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COURSE TITLE:
JAV120H1 F
Visual Concepts
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Visual Concepts introduces students to a wide range of topics situated in Modernism and Post-modernism
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that inform current art practice and critical discourse. Lectures are focused on the chronologies of the 20 st
21 centuries as shown in art and architectural movements. Societal, political and cultural influences are
traced from early Modernism through the historical avant-garde movements of Europe to the mid- to late-20
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century movements that fostered abstraction and conceptualism through to performance art, installation and
media art. Post-modernism is examined through multiple fields of analysis revealing the underlying
conditions that came together to produce the resurgence of painting, a more pronounced influence of mass
media within art making and the increasingly globalized arena of contemporary international artists and
markets.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Students will be provided with access to source texts and a bank of images that will allow them to follow the
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path of major art movements and architectural developments through the 20 and early 21 centuries,
developing knowledge of key artists, architects and designers associated with them.
TUTORIALS:
T0108 Monday 12-1pm OI 4414 TA Ava Nourbaran
T0105 Monday 1-2pm ES B149 TA Noah Scheinmann
T0101 Monday 2-3pmpm GB 244 TA Rouzbeh Akhbari
T0102 Tuesday 1-2pm GB 220 TA Sam Cotter
T0107 Wednesday 12-1pm GB 220 TA La Grantham- Charbonneau
T0103 Thursday 1-2pm ES B142 TA Andrea Creamer
T0104 Friday 1-2pm MS 4171 TA Lauren Marshall
T0106 Friday 2-3pm GB 248 TA Christopher Lauzon
Tutorials begin the first week of classes. Sign up for one section. Attendance is mandatory.
READINGS:
Textbooks
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1. History of Modern Art, 7 edition, H.H. Arnason and Elizabeth C. Mansfield
2. Believing Is Seeing, 1995, M. Staniszewski
*The textbooks contain material that goes beyond the scope of this particular course. Students are
encouraged to read the full chapters,
NOTE: 1. the instructor will indicate specific page numbers for content to concentrate on for study,
and
2. any images that appear in the STUDY carousels on FADIS may be used for image identification on tests.
Both texts are available at the UofT Bookstore (214 College Street)
An electronic version of History of Modern Art also available. Please purchase the access code for the eversion at the U of T Bookstore (NOT THROUGH AMAZON). This will ensure that you have back-up and
support in the event that there is an error when you download the content.
Copies of the texts are also available for reference at the Daniels Faculty Library.
Websites of the Week (listed in the week-by-week schedule of this syllabus)
These have been chosen by your instructor as visual and audio supplements to enrich course readings and
lectures. Materials from websites will not appear on tests or exams.
* If information from any website differs with that of the course lectures (including material posted on FADIS),
the lectures will be considered correct for the purpose of tests and exams.
FADIS website
http://fadis.library.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/WebObjects/FADIS
You will need a valid UTOR ID to log in. Use LEFT side Login. Enter your UTOR ID and password. You will
then need to create a FADIS account. When you have done this, click ok and you will be taken to the
FADIS course page. Enter JAV120 and your (created) password and you will then have access to the
images from each lecture (for study purposes), as well as additional hand-outs to help you with the course.
In the JAV120 section of FADIS you will find:
All of the information in this course package
Images from lectures
Additional images that can be included on tests and exams**
Handouts for additional information
** All images included in the carousels for JAV120 should be studied whether or not they were shown during
the lecture, as they may be included on test and exams.
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Futurist Manifestos: http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/
Futurist Books: http://www.colophon.com/gallery/futurism/
OCTOBER 3
Prepare for lecture by reading in advance:
1. History of Modern Art: Chapter 10 Western Europe During WW1 pg. 213-241
Chapter 14 Surrealism pg. 297-337
Lecture #4: Dada and Surrealism
Tutorial #4: Dada and Surrealism, and film Un chien andalou;
Practice questions for Image Recognition Test #1
Written Assignment #1 will be returned at end of tutorial.
Websites of the Week:
Animated timeline of Duchamp's practice: http://www.understandingduchamp.com
Dada publication by Tristan Tzara: http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/dada/index.htm
Dada manifesto by Tristan Tzara (1918) and Hugo Ball (1916):
http://www.freemedialibrary.com/index.php/Dada_Manifesto_%281918,_Tristan_ Tzara%29
Breton's manifesto (1924):
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/SurManifesto/ManifestoOfSurrealism.htm
Berlin Dada: http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/artwork/photomontage.shtm#null
OCTOBER 10
THANKSGIVING: NO CLASS. THERE WILL BE NO TUTORIALS THIS WEEK.
OCTOBER 17
IMAGE RECOGNITION TEST #1
Prepare for lecture by reading in advance:
1. History of Modern Art: Chapter 16 Abstract Expressionism pg. 377-410
2. FADIS 'hand-outs': Les Automatistes; Refus Global
Lecture #5: AbEx and Les Automatistes
Tutorial #5: Film: Paul-Emile Borduas (1905-1960); Timeline for Surrealism Les Automatistes and Ab/Ex
Review Exhibition Review Assignment
Website of the Week: Abstract Expressionist artists: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/a/abstractexpr.html
Les Automatistes: http://www.scoop.it/t/les-automatistes
http://chin- rcip.canadiana.ca/aclod/view;jsessionid=1jyp2rd6oznsov38jkmwlrfgo?uri=
authority%2FACGroup000005
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OCTOBER 24
DUE: EXHIBITION REVIEW (beginning of class)
Prepare for lecture by reading in advance:
1. Believing is Seeing, pg. 59-80
2. History of Modern Art: Chapter 19 Taking Chances with Popular Culture pg. 456-489
Lecture #6: Pop Art
Tutorial #6: Film: Painters Painting (an excerpt); Timeline of relationship of Pop Art to Ab/Ex
Websites of the week:
Warhol Museum Site: comparison with Jackson Pollock
http://www.warhol.org/edu_additional.aspx?id=7081
Pop Art overview: http://www.theartstory.org/movement-pop-art.htm
OCTOBER 31
Prepare for lecture by reading in advance:
1. HIstory of Modern Art: Chapter 20 1960s Abstraction pg. 490-526
Chapter 23 Post-Minimalism, Earth Art, and New Imagists pg. 587-628 (focus on pg. 587605)
Lecture #7: Minimalism and Earth Art
Tutorial #7: Practice with short essay questions for tests and exams
Image Recognition Test #1 returned.
Website of the week: Robert Smithson Archive, including films: www.robertsmithson.com
NOVEMBER 7
STUDY BREAK: NO CLASS. THERE WILL BE NO TUTORIALS THIS WEEK.
NOVEMBER 14
Prepare for lecture by reading in advance:
1. History of Modern Art: Chapter 22 Conceptual and Activist Art pg. 558-575
Lecture #8: Nouveau Realisme, Conceptual Art, Fluxus and Performance Art
Tutorial #8: More practice test questions for tests and exams.
Exhibition reviews are returned at the end of tutorial.
Website of the week: Sol LeWitt: http://www.massmoca.org/lewitt/
NOVEMBER 21
IMAGE RECOGNITION TEST #2
Prepare for lecture by reading in advance:
1. History of Modern Art: Chapter 25 Painting Through History pg. 666-694
Lecture #9: Postmodern Condition: Painting
Tutorial #9: Comparison of Modernism and Postmodernism;
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Sample questions for final exam
Website of the week: Postmodern Painting: http://www.arthistoryunstuffed.com/postmodern-painting/
NOVEMBER 28
Prepare for lecture by reading in advance:
1. History of Modern Art: Chapter 24 Postmodernism FOCUS ON SECTIONS HEADED:
Postmodern Practices: Breaking Art History pg. 658-665; AND Lawler and Wilson pg. 566
2. FADIS JAV120 'hand-outs': Modernism, Postmodernism
Lecture #10: The Pictures Generation / Photography in Contemporary Art
Tutorial #10: Sample questions for final exam
Website of the week: The Pictures Generation exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2009/pictures-generation
DECEMBER 5
Prepare for lecture by reading in advance:
1. History of Modern Art: Chapter 27 Contemporary Art and Globalization pg. 729-741; AND
Chapter 24 Postmodernism FOCUS ON pg. 629-657
Lecture #11: Diversity in Postmodernism Contemporary First Nations Artists
Tutorial #11: Film: Lawrence Yuxweluptun
Image Recognition Test #2 will be returned.
The final exam will be discussed, and questions about the exam answered.
Websites of the week:
Kara Walker interview: http://www.moma.org/onlineprojects/conversations/kw_f.html
Guerilla Girls official site: http://www.guerrillagirls.com
DECEMBER 7 * NOTE: THIS IS A WEDNESDAY
Lecture #12: Contemporary Art in an international context and an overview of Postmodern architecture
DECEMBER EXAM PERIOD * EXAM DATE TBA *
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SCHEDULE:
Conflicts with religious observances should be brought to the attention of the course instructor and the
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information, please see the Policy on Scheduling of Classes and Examinations and Other
Accommodations for Religious Observances
A list of all sessional dates can be found at: https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/students/undergraduatestudents/academics-and-registration. For any and all discrepancies, please consider the website to be
correct.
Week
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Dates (Mon-Sun)
Sept. 12 - 16
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Sept 26-30
Oct 3-9
Oct 10-16
Oct 17-23
Oct 24-30
Oct 31-Nov 6
Nov. 7 - 11
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Nov 14-20
Nov 21-27
Nov 28-Dec 4
Dec. 5 - 9
Dec 9 20
All student work must be removed from all Daniels Faculty studio spaces by the last date
of each academic term (Fall/Winter/Summer). The last day of the Fall 2016F academic term
is December 20, 2016. Any work remaining in studio past this date will be disposed of.
GENERAL EVALUATION:
Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the University Assessment and Grading Practices
Policy. Please refer to the policy located on the governing council website.
http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/Governing_Council/policies.htm#G
JAV120 EVALUATION:
Written Assignment
50-word description of a work of art (see pg 9 for details)
15%
15%
Make-up Test #1
1:10 pm 2:00 pm
location T.B.A.
Exhibition Review
500-700 word review of an exhibition (see pg 12 for details)
20%
Test #2
lectures 5, 6, 7, 8 only
10:10 am 11:00 am
(see pg 6 for details)
15%
Make-up Test #2
1:10 pm 2:00 pm
location T.B.A.
Exam
35%
lectures #2 #12
DO NOT book travel tickets until after exam dates have been announced.
Travel plans do not constitute a valid reason to request an exam deferral.
JAV 120 WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS (all written assignments are due at the BEGINNING of class)
1. Written Assignment: DUE SEPTEMBER 26
Write a 50 word statement, describing an art work. This is an exercise in looking and in concise,
coherent writing. The ability to provide valuable information to your reader in few words will prove
useful when it comes to writing your exhibition review. When describing an artwork, do not assume
your reader has had an opportunity to see it. Discuss the artworks colour, its form, its size, and the
techniques and materials that the artist used. Avoid flowery language.
Choose one of the following artworks:
a) Mask #1 (1989), Evan Penny (on lawn outside of west entrance to Hart House on Tower Road)
sculpture
b) Spa (2003), Lynne Cohen (in Hart House lower level, hallway, near entrance to Fitness
Centre), photograph
c) Mountain Summer Home Flight (1977) Jack Shadbolt; (in Hart House 2nd floor hallway, east
side) painting
Duane Linklater:
From Our Hands
Sept 9 Nov 5
mercerunion.org
Rona Ngahuia
Osborne & Dan
Mace
Wairua
Video
installation
A Space
Sept 27 - aspacegallery.org
Oct 29
Sharon Lockhart
Rudzienko
Film
Installation
Gallery TPW
Sept 8 Oct 29
mercerunion.org
Joseph Tisiga
Diaz
Contemporary
Sept 8
Oct 8
diazcontemporary.ca
Andrea Pinheiro
Circumstantial
Evidence
Photography/
Painting
Cooper Cole
Sept 9
Oct 15
coopercolegallery.com
John Massey
Black on White
Installation
Diaz
Oct 13 diazcontemporary.ca
Contemporary
Nov 12
Write a 500-700 word exhibition review. Include a word count at the end of your review. Use MLA style
for your essay and citations.
You may want to include (but are not limited to) the following in your review of the work in the
exhibition:
a brief biography of the artist (only include relevant information; no more than one sentence)
descriptions of works (material; process; composition elements of color, line, shape, form,
movement, etc.)
works' historical, political, or social context
Consider the following questions, to make your review more personal:
How does the work relate to what is happening today?
How do you interpret the work?
Do you agree with other interpretations of the work? Is there a range of viewpoints?
Did your initial impressions change as you spent time with the work and learned more about
it?
Remember: It is important to justify your opinions with a respectful, thoughtful, and intelligent critique.
Avoid sarcasm.
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Research: Read the exhibition catalogue, and look up artists online and at UofT libraries. Give proper
credit when citing or using the ideas of others.
It is recommended you take a look at some sample exhibition reviews, posted on FADIS.
MARKING SCHEME FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION TESTS AND IMAGE RECOGNITION SECTIONS
OF FINAL EXAM:
Part 1: Identification of Images
20 marks
40 marks
2 marks x 2 image identifications = 4 marks
18 marks x 2 paragraphs = 36 marks
40 marks
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The undergraduate grading scale is listed as a percentage not a letter grade. Please see below the
undergraduate grading scale for your reference:
Undergraduate
Numerical
Scale of Marks
A+
4.0
90 - 100%
4.0
85 - 89%
A-
3.7
80 - 84%
B+
3.3
77 - 79%
3.0
73 - 76%
B-
2.7
70 - 72%
C+
2.3
67 - 69%
2.0
63 - 66%
C-
1.7
60 - 62%
D+
1.3
57 - 59%
1.0
53 - 56%
D-
0.7
50 - 52%
F*
0.0
0 - 49%
*F = Fail
LATE WORK:
All assignments are due in class at the specified time and date. In the case of illness or other special
circumstance, notification should be given to the instructor and the Registrar as soon as possible and before
the deadline in question.
To qualify for a make-up test, students must submit the official University of Toronto Verification of Student
Illness or Injury form to the instructor on the day of the make-up test.
If you are absent on the due date of a written assignment, you may either:
a. deliver it to the Daniels Faculty front desk (230 College Street) and have it stamped with the date and time,
OR
b. submit it to your T.A. via e-mail (BUT, it must be there at 10 AM on the due date or it will be considered
late and marked accordingly; AND you must submit a hard copy to your TA as soon as possible)
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**DO NOT book travel tickets until after exam dates have been announced. Travel plans do not constitute a
valid reason to request an exam deferral.**
ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS:
Accessibility Services provides academic accommodations in collaboration with students, staff and
faculty to support students with documented disabilities in equal opportunities to achieve academic
and co-curricular success. If you are a student who identifies with one or more of the broad categories
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For any questions or assistance, please see the staff in the Office of the Registrar and Student
Services.
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ensuring that a degree from the University of Toronto is a strong signal of each students individual
academic achievement. As a result, the University treats cases of cheating and plagiarism very
seriously. The University of Torontos Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters
(www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies/behaveac.htm) outlines the behaviours that constitute
academic dishonesty and the processes for addressing academic offences. Potential offences include,
but are not limited to:
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In papers and assignments:
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2.
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4.
In academic work:
1.
2.
All suspected cases of academic dishonesty will be investigated following procedures outlined in the Code of
Behaviour on Academic Matters. If you have questions or concerns about what constitutes appropriate
academic behaviour or appropriate research and citation methods, you are expected to seek out additional
information on academic integrity from your instructor or from other institutional resources (see
www.utoronto.ca/academicintegrity/resourcesforstudents.html).
For accepted methods of standard documentation formats, including electronic citation of internet sources
please see the U of T writing website at: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/documentation.
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Please consult the University of Toronto writing site (http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/) for advice and answers
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Advice on Writing: Academic Writing
Reading and Using Sources: How Not to Plagiarize
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It shall be an offence for a student knowingly:
(d) to represent as ones own any idea or expression of an idea or work of another in any academic
examination or term test or in connection with any other form of academic work, i.e, to commit plagiarism.
The Code also states: Wherever in the Code an offence is described as depending on knowing, the
offence shall likewise be deemed to have been committed if the person ought reasonably to have known.
For information about academic integrity at the University of Toronto, please see
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