SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF EXTENDED LEARNING
FAR 1003-003C: INTRODUCTION TO FINE ARTS
© 2008-2010
Dr. William
L. Hooper, Instructor
Professor Emeritus of Music, SBU
Disability Disclaimer:
It is the desire of Southwest Baptist University to provide all students
with optimum learning experiences. If there are circumstances, due to disability,
that may impact your learning in this course, it is necessary for you to inform
your instructor within one week of official enrollment (as determined by
the Department of Extended Learning) in this course. If you do not notify
your instructor, it will be assumed that you do not require special assistance.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A course designed to help the general education student to develop a basic
understanding of music and art of various cultures and historical periods.
TEXTS
Adventures in the Human Spirit, 5th ed., 2007 by Phillip Bishop.
Prentice Hall. ISBN# - 0-13-224459-4. (with required CD-ROM - "Music CD for
the Humanities." Referenced as Text CD in the course)
All audio pieces located in various lessons are streaming audio (Windows
Media Audio files) and will require an audio player such as Windows Media
Player. You will need an audio player to listen to other audio links.
COURSE GOALS
General education courses cover the skills and knowledge every educated
person should have. The purpose of this general education course is to help
you to achieve goals in fine arts, critical thinking, and writing.
At the end of this course you should be able to
Demonstrate awareness of some basic elements of artistic form: principles
of harmony, rhythm, line, color, mass, and shape.
This goal is attained when you can identify and analyze [1] the elements
of color, line, space, and expression in examples of visual arts and [2] the
elements of pitch, rhythm, timbre, and expression in examples of music.
Demonstrate an understanding of the context from which works of art
have emerged and demonstrate ability to evaluate one or more works of art
with reference to such contexts.
This goal is attained when you can recognize [1] the style of works of visual
art, give an approximate time period for each work based upon its style, and
name a possible artist for each work and [2] the style of music compositions,
give an approximate time period for each composition based upon its style,
and name a possible composer for each work.
Distinguish between art forms.
This goal is attained when you can compare and contrast [1] one work of
visual art with another work of visual art in terms of color, line, space,
and expression and [2] one music composition with another music composition
in terms of pitch, rhythm, timbre, and expression.
Make a personal value judgment about works of art.
This goal is attained when you can use the thinking standards for the class
to clarify, and use effectively, the basic concepts of the fine arts and support
them with evidence.
COURSE ASSESSMENT
You will be assessed as follows:
1. Lesson Examinations
There will be five online examinations over lesson materials. Specific information
is given at the beginning of each lesson so you will know what is expected
on each examination. Access to an examination is permitted when the relevant
lessons have been graded by the instructor. For example, you will get permission
to take Examination 1 after Lessons 1 through 3 have been completed and graded
by the instructor.
The lesson examinations will be given as follows:
Examination 1 after Lesson 3 (Lessons 1-3).
Examination 2 after Lesson 7 (Lessons 4-7).
Examination 3 after Lesson 9 (Lessons 8-9).
Examination 4 after Lesson 11 (Lessons 10-11).
Examination 5 after Lesson 14 (Lessons 12-14).
2. Final Examination
The final examination will be given online after all lessons have been graded
by the instructor. The final examination will consist of multiple choice and
short answer questions. Given examples of visual art and music, you will:
Identify and analyze the elements of color, line, space, and expression
in each example of visual arts.
Compare and contrast one work of visual art with another work of visual
art in terms of color, line, space and expression.
Identify and analyze the elements of pitch, rhythm, timber and expression
in each example of music.
Compare and contrast one music composition with another music composition
in terms of pitch, rhythm, timber, and expression.
REQUEST course examinations from the Department of Extended Learning. You
must not receive any assistance from notes, texts, web sites, or other persons.
GRADING
Each lesson and each examination is worth 100 points.
Lessons = 14 x 100 pts each = 1400 points
Examinations = 6 x 100 pts each = 600 points
Total Points: 2000
Grades will be based on the following scores:
A = 1800-2000 points.
