Syllabus: Art History to About 1500 for Baltimore Area Students

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Week 1: Prehistoric art

Azéma, Marc, marc.azema@wanadoo.fr, and Florent Rivère. "Animation In Palaeolithic Art: A Pre-Echo Of Cinema." Antiquity 86.332 (2012): 316-324. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson).

Bullon, Margaret. "The Role Of Trance In The Creation Of Rock Art Images." Rock Art Research 27.2 (2010): 210. Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson). Web. 30 May 2016.

Lewis-Williams, J. D., and T. A. Dowson. "On Vision And Power In The Neolithic: Evidence From The Decorated Monuments." Current Anthropology 34.1 (1993): 55-65. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web.

Palacio-Pérez, Eduardo, eduardo.palaeio@unican.es, and Aitor Ruiz, aitor.ruiz@unican.es Redondo. "Imaginary Creatures In Palaeolithic Art: Prehistoric Dreams Or Prehistorians' Dreams?." Antiquity 88.339 (2014): 259-266. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson).

Week 2: Art of Ancient Africa

Fagg, Angela. "Thoughts On Nok." African Arts 27.3 (1994): 79. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 30 May 2016.

Nevadomsky, Joseph. "Art And Science In Benin Bronzes." African Arts 37.1 (2004): 1-96. Academic Search Premier. Web. 30 May 2016.

Tignor, Robert L. "W. R. Bascom And The Ife Bronzes." Africa (Edinburgh University Press) 60.3 (1990): 425-434. Humanities International Complete. Web. 30 May 2016.

Ugiomoh, Frank. "Nigerian Art History And ‘The Hegelian Unconscious’." Third Text 19.4 (2005): 329-338. Academic Search Premier. Web. 30 May 2016.

Week 3: Art of the Americas before 1400

KASSABAUM, MEGAN C. "Monumental Grandeur Of The Mississippi Valley." Expedition 57.2 (2015): 6-16. Academic Search Premier. Web. 30 May 2016.

Marquardt, William H., and Laura Kozuch. "The Lightning Whelk: An Enduring Icon Of Southeastern North American Spirituality." Journal Of Anthropological Archaeology 42.(2016): 1-26.ScienceDirect. Web. 30 May 2016.

Nesbitt, Jason. "El Niño And Second-Millennium BC Monument Building At Huaca Cortada (Moche Valley, Peru)." Antiquity90.351 (2016): 638-653. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 30 May 2016.

Sabo, George, Jerry E. Hilliard, and Leslie C. Walker. "Cosmological Landscapes And Exotic Gods: American Indian Rock Art In Arkansas." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 25.1 (2015): 261.Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 30 May 2016.

Week 3: Art of the Ancient Near East

Bahrani, Zainab, zb2101@columbia.edu. "Regarding Art And Art History." Art Bulletin 95.4 (2013): 517. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 30 May 2016.

Porada, Edith. "A Cylinder Seal with a Camel in the Walters Art Gallery." The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 36 (1977): 1-6. Web. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20168942

Winter, Irene J. "What/When Is A Portrait? Royal Images Of The Ancient Near East." Proceedings Of The American Philosophical Society 153.3 (2009): 254-270. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 30 May 2016.

Week 4: Chinese and Korean art before 1400

Watson, William. The Arts of China to AD 900. New Haven: Yale UP, 1995. 53-60. Print.

Rawson, Jessica. Ancient China: Art and Archaeology. New York: Harper & Row, 1980. 24-40. Print.

Zhang, Fa, Charlie Ng, and Phoebe Poon. History and Spirit of Chinese Art: Volume 1, from Prehistory to the Tang Dynasty. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 22-36. Print.

Von Falkenhausen, Lothar. "Chu Ritual Music." New Perspectives on Chu Culture during the Eastern Zhou Period: Symposium: Selected Papers. By Thomas Lawton. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1991. 74-89. Print.

Week 5: Art of Ancient Egypt

Harvey, Julia. "A Late Middle Kingdom Wooden Statue from Assiut in the Walters Art Gallery." The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 49/50 (1991): 1-6. Web.

Schulz, Regine. "A Corn Mummy Decoded." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 2005: 5. JSTOR Journals. Web. 1 June 2016.

Trusheim, Lorraine. "The Conservation And Attribution Of An Egyptian Sculpture: A Collaboration Between Conservators And Curators." Journal Of The Walters Art Museum 59.(2001): 23-28. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 31 May 2016.

Week 6: Art of South and Southeast Asia before 1400

Tingley, Nancy. "Avalokiteśvara in Javanese Context: Gaṇḍavyūha, Kūṭāgāra, and Amoghapāśa." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 2006: 65. JSTOR Journals. Web. 1 June 2016.

Woodward, Hiram W. "The Life of the Buddha in the Pāla Monastic Environment." The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 48 (1990): 13-27. Web.

Week 7: Aegean art

Day, Jo. "Botany Meets Archaeology: People And Plants In The Past." Journal Of Experimental Botany 64.18 (2013): 5805-5816. Environment Complete. Web. 1 June 2016.

