B&S= Bredi and Santoro-Brienza, Philosophies of Art and Beauty chapter #
F&M=Feagin and Maynard, Aesthetics reading #
Acton=Acton, Learning to Look at Paintings chapter #
Danto=Danto, After the End of Art chapter #

Course Introduction
F, 1/11: Introduction

How Do We Define "Art"?
M, 1/14: B&S 1
    Select paper dates in class
W, 1/16: Read selections from Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Poetics (handout)
    B&S 2
F, 1/18: F&M 12 (Kristeller)

M, 1/21: No Classes: Martin Luther King , Jr. Day

Renaissance Aesthetics and Classification
W, 1/23: Acton, Introduction and 1
F, 1/25: B&S 4
    F&M 13 (Batteux) and 14 (D’Alembert)
M, 1/28: Acton 2 and 3

W, 1/30: In-class critique: make some notes on the following pieces (all deal with the life of Christ and religious art of the Renaissance; all are in The Art Book): Masaccio, Giotto, Perugino, Piero della Francesca, Signorelli, Michelangelo

The Eighteenth-Century: "Aesthetics" is Born
F, 2/1: Bredin 5
    F&M 54 (Hume)

M, 2/4: F&M 26 (Kant)
    Danto 5
W, 2/6: F&M 27 (Hegel)
F, 2/8: Longer Paper Discussion: Samuel Bobby
    Be prepared to discuss and wrangle

Modernist Aesthetics
M, 2/11: Bredin 6
    F& M 4 (Wilde)
W, 2/13: Acton 4 and 5
F, 2/15: Readings TBA

M, 2/18: No Classes: Presidents’ Day

The Importance of the 1913 New York Armory Show to Modern Aesthetics
W, 2/20: Read "Introduction to the Armory Show" at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MUSEUM/Armory/intro.html 
    Consult The Art Book to look at pieces mentioned in the online article
    F& M 39 (Sontag) and Danto 1
    **First Paper Due
F, 2/22: Longer Paper Discussion: Jessie Polenz
    Be prepared to discuss and wrangle

Art and Ethics
M, 2/25: Read William Norton, "Modern Art and Social Responsibility" (article on reserve)
W, 2/27: Longer Paper Discussion: Rebekah McClaskey
    Be prepared to discuss and wrangle
F, 3/1: Acton 6 and 8

M, 3/4: **Midterm Examinations Due
    Longer Paper Discussion: Lisa Glover
    Be prepared to discuss and wrangle
W, 3/6: Longer Paper Discussion: Lonna Quiram
    Be prepared to discuss and wrangle

"Those Apples Look Like Dice: Impressionism, Expressionism, and Abstraction"
F, 3/8: Reading TBA

M, 3/11-F, 3/15: No Classes: Spring Break

M, 3/18: Longer Paper Discussion: Jenna Kuiper
   Be prepared to discuss and wrangle

PostModern Aesthetics
W, 3/20: F&M 41 (Goodman) and 42 (Barthes)
    Danto 3
 F, 3/22: Class Will Not Meet

M, 3/25: Longer Paper Discussion: Dawna Christopher
   Be prepared to discuss and wrangle

W, 3/27: Class Will Not Meet: Please attend the Black Hills Research     Symposium: presentations in the Student Union Multi-Purpose Room–plan to attend
F, 3/29: No Classes: Good Friday

M, 4/1: No Classes: Easter Monday
W, 4/3: In-class video

F, 4/5: In-class critique: make some notes on the following pieces (all concern the     world of "modern" art; all are in The Art Book): Kandinsky, Bacon, Dali, De Kooning, Pollock, Rothko, Man Ray, Miro

M, 4/8: Longer Paper Discussion: Emilee Schulte
    Be prepared to discuss and wrangle
W, 4/10: Discuss Breton and Foucault books in class
    Come to class ready to discuss whichever text you have chosen
F, 4/12: In-class critique of seminar member’s work
    Bring with you a piece of your own art work (painting, writing, etc.)

M, 4/15: In-class video

"Let’s Talk About the Value–Monetary and Otherwise–of Art": Readymades and Pop Art
W, 4/17: Danto 7

Aesthetics and Film
F, 4/19: F&M 11 (Roemer)
    **Second Paper Due (on optional text)

M, 4/22: Read Aumont, Bergala, Marie, and Vernet, "Film as Audiovisual Representation," chapter one in Aesthetics of Film (on reserve)

But Is It Art?
W, 4/24: F&M 23 (Tolstoy) and 2 (Ziff) (read in that order, and read them "off" on another)

Aesthetics and Music Video
F, 4/26: Read "The Look of Sound" by Pat Aufderheide (on reserve)

Understanding Performance Art and "Modern" Music
M, 4/29: F&M 19 (Higgins) and 36 (Davies)
W, 5/1: F&M 51 (Levinson)
    Read chapter one of the dissertation at
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~jimmyd/laurie-anderson/commentary/papers/laurie-dissertation.html

The Aesthetics of Computers and the Internet: The Future?
F, 5/3: Danto 10
Take a look at http://www.explay.org/Exhibitions/Anderson/la-promo-1.htm
Last Class