9/18/10 Art History I

Today's Class- Today the art history research assignment was distributed and reviewed. We then discussed a few of the articles that students brought in, and we covered the first chapter in the textbook, prehistoric art in Europe.

Important Artworks- Hall of Bulls, Woman from Willendorf, Lepenski Vir House/Shrine, Stonehenge

Important Terms- adobe, capstone, composite pose, corbeled vault, dolmen, kiln, megalith, modeling, mortise-and-tenon, post-and-lintel, wattle and daub

Homework- The research assignment given today is due at the beginning of class on October 30, 2010. Those who do not yet have an assigned topic can contact me by e-mail or deal with it in class next week.

All students should have a new current events arts article and summary/reaction for next week.

For next class 9/25/10- Next week we will look at the ancient art of the Near and Middle East, and start to look at Ancient Egypt. Bring a notebook and book 1- Ancient Art. I recommend reading chapters 2 and 3 of your textbook to prepare.