Hadji, Athena. "(Dis)Entangled Bodies Or The (Be)Holder Vs. The Spectator: Detached Views Of Early Cycladic Figures And Figurines." Quaternary International (2015): ScienceDirect. Web. 31 May 2016.

Molloy, Barry. "Martial Arts and Materiality: A Combat Archaeology Perspective on Aegean Swords of the Fifteenth and Fourteenth Centuries BC." World Archaeology 2008: 116. JSTOR Journals. Web. 31 May 2016.

Week 8: Ancient Greek art

Benson, Carol. "A Greek Statuette in Egyptian Dress." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 2001: 7. JSTOR Journals. Web.

Hill, Dorothy Kent. "Helmet and Mask and a North Greek Burial." The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 27/28 (1964): 8-15. Web.

Reeder, Ellen D. "The Niobid Painter in Baltimore." The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery52/53 (1994): 113-15. Web

Week 9: Etruscan, Roman, Early Christian, Jewish, and Byzantine art

Hill, Emeline. "Etruscan Votive Bronze Warriors in the Walters Art Gallery." The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 7/8 (1944): 104-24. Web

LUCÀ, SANTO. "On the Dating and Provenance of the Euchologion of the Archimedes Palimpsest." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 66/67 (2008): 55-68. Web.

Ross, Marvin Chauncey. "The Rubens Vase: Its History and Date." The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 6 (1943): 8-39. Web.

Wilson, Nigel. "The Archimedes Palimpsest: A Progress Report." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 2004: 61. JSTOR Journals. Web.

Week 10: Islamic art

Blair, Sheila S. "An Amulet from Afsharid Iran." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 2001: 85.JSTOR Journals. Web.

Eggleton, Laura. "History In The Making: The Ornament Of The Alhambra And The Past-Facing Present." Journal Of Art Historiography 6 (2012): 1. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Simpson, Marianna Shreve. "'A Gallant Era': Henry Walters, Islamic Art, and the Kelekian Connection." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 2001: 103. JSTOR Journals. Web.

Simpson, Marianna Shreve. "Expanding Boundaries: A Manuscript of the Qur'an from Sub-Saharan Africa (W.853)." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 62 (2004): 237-39. Web.

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Week 11: Japanese art before 1333

Kanda, Fusae. "Behind The Sensationalism: Images Of A Decaying Corpse In Japanese Buddhist Art. (Cover Story)." Art Bulletin 87.1 (2005): 24. MasterFILE Premier. Web.

Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and James T. Ulak. "Early Portraiture and Masks." Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983. 18-30. Print.

O'Neal, Halle. "Performing The Jeweled Pagoda Mandalas: Relics, Reliquaries, And A Realm Of Text." Art Bulletin 97.3 (2015): 279. MasterFILE Premier. Web.

Shimizu, Yoshiaki. "Japan In American Museums--But Which Japan?." Art Bulletin 83.1 (2001): 123. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 

Week 12: Early Medieval art in Europe

CLEAVER, LAURA. "ON THE NATURE OF THINGS: THE CONTENT AND PURPOSE OF WALTERS W.73 AND DECORATED TREATISES ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 68/69 (2010): 21-30. Web. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24412671

KINGSLEY, JENNIFER. "RECONSIDERING THE MEDIEVAL OLIPHANT: THE IVORY HORN IN THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 2010: 9. JSTOR Journals. Web.

Week 13: Romanesque and Gothic Art

Burin, Elizabeth. "Mixing Styles on the Pilgrimage Roads: A Romanesque Manuscript in the Walters Art Gallery." The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 54 (1996): 9-20. Web.

Holbert, Kelly M., Donna Strahan, and Lore L. Holmes. "Inside and Out: Two Gothic Heads Reveal Their Secrets through Technical Analysis." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 2001: 29. JSTOR Journals. Web.

Ross, Marvin Chauncey. "Monumental Sculptures from St.-Denis: An Identification of Fragments from the Portal." The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 3 (1940): 90-109. Web.

Suárez, Rafael, Alicia Alonso, and Juan J. Sendra. "Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Sound Of The Romanesque Cathedral Of Santiago De Compostela." Journal Of Cultural Heritage 16.2 (2015): 239-243. Academic Search Premier. Web. 

Week 14: Early Renaissance art

Dickerson, C. D. III. "A Renaissance Ceiling In Baltimore From The Palazzo Aliverti In Milan." Journal Of The Walters Art Museum 63.(2005): 109-112. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web.

Mann, C. Griffith. "A Devotional Ethiopian Icon Acquired In Honor Of The Director (36.16)." Journal Of The Walters Art Museum 62.(2004): 191-193. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 2 June 2016.

Palmer, Allison Lee. "The Walters' 'Madonna and Child' Plaquette and Private Devotional Art in Early Renaissance Italy." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 2001: 73. JSTOR Journals. Web

Zuravleff, Mary Kay. "Faces Of The Renaissance." Humanities 34.1 (2013): 10. MasterFILE Premier. Web.