Assigned/Announced Tuesday 7/7

Please see Weekly Schedule for topics, chapters and slide image list

Quiz next Tuesday 7/14 on Formal Elements- in detail

*instructor will be available at San Jose Museum Of Art SUNDAY 7/12 FROM 12-1/1:30 to answer questions or give you guidance at : It is entirely optional; you can always go on your own. Decided by majority vote in class 7/7.

Start working on papers and points:

In addition to Museum Paper and Light Project:

Aim to complete and submit 30 additional pts by end of week 3 and 40 additional points by end of week 4.

Video Response Papers: due one week after video:

(To include discussion of theme, what you learned, your own thoughts and feelings with regard to what you have learned.)

Guillermo Gomez-Pena due 7/14

Nude in Art due 7/14 (including both Classical and Renaissance- parts 1 &2)

Assigned Thursday 7/2

-Read Ch 5-8. Focus on key points and be able to name the Formal Elements.

-4 functions of artist in society

-Compare 2 images of same subject (Ch 2) Treaty at Medicine Creek Lodge

-Guillermo Gomez-Pena video & Ch 4

-A structure for analysis of images: Subject, Content, Form, Context

-Blind contour drawing

Quiz Tuesday 7/7 at 8:00 (Wk 1&2 class material & reading

Planning Ahead: San Jose Museum of Art opens 11:00AM

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*INSTRUCTOR WILL BE AVAILABLE AT SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART ON SUNDAY 7/12 FROM 12-1/1:30 to answer questions or give you guidance at : It is entirely optional; you can always go on your own. Decided by majority vote in class 7/7.

Planning Ahead: Presentations Schedule

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*If you wish to make a presentation as part of your grade, think about your topic. All topics must be proposed in writing, they must be very specific, not vague, and they must be approved by instructor. Also please indicate if you are making short presentation or long Sign up for presentation dates. Dates available: Tuesdays 7/14, 7/21, 7/28 or Thursdays: 7/16,7/23.

*Sign up on Presentation Schedule AFTER you receive written approval on your topic.(You can send your proposal to me via email or bring to class, Don't wait too long to decide: First people to sign up often take the best or latest dates/times.)

Assigned Tuesday 6/30

-Get your book. Read Chapters 1-4. Suggestion: outline key points for each chapter; list art vocabulary words as you encounter them, think critically as you read, jot down questions if you do not understand.

-Bring your textbook to class on Thursday.

-Visit the following website, examine MANY of the art lamps and/or clocks (note prices!!!)

www.limn.com

-Jot down any thoughts about your own possible project that incorporates light as a key element, a three dimensional expression that is uniquely you. Try to capture your ideas when they come up- write them down, draw a sketch, write down key words etc. It would be a shame to loose your great ideas.

-Visit instructor's web site again Wed. night or Thursday early AM (before class) to check for proposal of activities and point values. Please come prepared to revise, if necessary, and finalize our objectives.