Courses
AHST 2331-001 (21626)
Understanding Art
Dr. Charissa N. Terranova
Spring 2020
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30-12:45
ATC 1.102
Office Hours: By appointment
Office Location: ATC 2.704
Contact:
Teaching Assistants:
Linda Anderson:
So Young Koo:
Ze Zawng:
Syllabus Revised for Remote Learning
PowerPoint Presentations:
1.) Tuesday 01/14/20 Introduction, Techné, and Prehistoric Cave Drawings
2.) Thursday 01/16/20 Screening of Film, Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
3.) Tuesday 01/21/20 Quiz #1 and Discussion
4.) Thursday 01/23/20 Roman Urbanism, Architecture, and Infrastructure
5.) Tuesday 01/28/20 Roman Interiors and Paintings
6.) Thursday 01/30/20 Quiz #2 and Discussion
7.) Tuesday 02/04/20 Hagia Sophia: Symbolisms and Strata of Structures and Time
8.) Thursday 02/06/20 Quiz #3 and Discussion
9.) Tuesday 02/11/20 Mosque of Cordoba: Spolia and Repetition of Forms
10.) Tuesday 02/18/20 Mosque of Cordoba -- Discussion of Reading
11.) Thursday 02/20/20 Quiz #4 and Screening of Paradise Found: the Wonder of Islamic Art
12.) Tuesday 02/25/20 Optics, Lenses, and Prosthetic Vision
13.) Thursday 02/27/20 Quiz #5 and Discussion
14.) Tuesday 03/03/20 Painting with Grids (and Other Technologies): From Vermeer to Photorealism