Courses
AHST 2331-001 (21573)
Understanding Art
Dr. Charissa N. Terranova
Spring 2019
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30-12:45
ATC 1.102
Office Hours: By appointment
Office Location: ATC 2.704
Contact: terranova@utdallas.edu
Teaching Assistants:
Alan Alanis Perez: axa159630@utdallas.edu
Linda Anderson: lka160130@utdallas.edu
Francesca Brunetti: fxb140730@utdallas.edu
PowerPoint Presentations:
1.) Tuesday 01/15/19 Introduction, Techné, and Prehistoric Cave Drawings
2.) Thursday 01/17/19 Screening of Film, Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams
3.) Tuesday 01/22/19 Quiz #1 and Discussion
4.) Thursday 01/24/19 Roman Urbanism, Architecture, and Infrastructure
5.) Tuesday 01/29/19 Roman Interiors and Paintings
6.) Thursday 01/31/19 Quiz #2 and Discussion
7.) Tuesday 02/05/19 Hagia Sophia: Symbolisms and Strata of Structures and Time
8.) Thursday 02/07/19 Quiz #3 and Discussion
9.) Tuesday 02/12/19 Mosque of Cordoba: Spolia and Repetition of Forms
10.) Thursday 02/14/19 Quiz #4 and Discussion
11.) Tuesday 02/19/19 Screening of Film, David Macauley's Cathedral
12.) Thursday 02/21/19 Quiz #5 and Discussion
13.) Tuesday 02/26/19 Optics, Lenses, and Prosthetic Vision
14.) Thursday 02/28/19 Quiz #6 and Discussion
15.) Tuesday 03/05/19 Painting with Grids – From Vermeer to Photorealism
16.) Thursday 03/07/19 Quiz #7 and Discussion
17.) Tuesday 03/12/19 Mid-Term Exam Review
18.) Tuesday 03/26/19 Rolling Through the Landscape and Spatial Surrounds: Trains and Panoramas
19.) Thursday 03/28/19 Quiz #8 and Discussion
20.) Tuesday 04/02/19 Mobile Prosthetics: Automobiles and Highways
21.) Thursday 04/04/19 Quiz #9 and Discussion
22.) Tuesday 04/09/19 Virtual Realities in Painting, Photography, and Film
23.) Thursday 04/11/19 Virtual Realities in Painting, Photography, and Film (cont'd)
24.) Tuesday 04/16/19 Screening of Film, Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
25.) Thursday 04/18/19 Quiz #10 and Discussion of Montage and Collage
26.) Tuesday 04/23/19 Discussion of Montage and Collage (cont'd)
27.) Thursday 04/25/19 The Digital Image in Art – The Backdrop of Virtual Reality
28.) Tuesday 04/30/19 Quiz #11 and Discussion of the Digital Image in Art