SMALL GROUP PRESENTATIONS

Art 1111: Ancient

Small Group Presentations: October 6th, 8th, 10th, 20th, 22nd, and 24th
Students will work in small groups (2-4 students per group) to develop short presentations about a topic of their choice. Some ideas are listed below.

Time Limit: Each student will have three minutes to present his/her part of the small group presentation. You will be penalized if you go over your allotted time limit, so check your times before you present in class.

Sources: Each student will need three sources for his/her presentation. One of these sources can be your Art History textbook, if you choose. Only one of your three sources can be an Internet source. The other source can come from any relevant journal or book. Please document these three sources clearly on your typed Notes.

Typed Notes: Your typed notes will be handed in immediately following your group presentation.  Your notes do not have to be in research paper format.  However, they should be clear and comprehensive enough to cover the content of your presentation.  Each student is responsible for his/her own notes, with clearly marked sources (see above).  Do not submit group notes.

Visuals:  Each student in your group is responsible for his/her own Visuals. Ideas for Visuals: power point, collage, poster, handouts, video, slides, etc.

Evaluation:

Content	10 points
Clarity/Organization	10 points
Notes (typed please)	10 points
Visuals	10 points
Three-Sources	10 points
Total	50 points

If you go over your allotted time limit (3-4 minutes per student), you will automatically lose four points. 
If you are not ready to present on your assigned date (unless there is an emergency), you will lose points.
Each student in your group will receive a separate grade.

SMALL GROUP TOPIC IDEAS:

I. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF AN ART HISTORIAN TODAY? (Intro)

• Preservation and Restoration
• Connoisseurship/Attribution
• Iconography (understanding the meaning of a work of art)
• Provenance Research
• Understanding "Meaning in Context" (social, economic, political context)

II. WHAT IS THE VIEWER'S RESPONSIBILITY? (Intro)

• What is the role of the viewer in today's museums?
• How have museums changed over the past twenty or more years to reflect this changed image of the "viewer?"
• Give examples. Discuss specific museums, museum programs, research on the role of the museum visitor/viewer, museum object labels, etc.

III. PREHISTORY AND PREHISTORIC ART IN EUROPE (Chapter 1)

• Cave Art (especially more recent discoveries, such as caves at Chauvet and Cosquer)
• Rock-shelter paintings at Cogul, Lerida, Spain.
• Skara Brae
• Newgrange, Ireland
• Stonehenge

IV. ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST (Chapter 2)

• Sumerian culture
• Epic of Gilgamesh
• Recent discoveries of an ancient city in Tell Hamoukar, Syria
• Jericho
• Chatal Huyuk
• Lagash
• Akkad
• Babylon
• Law Code of Hammurabi
• Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
• Ancient Persia and Persepolis (Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes)

V. ANCIENT EGYPT (Chapter 3)

• The Pyramids
• The Great Sphinx
• Imhotep
• Mummification
• Akhenaten
• Nefertiti
• Hatshepsut
• The Rosetta Stone
• Rameses II
• Tutankhamun

VI. AEGEAN ART (Chapter 4)

• Cycladic Art and Culture
• Minoan Art
• Carbon-14 dating techniques
• Akrotiri, on the island of Thera (present-day Santorini)
• King Minos
• Mycenaean Art and Culture

VII. ANCIENT GREECE (Chapter 5)

• The Olympics
• The Acropolis
• Vase Painting
• Sculpture
• Greek Mythology
• The Elgin Marbles Debate
• Alexander the Great
• Greek Theater

VIII. THE ETRUSCANS (Chapter 6)

• Who were they?
• Etruscan tombs and funerary traditions
• Etruscan bronze work

IX. THE ROMANS (Chapter 6)

• Roman History
• Roman Engineering and Building
• The Colosseum
• Gladiators
• Commodus
• The Pantheon
• Emperor Augustus
• Marcus Aurelius
• Pompeii
• Roman Emperors

X. EARLY CHRISTIAN, JEWISH, AND BYZANTINE ART (Chapter 7)

• Catacombs
• Early Christian Iconography
• Dura-Europos, Syria (page 295)
• Early Christian Architecture
• Santa Costanza
• Mosaics
• Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
• San Vitale (pages 314-315)
• Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora
• Icons
• Cathedral of Saint Mark, Venice
• Early Christian Manuscripts
• Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed, Moscow

XI. ISLAMIC ART (Chapter 8)

• Background: Islamic faith
• Mosques
• Manuscripts
• Ceramics and Textile Arts
• Alhambra, Granada, Spain

XII. ART OF INDIA BEFORE 1100 (Chapter 9)

• Background: Early Indus Civilization
• Iconography: Hinduism
• Iconography: Buddhism
• Stupas
• Temples
• Shiva Nataraja

XIII. CHINESE ART BEFORE 1280 (Chapter 10)

• Emperor Shihuangdi's Mausoleum
• Qin Dynasty: The Great Wall of China
• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Buddhist Architecture
• Calligraphy
• Song Dynasty and Landscape Painting

XIV. JAPANESE ART BEFORE 1392 (Chapter 11)

• Early History
• Mandalas
• Poetry and Calligraphy
• Handscrolls
• Kamakura Period and Samurais
• Architecture
• Zen Buddhism

XV. ART OF THE AMERICAS BEFORE 1300 (Chapter12)

• The Olmec
• Teotihuacan
• Maya
• Nazca Geoglyphs
• Great Serpent Mound
• Anasazi

XVI. ART OF ANCIENT AFRICA (Chapter 13)

• Saharan Rock Art
• Nok
• Ife
• Benin
• Great Zimbabwe

XVII. EARLY MEDIEVAL ART IN EUROPE (Chapter 14)

• What are the Middle Ages?
• British Isles and Scandinavia
• Sutton Hoo Burial Ship
• Charlemagne (Charles the Great)
• Early Medieval Manuscripts
• The Vikings

XVIII. ROMANESQUE (Chapter 15)

• Christian Pilgrimages
• Reliquaries
• The Crusades
• Romanesque Architecture
• Architectural Sculpture
• The Concept of the Last Judgment in Romanesque Art
• Independent Sculpture
• Books and Manuscripts
• Norwegian Stave Churches
• Bayeux Tapestry
• Romanesque Italy
• Cathedral and Campanile (bell tower) at Pisa (Leaning Tower of Pisa)
• Restoration of Campanile at Pisa

XIX. GOTHIC ART (Chapter 16)

• Abbot Suger and Saint Denis
• The Gothic Style
• Chartres
• Stained Glass Windows
• Notre Dame, Paris
• Sainte-Chapelle, Paris
• Manuscripts
• Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury
• Nicholas of Verdun
• Andachtsbilder (Vesperbild, p. 596)
• Florence Cathedral
• Duccio (page 602)
• Fresco techniques
• Cimbue
• Giotto
• Restorations of Early Renaissance Works (such as Giotto's frescoes)

XX. ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU THAT IS RELATED TO CLASS OR TEXT!

• Do you have a special interest you might want to discuss?
• Do you or any members of your family make art that would be relevant to our discussions?
• Have you traveled somewhere interesting that would be relevant to class?