A syllabus is not a binding contract between
professor and student, but a professor's stated aspiration for how
he profoundly wishes the semester will turn out.
Course description
This course has two goals – one of content-coverage and one of
form.
This course is a survey of selected monuments in medieval architecture,
sculpture, painting and treasury arts. The term will be divided
into three portions – the Early Middle Ages, the Romanesque period and
the Gothic. Your engagement with the objects and buildings
of medieval art will come through the study of photographs and readings.
We will concentrate in this course not on lectures or writing
but on speaking about art. You will give several short presentations
and one long presentation. We will work together to improve speaking
skills and skills of rhetorical organization.
Required texts: Marilyn Stokstad,
Medieval Art
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William Diebold, Early Medieval
Art
Michael Camille, Gothic Art
Wednesday, September 11..........First talk,
on site in a local church – either St. Stephen’s or St. Francis de Sales
September 25th & 27th.................Early
Medieval Presentations...............5-7 minutes
October 28th & 30th......................Romanesque
Presentations...................10 minutes
November 20th & 22nd...............Gothic
Presentations.................................10 minutes
December 4th – 13th.....................Final
Presentations.....................................longer
Final
Exam: Tuesday, December 17, 7-10 p.m.
On Giving Presentations
Some of you may never have given a presentation or talk, or never talked
for more than 5 minutes at a stretch. I've collected a few links to
help students giving presentations
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Before each presentation after the first one you will make an appointment
to come in and show me your slides and give a practice run - think of it
as being like a rough draft conference!
