 1: Artists and Patrons p. 3-21
Due: Chapter 1 reading summary.
WEEK 2 (January 30- February 3): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 2: Environment, Materials, and Other Resources, p. 22-37.Due: Chapter 2 reading summary.
WEEK 3 (February 6-10): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 3: Context, p. 38-53.
Due: Chapter 3 reading summary.
PART II: DISSEMINATING ART (Chapters 4-5)
WEEK 4 (February 13-17): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 4: The Dissemination of Original Art p. 57-76.
Due: Chapter 4 reading summary.
WEEK 5 (February 20-24): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 5: The Dissemination of Art Through Reproductions, and Other Issues, p. 77-90.
Due: Chapter 5 reading summary.
WEEK 6 (February 27- March 3): Mat Collishaw interview with Letizia Treves
Watch interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDJ1CP4fEsA
Due: OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT. ONLY DO IF YOU MISSED A WEEK. Summarize the content of this important interview about Collishaw's Beyond Caravaggio exhibition, and refer to Chapter 5: The Dissemination of Art Through Reproductions, and Other Issues, p. 77-90, for added context.
PART III: ANALYZING ART (Chapters 6-8)
WEEK 7 (March 6-10): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 6: Visual Resources Used to Analyze Art, p. 93-108.
Due: Chapter 6 reading summary.
WEEK 8 (March 13-17): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 7: Textual and Other Resources Used to Analyze Art, p. 109-125.
Due: Chapter 7 reading summary.
SPRING RECESS MARCH 20-24: NO CLASSES
WEEK 9 (March 27-31): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 8: A Critical Examination of Art Classification, p. 126-142.
Due: Chapter 8 reading summary.
PART IV: INTERPRETING ART (Chapters 9-10)
WEEK 10 (April 3-7): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 9: Interpreting Art Criteria and Values, p. 145-161.
Due: Chapter 9 reading summary.
WEEK 11 (April 10-14): The Art of Understanding Art
Read: Chapter 10: Methodologies of Art, p. 162-181.
Due: Chapter 10 reading summary.
PART V: ARTIST TALKS: Apply concepts from the book that are relevant to your discussion about these Artist Talks. Be sure to cite the pages.
WEEK 12 (April 17-21): Artist Talk featuring Tia-Simone Gardner
Watch: https://media.arts.ucsb.edu/
Due: Summarize this Artist Talk and apply concepts from the book that are relevant to your discussion. Include screenshots of works of art that you discuss in your paper.
WEEK 13 (April 24-28): Artist Talk featuring Trulee Hall
Watch: https://media.arts.ucsb.edu/
Due: OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT. ONLY DO IF YOU MISSED A WEEK. Summarize this Artist Talk and apply concepts from the book that are relevant to your discussion. Include screenshots of works of art that you discuss in your paper.
WEEK 14 (May 1-5): Artist Talk featuring Polymode
Watch: https://media.arts.ucsb.edu/
Due: Summarize this Artist Talk, featuring Silas Munro, Brian Johnson and Tasheka Arceneaux Sutton from Polymode, and apply concepts from the book that are relevant to your discussion. Include screenshots of works of art that you discuss in your paper.
WEEK 15 (May 8-12): Artist Talk featuring Nicolas Galanin
Watch: https://media.arts.ucsb.edu/
Due: Summarize this Artist Talk and apply concepts from the book that are relevant to your discussion. Include screenshots of works of art that you discuss in your paper.
