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I. Art
Fundamentals* 20%
A. Elements
of Art* 1. Line* 2. Shape/form* 3. Space* 4. Color* 5. Texture* B. Principles
of Composition* 1. Rhythm/movement/pattern* 2. Balance* 3. Contrast/emphasis/variety* 4. Proportion* 5. Unity* C. Processes
and Techniques* 1. Drawing* a) Traditional
and contemporary purposes* b) Media,
tools, and surfaces used* c) Techniques used in drawing* 2. Painting* a) Traditional
and contemporary purposes* b) Media,
tools, and surfaces used* c) How changing technology has changed painting* 3. Printmaking* a) Traditional
and contemporary purposes* b) Media,
tools, and surfaces used* c) Types
of relief printing* d) Intaglio
processes* e) Lithographic
processes* f) Screen
printing processes* 4. Sculpture* a) Traditional
and contemporary purposes* b) Media,
tools, and surfaces used* c) Techniques
used in sculpting* 5. Textiles* a) Uses* b) Range
of materials and processes* c) Impact
of geography/environment on materials and uses* 6. Photography* a) Traditional
and contemporary techniques* b) Effect
on painting* 7. Architecture* a) Techniques* b) Materials* c)
Purposes* 8. Environmental
Art* a) Purposes* b) Departures
from traditional art forms* II. Pre-Hispanic Art 30% A. Introduction and Overview 1. Geography 2. Historical and social context 3. Material culture 4. Sources and research methods B. Earliest Art: Early Hunters and the
Archaic Period 1. Geography 2. Historical and social context 3. Material culture C. The Pre-Classic Period 1. Overview a) Geography b) Historical and social context c) Material culture 2. Selected periods and works a) Olmec civilization i) Historical background and
geography ii) Social and cultural context iii) Materials and artistic developments b) Selected
Work: Olmec Figure Sitting, with Spread Legs, b.c.–900
b.c. (FAMSF) i) Visual analysis ii) Materials and techniques iii) Historical context iv) Significance c) Zapotec civilization i) Historical background and
geography ii) Social and cultural context iii) Materials and artistic developments d) The central highlands i) Historical background and
geography ii) Social and cultural context iii) Materials and artistic developments e) Selected
Work: Standing Female, Jalisco, 200 b.c. and Standing Female, Ancient i) Visual analysis ii) Materials and techniques iii) Historical context iv) Significance D. The Classic Period 1. Overview a) Geography b) Historical and social context c) Material culture 2. Selected periods and works a) Teotihuacán i) Historical background and
geography ii) Social and cultural context iii) Materials and artistic developments b) Selected
Work: Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán, 1–150 a.d. i) Visual analysis ii) Materials and techniques iii) Historical context iv) Significance c) Classic Veracruz and the
Remojadas style i) Historical background and
geography ii) Social and cultural context iii) Materials and artistic developments d) Selected
Work: Smiling Head, Veracruz (FAMSF) i) Visual analysis ii) Materials and techniques iii) Historical context iv) Significance e) The Maya i) Historical background and
geography ii) Social and cultural context iii) Materials
and artistic developments f) Selected Work: Beaker, Maya civilization, 600
a.d. (FAMSF) i) Visual analysis ii) Materials and techniques iii) Historical context iv) Significance g) Selected
Work: Tikal: Temple of the Giant Jaguar, Maya civilization, c.731 a.d. i) Visual analysis ii) Materials and techniques iii) Historical context iv) Significance E. The Post-Classic Period 1. Overview a) Geography b) Historical and social context c) Material culture 2. Selected periods and works a) The Toltec state i) Historical background and
geography ii) Social and cultural context iii) Materials and artistic developments b) The
Aztecs i) Historical background and
geography ii) Social and cultural context iii) Materials and artistic developments c) Selected Work: Mosaic skull and jaw, Aztec civilization,
