Art 118-5206 A Multi-Cultural Survey of American Art
Spring 2010
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Instructor: Bonnie Holt
About the Instructor
Voice: (510) 235-7800 x 4581, during office hours only,
or (510) 235-7800 x 4802 for messages only
E-mail: bholt@contracosta.edu
(please place your course number in the message topic line)
Office hours: T-Th 8:30 - 9 a.m., 11:00 -11:30 a.m. in A-4
and by appointment
Required for class:
Text: Frances K. Pohl, Framing America: a Social History of American Art, Thames & Hudson, 2nd edition
N.B. Used copies of the first edition are available through Amazon.com
Access to a computer with a broadband network connection ( Most Public Libraries have public terminals, as does our College Library )
If you are not accessing lectures from your home computer you will need a 1 gb zip drive to download lecture files on campus.
E-mail account
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Course Description:, A survey of American art focusing on the development and interaction of creativity in the visual arts among African Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. Not repeatable.
Transfers to: SC, DG, CSU, UC; Meets Artsand Humanities Breadth Requirement, and the Cultural Pluralism Requirement.
Student Evaluation:
Museum Assignment:30%
Quizzes: 40%
Participation (including homework): 30%
Grading Policy:
Student Choice:
A. Grade:
100%-90%= A
89%-80%=B
79%-70%=C
69%-60%=D
Below 60%=F
B. Credit/No Credit
Credit: 70% and above
No Credit:
Below 70%
N.B. Must be taken for a letter grade To receive credit for major.
Museum Assignment: Students will be required to visit a Bay Area museum (alternatives will be provided), and choose two works of art to discuss in a 4 page essay. A list of works of art from each of the alternative museum choices will be provided.
The quizzes will cover both reading and lecture material, and will be spaced at intervals through the semester.
The final quiz (final exam) will cover the material in the assigned readings and the lectures/discussions completed during the last part of the semester--it will not be comprehensive. Quiz dates are firm. Make-up test will be given only in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the instructor.
Participation includes accessing WebCT each week for lectures, films, and completing homework. Homework ssignments will be given at intervals during the semester.These assignments will have a firm due date for submission, late assignments will receive a reduced grade. Assignments will require some research and reading. Assignments must be completed by individual students in their own words. All assignments will be submitted, graded, and returned, on-line via the Homework Dropbox on the class WebCT site.
The class lecture schedule, assigned reading, quizzes, and assignments all appear on the class calendar on the class WebCT site.
Lecture topics:
- What is Amarican Art? Precontact Art
- Spanish and Aztecs
- North East: French, Dutch, and English
- History Painting: Representing the Revolution
- Creating a National Identity: Portraiture and Architecture
- Landscape Painting and Manifest Destiny
- African Ameriicans and Slavery
- A Nation at War: the Civil War
- The Gilded Age
- The Gritty City: Riis, Hines, and the Ashcan School
- Resistance and Accommodation: The Harlem Renaissance
- The Mexican Muralists
- The American Regionalists
- The Federal Arts Project
- World War II and Japanese Relocation
- Art in New York after WWII
- The Cold War
- The Culture Wars
"The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504, requires Contra Costa College to make all programs accessible to qualified individuals with learning, physical, or psychological disabilities. Students who would like to receive accommodations for their learning, physical, or psychological disabilities should contact the Disabled Students Programs & Services (DSPS) office (H-19) and schedule an appointment. (510) 235-7800 ext. 7220."
February 5, 2010