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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY,
LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF ART
101B
WORLD ART - BYZANTINE, ISLAMIC, ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ART
(500 AD - 1400 AD).
-ART OF INDIA AND CAMBODIA (3000 BC-1700 AD).
-ART OF ANCIENT AMERICA (1500 BC-1521 AD).
Instructor:
DR. MANUEL AGUILAR
Course
Description:
This is a lecture course with discussion
sections covering major currents in painting, sculpture and
architecture from the Byzantine, Islamic, Romanesque and Gothic
periods, to the remote cultures of India and Cambodia.
Required
text:
Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 11th
ed., Vol 1.
In
addition to the above, H. Janson's History of Art, T. Mathews's
The Art of Byzantium, M. Camille's Gothic Art, R. Craven's
Art of India, T. Grieder's Artist and Audience, and Stokstad's
Art History, vol. I are recommended as further sources for
reading and images.
Grading:
There will be two exams, each worth
50 % of your final grade. The exams may consist of fill-in-the-blank,
short answer questions, slide identifications and comparisons,
or essay-like questions. There will be no makeup exams; if
a student misses an exam, a zero will be given unless a valid
medical excuse is provided.
Attendance
and Class Participation:
As exam material will be drawn from
class lectures as well as the required text, it is important
to attend all lectures if you intend to fare well in this
class. It is also crucial to read ahead of the subject covered
in class so you are prepared to discuss it and have an active
participation.
Course
Schedule:
1) Introduction to the Course and the Esthetic Categories
and Terms of Art History. Gardner xvii-xxxi.
2),
3) and 4) The Art of Indian Asia: India (Sarnath, Sanchi,
Gandhara and Mathura, Elephanta Island, Mahabalipuram, Bhuvanesvar,
Khajuraho, Ellora and Ajanta); Java: Temple of Borobudur;
Cambodia: Angkor. Gardner 160-185 .
5)
and 6) Early Byzantine Art (VI-VIII Cent.): Constantinople:
Hagia Sophia; Ravenna: San Vitale and Sant'Apollinare in Classe;
Mount Sinai: Monastery of St. Catherine. Gardner 325-343.
7)
Middle Byzantine Art (IX-XII Cent.): Phocis: Monastery of
Hosios Loukas; Venice: Basilica of Saint Mark; Vladimir: Church
of St. Dmitri; the Monastery of Daphne; Nerezi: Church of
St. Pantaleimon and Sicily: Churchs of Monreale and Cefalú.
Gardner 343-352.
8)
Late Byzantine Art (XIII-XV Cent.): Thessaloniki: Church of
St Catherine; Constantinople: Church of St. Savior in Chora
(Kariye Camii); Moscow Kremlin: Cathedral of the Annunciation;
Skolpje: Church of St. Clement; the Icon schools of Novgorod
and Andrei Rubliov. Gardner 352-357.
9)
Early Islamic Art (VII-X Cent.): Jerusalem: Mosque of Omar;
Damascus: Great Mosque; Qairawan (Tunisia): Great Mosque;
Córdoba: Great Mosque; the Palaces of Ukhaydir (Iraq)
and Mshatta (Jordan). Gardner 358-371.
10)
and 11) Late Islamic Art (XI-XVII Cent.): Cairo: Madrasa and
Mosque of Sultan Hassan; Granada: Alhambra palace; Isfahan:
Masjid-I Shah Mosque; Samarkand: The Great Mosque, the Tomb
of Timur, the Shaji-Zinda and the Madrasas of Registan Square;
India: Jama Masjid, the Taj Mahal and the Mughal architecture;
Istanbul: Mosques of Ahmed and Suleiman I; Edirne: Mosque
of Selim II. The Art of Textiles, Calligraphy and Book Illustration.
Gardner 372-383.
12)
EXAM ONE
13)
The Art of Ancient America: Mesoamerica, Andes and the Southwest
U.S.
Gardner 385-413.
14)
and 15) Early Medieval Art of Europe (VI-X Cent.): Art of
the Germanic Peoples; Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Art - Manuscript
Illumination and Sculpture; Viking Art; Carolingian Art; Ottonian
Art;. Gardner 428-451.
16) and 17) Romanesque Art (X-XII Cent.): Architecture, Sculpture,
Painting and Illumination. Gardner 452-485.
18)
Early Gothic Art (XII Cent.): The Abbey of Saint Denis, Laon
Cathedral, Notre Dame of Paris and Chartres Cathedral (Exterior
sculpture). Gardner 486-496.
19)
High Gothic Art (XIII Cent.): The Chartres Cathedral, Bourges
Cathedral, Amiens Cathedral, Notre Dame of Paris (Rose windows);
Ste. Chapelle; Beauvais Cathedral; Reims Cathedral and town
of Carcassone; the art of Stained Glass and Illumination.
Late Gothic Art (the flamboyant style): St. Maclou parish
and Belleville Breviary. Gardner 497-518.
20)
Gothic Outside France: England (Salisbury Cathedral, Gloucester
Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Canterbury Cathedral); Germany
(Cologne Cathedral, Church of St. Elizabeth, Bamberg Cathedral,
Nuremberg Cathedral); Italy (Florence Cathedral, Orvieto cathedral,
Siena Cathedral and Palazzo Communale, Milan Cathedral, Doge's
Palace in Venice). Gardner 518-531.
FINAL
EXAM DAY: EXAM TWO.
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