B = 1600-1799 points.
C = 1400-1599 points.
D = 1200-1399 points
F = Below 1199 points
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Learning Activities are due upon completion of EACH LESSON. Keep
a COPY of all work submitted. Do not send one learning activity at a time,
but keep them within their allotted lesson.
You should submit each lesson electronically by way of an e-mail attachment.
Your document must be in Microsoft Word 2003 or higher. When submitting
each lesson, please place the following in the e-mail subject line, using
my name as an example: FAR1003.Hooper.Lesson 1.
Usually I can respond to an e-mail within 24-48 hours provided I have e-mail
access.
COURSE OUTLINE
Lesson 1 - The Elements of the Visual Arts and Music
Assignment 1 - The Elements of Visual Arts
Assignment 2 - The Elements of Music
Lesson 2 - The Ancient World (Antiquity to 900 BC)
Assignment 3: The First Humans
Assignment 4: Mesopotamia
Assignment 5: Egypt
Assignment 6: Asian and Aegean Worlds
Lesson 3 - Ancient Greece: The Classical Spirit (900 BC to 146 BC)
Assignment 7: Classical Greece
Assignment 8: Greek Humanism
Assignment 9: Greek Philosophy
EXAMINATION 1
Lesson 4 - Ancient Rome: The Spirit of Empire (146 BC to 400 AD)
Assignment 10: Roman Art And Music
Assignment 11: Roman Philosophy
Lesson 5 - The Judeo-Christian Spirit (1 AD to 500 AD)
Assignment 12: The Judaic Tradition
Assignment 13: The Rise of Christianity
Assignment 14 Christian Philosophy
Assignment 15: The Christian Empire
Assignment 16: The Rise of Islam
Lesson 6 - The Early Middle Ages: The Feudal Spirit (500 to 1100 AD)
Assignment 17: Feudal Europe
Assignment 18: Monasticism
Assignment 19: Romanesque Style
Lesson 7 - The Late Medieval Ages: The Gothic Awakening (1100 to 1400 AD)
Assignment 20: Gothic Architecture
Assignment 21: Gothic Music
Assignment 22: Scholasticism
Assignment 23: Gothic Painting
EXAMINATION 2
Lesson 8 - The Renaissance Spirit (1400 to 1600 AD)
Assignment 24: The Renaissance in Florence
Assignment 25: The Renaissance in Rome
Assignment 26: The Renaissance in the North
Assignment 27: The Renaissance in Venice
Lesson 9 - The Spirit of Baroque (1600 to 1775 AD)
Assignment 28: The Catholic Baroque
Assignment 29: The Aristocratic Baroque
Assignment 30: The Protestant Baroque
EXAMINATION 3
Lesson 10 - The Spirit of Enlightenment (1700-1800 AD)
Assignment 31: The Enlightenment
Assignment 32: The Rococo Style
Assignment 33: Neoclassicism
Assignment 34: Classicism in Music
Lesson 11 - Revolution and Romanticism (1800 to 1900 AD)
Assignment 35 - Romanticism
Assignment 36 - Romanticism in Painting
Assignment 37 - Romanticism in Music
EXAMINATION 4
Lesson 12 - The Spirit of Materialism (1840 to 1900 AD)
Assignment 38 - Visual Realism
Assignment 39 - Nationalism in Music
Assignment 40 - Impressionism in Music
Assignment 41 - Impressionism in Visual Art
Assignment 42 - Post-Impressionism in Visual Art
Lesson 13 - The Spirit of Modernism (1900 to 1950)
Assignment 43 - Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism
Assignment 44 - Music to 1945
Lesson 14 - The Contemporary Spirit (1950-2008)
Assignment 45 - Visual Art After 1945
Assignment 46 - Music After 1945
Assignment 47 - Course Evaluation
EXAMINATION 5
FINAL EXAMINATION