All are required course aids. One is fat and more expensive, the others are small and cheap.
ART
H. Honour & J. Fleming. The Visual Arts: A History.
4th edition, 1995.
-This is our
basic art and architecture textbook reference; all monuments discussed
in class and
section will be documented either in this book or on the course Web
base.
L.H. Wren ed., Perspectives on Western Art. Source Documents and
Readings from the
Ancient Near East through the Middle Ages. Repr. 1988.
-Texts are artifacts,
too. This is our basic single textbook for what survives in written
form, of
the thoughts of the people who made and used the monuments covered
in 101. The weekly lectures
and section discussions and the writing assignments will use the brief
translated excerpts compiled here,
with supplements on the course Web base.
G. Kubler, The Shape of Time, Remarks on the History of Things.
1962/1978.
-"The shapes pf time
are the prey we want to capture . . . Every important work of art can be
regarded both as a historical event and as a hard-won solution to some
problem." A book like a
diamond - small, high density, brilliant. Through out the course,
we will use Kubler's essay to assist
thinking about how to constrct historical assessments of making and
looking.
REFERENCE
H. Kinder and W. Hilgemann, The Anchor Atlas of World History.
Volume I: From the Stone
Age to the Eve of the French Revolution. 1974
-Where and when was
that . . .? (And why don't art and architecture handbooks have maps?)
In this tiny atlas, texts and didactic maps explain ethnic and national
identities, and political, cultural and
social events, habits, institutions and chronology. Invaluable
to own for many of your courses.
S. Barnet, A Short Guide to Writing About Art, 2nd ed. 1985
-Art history majors
may own already this useful introduction to finding words for visual qualities
and patterns. It is also a general guide about how to do research
for, write and document an analytic
paper (like the one in this course).
LIBRARY RESERVE:
F=Fisher Fine Arts, aka Furness
R=Van Pelt, Rosengarten Reserve
Honour & Fleming: (F res. desk) N5300 H68 1995
Barnet: (F reference) N 7476 B37 1989
Wren, Persp.: (F res. desk) N 5303 W74 1987
Kubler: (F & R res. desk, as pamphlet)
Additional reserve titles: