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Intro to Art History for High School III--Asian and African Art (FLEX)

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Ages 13-18
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In-depth, ten-week art history class for high school students, exploring the artistic traditions and histories of Asia and Africa! Taught by a College Professor!
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Homework
2-4 hours per week. Each week, students will respond to questions that correlate with the week's topics in 1-2 paragraphs. There are two larger writing assignments--one visual analysis where the student describes a work of art in detail and one short research paper where the students select an art form from a community we will explore and write a five-paragraph exploration of the art form.
Assessment
Learner progress is assessed through in-class discussions, online discussions, and written assignments. Grades available upon request.
Grading
Grades available on request

Class Experience

US Grade 9 - 12
Beginner - Intermediate Level
In this class, students will explore the development of artistic production throughout Asian and African history over the course of ten weeks, starting with China and moving their way West to the African continent. This class is designed for students aged 13-18 as a way of exploring world history through the arts. Each week, students will watch 45-90 minutes of lecture videos and participate in a class discussion in the classroom message boards on the given topic for the week. Students will participate in two writing assignments over the course of the semester to invite students to think critically about artworks that interest them. 

PARENTS: This is a FLEX class, meaning there are no weekly meetings and every assignment and lecture is completed at the student's pace. Each week contains 45-90 minutes of lecture, a weekly group critical thinking and research discussion questions in the classroom, and there are two longer writing assignments assigned across the ten weeks. Each week, students are provided with external links for further activities, including virtual field trips, articles about related topics, videos, and more. Students are encouraged to discuss these items with each other in the classroom. Grading is optional.

While this is "Part III" in the Introduction to Art History Series, it is not necessary to take them in order! Students interested in Asian and African art are welcome to join this course without taking Parts I and II first!

The Weekly Schedule is in the syllabus section!

Learning Goals

Students will learn the following things in this course:
--How to talk about and describe art, both verbally and in written form
--The characteristics of art of different movements and cultures
--How to think critically about art and images that are presented to you
--How art fits into a larger historical context and how world events shape art production
--How institutional structures marginalize certain voices within the art historical narrative

Syllabus

15 Lessons
over 10 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Introductions
 In week one, we will begin class with a discussion of the class expectations and how the weekly discussion posts and writing assignments work. 
Lesson 2:
Early Chinese Art and Porcelain
 We start our dive into the long-lasting artistic traditions of China. We will look at some of the earliest surviving works from the area, including bronze and pottery, discussing why more materials do not survive. We will discuss the importance of precious materials, specifically jade and porcelain, and how Chinese artists worked with these materials. 
Lesson 3:
Chinese Painting
 Students will continue their exploration of Chinese art traditions. We will evaluate different styles of Chinese calligraphy and painting and discuss how different dynasties had different expectations and why these paintings look so different from Western painting. Specifically, we will unpack the traditions of ink-wash painting and courtly, silk painting. In this class, we will highlight the dual practices of Chinese art--meditative, religious art creation and courtly art production. 
Lesson 4:
Japanese Paper Works
 This unit is focused on the arts of Japan. We explore the artistic history of Japan and evaluate a number of different ancient and contemporary art styles. First, we will learn about the history of Japanese printwork, looking at some of Japan's most famous artists--Hiroshige and Hokusai! 

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Artwork may contain nudity or violence. There will be discussions of Buddhist, Hindi, and Islamic religious practices as they relate to art. Students will discuss historical events, such as Apartheid and colonization processes, that are necessary for understanding the art produced during these periods.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Students will be provided with scholarly articles and videos relating to the week's content in the classroom with each post every week.

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Teacher expertise and credentials
Master's Degree in History from University of Colorado at Boulder
I have been teaching art history for seven years now. I started my career teaching at the university level and in museums and have been teaching art history on Outschool since 2018. I developed this introductory series for middle and high schoolers so that they could have a foundation for talking about the arts earlier than at the college level and be exposed to history in a new way! Further, this course is particularly important, as we are covering art and communities that are traditionally ignored by art historical study. I have been studying art history for nearly a decade and want to teach students that there is more to art than European voices. I have taken a large number of courses in my own Graduate studies covering these topics from a decolonized perspective and from experts in the fields of non-Western art historical study. I have a Masters's degree in Art History, where I focused on the exclusionary nature of Art History and use my knowledge of the structure of the discipline to decolonize my approaches for my students. Additionally, I have worked with the Denver Art Museum on researching objects from their Indigenous collections, specifically Kiowa cradleboards and beadwork. I have a certificate in Foundations for Transforming Teaching and Learning about Native Americans from the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC in addition to my formal education. These lectures are adapted from lectures that I taught at the university level. 

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