Time Schedule:
Daniele Di Lodovico
ART H 309
Seattle Campus
Topics vary.
Class description
"Iconography and the viewer” This course will examine the dynamics of the relationship between the viewer and the work of art, from the Middle Ages through the present day. Particular attention will be given not only to the viewer’s reaction, but also the artworks themselves and their use, efficacy, and vitality within the different aspects of the interaction between the artwork and the viewer. The class will focus on the identification, description, and interpretation of the content of images using a focused exploration of representations of the most prevalent topic in western art, the Passion of Christ. This artistic theme will be studied through careful analysis of depictions throughout a broad range of media such as painting, sculpture, theater and film. Students will gain a fuller comprehension of the continuities and transformations in the roles of works of art and their subjects through time
Student learning goals
Identify the changes and the function of the artworks through time. Understand and explain how these artworks were used and how they affected people in different ways and the interaction between these artworks and the viewer.
Critically analyze works of art in discussion and in writing, using your analysis to develop and advance your own ideas about the continuities and transformations in the roles of the art through time.
General method of instruction
Illustrated lectures and discussion of assigned readings. Because discussion is an integral part of the course, participation is very important to the success of the class as well as to your grade.
Recommended preparation
At least one 200-level art history course, preferably 202. This class requires participants to memorize names, dates, and other information about works of art. Please contact the instructor if you have any question.
Class assignments and grading
Class assignments and grading Two exams and one paper. Readings from e-reserve; review of visual material; writing assignments.
Miderm, Final exam; Final Paper and class participation.
