At ISU, I teach introductory survey courses (ART 155), general education courses (ART 155 and ART 176), and upper division courses on ancient art (Egypt, Greece, and Rome).
In collaboration with Dr. Kathryn Jasper (History), I began and co-directs the ISU in Orvieto (Italy) summer study abroad program, a program designed for art, art history, and history students but which is open to students from around the ISU campus. The first two summers (2014, 2015) were a great success and another group will head to Italy in the summer 2016. To learn more about the program visit the program website (linked in a tab to the left) at https://about.illinoisstate.edu/orvietoprogram. To see the groups in action while in Italy, check out the program’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ISUOrvieto.
Courses
ART 155: Survey of Art I
This course surveys the major monuments in the art and architectural history of Europe and the Near East from the prehistoric period until the late Middle Ages, or from about 40,000 B.C. to about A.D. 1400. Together we consider the great variety and richness of the arts of these different cultures and some of the ways that art historians understand and write about that art and the cultures that created it. Students look at works of sculpture, architecture, wall and vase painting, mosaic, and manuscript illustration among other forms of artistic production and consider these works in their respective physical, historical and social contexts. The class disusses the impact of societal development, politics, religion and ritual, the impact and role of the individual artist, and participatory viewership.
- This course is required of all majors in the School of Art; it is also part of the General Education program, fulfilling the Fine Arts requirement. It is offered four times a year: two courses in the Fall semester, one in the Spring, and one (online) in the summer.
ART 240: Greek Art and Architecture
Greek art and architecture from the pre-Greek Minoan period (ca. 3000 B.C.) through the Hellenistic period (ca. 31 B.C.)