Exploring
Art History in the Museums of the World
Jan
Quist
763-521-7291
Weekly
Topics
1.
Greetings from instructor
Introductions
Present syllabus
How
to use the computers
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Navigation
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Bookmarks
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Email
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Artsconnected
Virtual Museum Tour and survey
Topics
for discussion
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What art do you like?
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What can you learn from art?
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What is good art?
2.
Art of the Ancients
·
Egypt
·
Greece
·
Rome
3.
Art of the Middle Ages & Byzantium
4.
Art of the Renaissance / Art of the Baroque and Rococo
Styles
5.
Art of the Enlightenment: revolution and restoration
/ Art of the Modern Era: Pre-modern and 20th century
6.
Presentations, Conclusion and Good Byes.
Weekly
lesson plan:
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Begin with short warm up activity.
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Power Point presentation on the art history
topic.
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Students do research on the Internet using
my art history resource web page.
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Conclude with sharing what they have found
and printing examples.
Assignments:
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Weekly selection of 3+ art objects on the
topic and print images.
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Assemble images into a scrapbook-like report.
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Optional visit to the Minneapolis Institute
of Art, perhaps as a group.