1350–1521 (FAMSF) i) Visual analysis ii) Materials and techniques iii) Historical context iv) Significance III. Art during the Colonial Era 25% A. Introduction and Overview 1. Sources and research methods 2. Spanish art and culture in the Age
of Exploration 3. Early encounters in Mesoamerica 4. Building the Spanish empire 5. Artistic developments a) Artistic tendencies during
the colonial era b) Guilds and academies c) The Church as patron B. Selected Works 1. Selected
Work: Codex Huejotzingo (painting 5), Nahua culture, 1531
(LOC) a) Visual analysis b) Materials and techniques c) Historical context d) Significance 2. Selected
Work: Untitled (Our Lady of Guadalupe), Francisco Aguera Bustamante,
engraver,
1796 (FAMSF) a) Visual analysis b) Materials and techniques c) Artist biography d) Historical context e) Significance 3. Selected
Work: Don Juan Joachín Gutiérrez Altamirano y Velasco, Miguel
Cabrera, c.1752 (BM) a) Visual analysis b) Materials and techniques c) Artist biography d) Historical context e) Significance 4. Selected
Work: From Spaniard and Black, Mulatto (De Español, y Negra. Mulato),
attributed to José de Alcíbar, c.1760–70 (DAM) a) Visual analysis b) Materials and techniques c) Artist biography d) Historical context e) Significance 5. Selected
Work: Shawl, late eighteenth century (PMA) a) Visual analysis b) Materials and techniques c) Historical context d) Significance 6. Selected
Work: Metropolitan Cathedral, Claudio de Arciniega and others,
1573– 1817 a) Visual analysis b) Materials and techniques c) Artist biography d) Historical context e) Significance IV. Art after Independence 20% A. Introduction and Overview 1. Historical and cultural background a) Independence b) The post-independence period c) Revolution 2. Artistic developments a) Artistic tendencies during
the post-independence and revolutionary periods i) Painting ii) Sculpture iii) Architecture iv) Popular arts b) Responses to the academy c) Muralismo d) Muralism outside of Mexico e) Modern tendencies B. Selected Works 1. Selected
Work: Valley of Oaxaca, José Maria Velasco, 1888 (PMA) a) Artist biography b) Visual analysis c) Materials and techniques d) Historical context e) Significance 2. Selected
Work: La Calavera Catrina (Calavera of the Fashionable Lady), José Guadalupe
Posada, 1913 (FAMSF) a) Artist biography b) Visual analysis c) Materials and techniques d) Historical context e) Significance 3. Selected
Work: The Flower Carrier, Diego Rivera, 1935 (SFMOMA) a) Artist biography b) Visual analysis c) Materials and techniques d) Historical context e) Significance 4. Selected
Work: Frieda and Diego Rivera, Frida (Frieda) Kahlo, 1931 (SFMOMA) a) Artist biography b) Visual analysis c) Materials and techniques d) Historical context e) Significance 5. Selected
Work: Figure in Illuminated Doorway, Rufino Tamayo, c.1960 (FAMSF) a) Artist biography b) Visual analysis c) Materials and techniques d) Historical context e) Significance V. Independent
Research Topic: The Palacio Nacional in Mexico City* 5% A. Significance
of the Political Center of Tenochtitlán Prior to the Arrival of the Spanish* B. Architecture
of the Palacio
Nacional* 1. Style of architecture* 2. Significance of the building in
relation to political power* C. The
murals by Diego Rivera (stairway murals only) in the Palacio Nacional* 1. Significance
of the murals in relation to the history of pre-Hispanic and post-conquest Mexico* * Topics with
an asterisk are topics that students will need to research independently.
Information on these research topics can be found in most general art history
textbooks, in the USAD Art Research
Guide, the USAD Art Basic Guide, in encyclopedias, and on the Internet. NOTE: For many of the selected artworks, the museum / collection where
the work is located has been indicated in parentheses. BM = Brooklyn Museum;
DAM = Denver Art Museum; FAMSF = Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; LOC =
Library of Congress; PMA =Philadelphia Museum of Art; SFMOMA = San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art. Works of architecture are located in situ.
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