Requirements
attendance and participation  -- 10%
6 quizzes    -- 30%
                 these quizzes will be brief slide quizzes, on Fridays,
                 with the exception of the first two scripture quizzes.
oral midterm exam  -- 10%
2 short papers (2-4 p)  -- 20%
final exam    -- 30%

final exam -- Sunday, June 4, 7-10 p.m.
there will be NO early exams.  NONE.  Inform your parents and make your travel plans now.
Plan to be in Houghton 212 Sunday evening. To make up for my unpleasant rigor, refreshments will be supplied.

Attendance Policy
Attendance:  of course if you don't attend you won't do very well.  Visual material will often seem very different in color and in large scale on the wall from its appearance in black and white in a small paperback book, so if you don't see both, your work will suffer.

For each class you miss you will write a three-page double-spaced typed discussion of 2 of the slides from that class day in response to the readings.  Failure to produce this work within 1 week of the absence will reduce your participation grade by 2 points.

Required Resources
L. Michael White, The Social Origins of Christian Architecture
Thomas  Mathews, The Clash of the Gods
Richard Krautheimer, Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
Thomas Mathews, Byzantium: from Antiquity to Renaissance
John Beckwith, Early Medieval Art:  Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque
Roger Stalley, Early Medieval Architecture

recommended books
James Pierce, From Abacus to Zeus -- an exceptionally handy book for terms and background.
Roger Collins, Early Medieval Europe 300-1000

If you have never taken art history before
You need to learn how to look seriously at pictures and you need to learn how to study them.  Come and talk to me at our earliest mutual convenience.
 

Tentative Schedule
March 27-29-31 Book of Luke.  Book of Acts
   Friday, 1st quiz, book of Luke
   March 30, 5:15 p.m., architectural history candidate
   White, Social Origins
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April 3-5-7  Monday, 2nd quiz, book of Luke/Acts
   begin reading Krautheimer, Early Christian & Byzantine
   April 4th?, architectural history candidate
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April 10-12-14 Mathews, The Clash of the Gods
   Friday, slide quiz 1
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April 17-19-21 Mathews, Byzantium: from Antiquity to Renaissance
   April 21, paper 1 due -- object or building
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April 24-26-28 Oral Exams -- plan for 30 minute discussion of issues      procedures for the oral exam
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May 1-3-5  begin Beckwith, Early Medieval Art & Stalley, Early Medieval Architecture
   Friday, slide quiz 2
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May 8-10-12  Friday, slide quiz 3
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May 15-17-19 Friday, slide quiz 4
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May 22-24-26 May 26, paper 2 due -- object or building
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May 29-31-June 2
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Final exam -- Sunday, June 4, 7-10 p.m.