LINDA CHAPIN

Class Schedule

The indicated reading assignments should be completed in preparation for the class with which they are listed. Attendance is required at the Lowe Art Museum lectures. The cost per lecture is $1.00.

The instructor reserves the right to revise this schedule.

1. Aug. 26 Introduction: European vs. non-Western art.

2. Aug. 31 The archeology of art. Read Anderson: Introduction, Chapter 10.

3. Sept. 2 San aeshetics. Read Anderson: Chap. 1.

4. Sept. 7 Eskimo aesthetics. Read Anderson: Chap. 2.

5. Sept. 9 Northwest Coast. Read Berlo: Chap. 12.

6. Sept. 14 Navaho aesthetics. Read Anderson: Chap. 5.

7. Sept. 16 No class.

8. Sept. 21 Hopi aesthetics. Read Berlo: Chap. 20.

8pm, Lowe Museum: Best of the Barton Collection.

9. Sept. 23 Lakota. Read Berlo: Chap. 3.

10. Sept. 28 Exam

11. Sept. 30 African Art. Read Berlo: Part One Aesthetic Systems, Chaps. 1, 2.

12. Oct. 5 African art. Yoruba Aesthetics. Read Anderson: Chap. 6

Writing assignment due.

13. Oct. 7 African art. Read Berlo: Chap. 10.

14. Oct. 12 African art

15. Oct. 14 No class

8pm, Lowe Museum: The Kente Cloth of Ghana

16. Oct. 19 Aboriginal Australian aesthetics.

Read Anderson: Chap. 3; Berlo; Chap. 16.

17. Oct. 21 Papua New Guinea. Read Anderson: Chap. 4.

18. Oct. 26 Exam

19. Oct. 28 Oriental art: Guest lecturer.

20. Nov. 2 Aesthetics in Early India. Read Anderson: Chap. 8.

21. Nov. 4 Oriental art: Guest lecturer.

22. Nov. 9 Japanese aesthetics. Read Anderson: Chap. 9.

23. Nov. 11 No class

8pm, Lowe Museum. "Maya Power and Place."

24. Nov. 16 Mesoamerican art.

25. Nov. 18 Aztec aesthetics. Read Anderson: Chap. 7

26. Nov. 23 Final project presentations.

26. Nov. 30 Summary and review.

27. Dec. 2 Exam.

University of Miami, Fall *semester 1999

Tuesday, Thursday 5:00 - 6:15pm

Instructor: Linda Chapin

Room 226 A, Art Building. Office hours Monday, Wednesday 4:00 - 5:00, and by appointment.

Telephone: 305.284.4246. E-mail: lchapin@umiami.ir.miami.edu

Description

This course examines a variety of art traditions from parts of the world other than Europe. This is not a chronological survey of the art but rather an introduction to aesthetic principles. This course will increase students' visual literacy by presenting art from a selection of cultures chosen to illustrate the variety of possible approaches to art.

Textbooks:

• Richard L. Anderson. Calliope's Sisters: A Comparative Study of Philosophies of Art. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990 ISBN 0-13-155425-5
• Janet Berlo and Lee Anne Wilson eds. Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN 0-13-756230-6

Course Requirements

There will be 3 exams and two written assignments. Instructions for the written assignments will be given separately.

Exams will be based on lecture material and reading assignments. Exams will consist of both objective and subjective questions and art identification. Makeup exams will not be given unless the student presents proof that they were incapacitated on the day of the exam. Makeup exams will consist of essay questions. Each of the three exams and the papers will constitute one quarter of the final grade.

Attendance

Attendance is required. Students are responsible for all information offered during lectures. The instructor reserves the right to drop any student who has missed three or more classes. The student is reminded that it is his responsibility to withdraw if he wishes a "W" for the course.

Class Disruption Policy

The use of cellular phones or headphones is not acceptable in class. Personal conversation during the lecture is disruptive and is disrespectful of fellow students and the lecturer. Students causing theses disruptions will be asked to leave the classroom.