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1. Art AppreciationOsceola Campus – Building 2, Room 232
Professor Will Adams; wadams5@valenciacollege.edu
Mondays & Wednesdays, 12:00 – 1:15 PM
Course Description
This course serves as an introduction to contemporary visual culture, its current contro-
versies and its historical roots. The avant-garde movements of the modern period and the im-
pact of new technologies and media will be examined within a rich historical context. Topics
will include international exhibitions, selling art, art and popular culture, censorship, and the
relation between words and images.
Course Objectives
• Identify works of art by style, artist, period, and medium.
• Place artworks within social and historical context.
• Expand art vocabulary, including architectural terms.
• Identify architectural elements in conjunction with specific cultural developments.
• Compare and contrast various works of art.
• Understand a historical timeline and its relationship to the art of the time.
Required Text
• Mark Getlein’s Living With Art, 10th Edition, ISBN 0073379255
Student Evaluation Formula
1. Attendance & Class Participation 25%
▪ Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class meeting, and count as part of
the attendance & participation grade.
▪ The professor should hear each student’s voice at least once per class meeting.
▪ Please be aware that, under Valencia’s Attendance Policy, there is no such thing as an
“excused absence”.
2. Cultural Event with Written Evaluation 15%
▪ You will be required to attend one cultural event throughout the class’s duration.
▪ The instructor throughout the class’s duration may suggest various events to you, but it
is ultimately your own responsibility to find and attend an approved cultural event.
▪ Proof of attendance at said event must be furnished (i.e. ticket stub, program, souvenir,
etc).

2. ▪ A two-page “reaction” (i.e. non-research) paper is required. Be sure to answer the fol-
lowing questions: What did I do? What did I think of it? What did I learn?
3. Research Project 25%
• One 4-page written research project is required.
• Proper MLA style citation should be used for all written assignments.
• One draft may be turned in for the professor’s perusal two weeks prior to the
due date.
• Plagiarism = A grade of zero. No exceptions.
• Wikipedia = A grade of zero. No exceptions.
• All research projects should be stapled or bound by the student
• A detailed research project description will be distributed at a later date.
4. Examinations 35%
• Four long-form examinations will be administered, once at week 4, once at week 8
(midterm), once at week 12, and at week 16.
• Examinations will not be cumulative in their subject matter.
• A study guide for each examination will be posted on Monday of each week in which
there is an exam.
• Examinations will be due by 11:59 PM ET and will not be accepted late.
Grading Scale
100 – 90% = A
89 – 80% = B
79 – 70% = C
69 – 60% = D
59 – 0% = F
Weekly Schedule &Due Dates
Date Task
Monday, January 9 Activity: Introduce class, distribute and discuss syllabus.
Wednesday, January 11 Lecture: Paleolithic cave art
Activity: Cave painting
Monday, January 16 NO CLASS - MLK Day
Wednesday, January 18 Lecture: Egyptian Embalming & funerary architecture
Activity: Wrapping Contest
Homework Assigned: Sarcophagus Lid
Monday, January 23 Lecture: Art of the Archaic Greece
Activity: Canon of Proportions Exercise
Homework Due: Sarcophagus Lid

3. Wednesday, January 25 Lecture: Classical Greek Architecture
Homework Assigned: Architectural Sketch
Monday, January 30 EXAM #1
Read via Blackboard: Etruscan Art & Architecture
Wednesday, February 1 Lecture: Early Roman Art & Architecture
Homework Due: Architectural Sketch
Monday, February 6 Film: Where Did It Come From?: Ancient Rome - The Modern
Stadium
Wednesday, February 8 RESEARCH PROJECTS ASSIGNED & LIBRARY VISIT
Monday, February 13 Lecture: Pompeii: Roman Time Capsule
Wednesday, February 15 Lecture: Early Christian & Byzantine Art & Architecture
Monday, February 20 NO CLASS - President’s Day
Read via Blackboard: Romanesque Art & Architecture
Wednesday, February 22 Lecture: Gothic Art & Architecture
Monday, February 27 EXAM #2
Film: Modern Marvels: Gothic Cathedrals
Wednesday, March 1 Lecture: Rebirth: The Italian Renaissance
Monday, March 6 Lecture: Fooling The Eye: Brunelleschi, Alberti & Linear Per-
spective
Activity: Drawing in Two-Point Perspective
Homework Assigned: Perspective City Block
Wednesday, March 8 Lecture: The Northern Renaissance
Homework Due: Perspective City Block
Monday, March 13 NO CLASS - Spring Break
Read via Blackboard: The Noble Stillness: Baroque Still Life
Painting
Homework Assigned: Baroque Vanitas Still-Life
Wednesday, March 15 NO CLASS - Spring Break
Monday, March 20 Homework Due: Baroque Vanitas Still-Life
Wednesday, March 22 Lecture: The Art of Romanticism
Monday, March 27 EXAM #3
Read via Blackboard: The Art of Impressionism
Wednesday, March 29 Lecture: The Wildness of the Fauves
Activity: Fauvist Painting: B&W -> Color

4. Submission Guidelines
All written submissions should be set in Arial 12 point font, with double spacing and standard
1” page margins, and submitted as either .docx or .pdf format. Additionally, each submission
should begin with the following header, placed at the top, left side of the first page:
Your First & Last Name
ARH1000
Prof. Will Adams
Assignment Due Date (MM/DD/YYYY)
Finally, minimum page totals for any written assignment require that the written page be filled
in its entirety to count as one page. In other words, if a written assignment requires 2 pages,
but the student only writes 1.5, the student will not earn all possible points for the assignment.
Class Conduct
Conduct yourself with courtesy, consideration, and respect for others.
Late&Make-Up Policy
▪ No late work will be accepted.
▪ No work will be accepted via e-mail.
▪ Quizzes or exams must be taken on, or before, the date assigned – and only with the in-
structor’s explicit consent.
▪ The final exam must be taken on the date published for final exams.
Extra Credit Policy
Monday, April 3 Lecture: Pablo Picasso & Cubism
Wednesday, April 5 Lecture: The Scene Inside: Abstract Expressionism
Monday, April 10 Lecture: Pop! Goes The World
Homework Assigned: Endangered Species Pop Art
Wednesday, April 12 Lecture: A Delicate Balance: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright
Activity: Cantilevering Group Exercise
Homework Due: Endangered Species Pop Art
Monday, April 17 CULTURAL EVENT DUE
RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Wednesday, April 19 FINAL EXAM – 12:00 PM (Noon)

5. ▪ Each test throughout the class’s duration will include one extra credit question equal to
10% of the test’s total point value (i.e. A five point extra credit question for a fifty point
test).
▪ In addition, extra credit may be earned by writing more than the required number of pages
for any written assignment.
▪ Extra credit for extra written work will be given up to a maximum of 15% of the assign-
ment’s total point value.
▪ No other extra credit opportunities will be available.
Academic Honesty
Plagiarism is intellectual theft and will not be tolerated. Presentation of the ideas and
words of others as if they are your own work constitutes plagiarism. This includes use of mater-
ial from books, the internet or any other source. The student is expected to perform his or her
own research and present his or her own thoughts. Direct use of another author’s words or
ideas, as well as paraphrasing must be cited. Plagiarism in any work will result in a grade of
zero for that assignment.
Computer&Equipment Use Policy
Use of computers in the Business, IT, and Public Service classrooms is restricted to
those activities designated by the instructor to enhance the class materials. Any other use is
strictly forbidden. Inappropriate use includes, but is not limited to:
• Use of computer to send E-mail or access Internet sites not specifically assigned in
class.
• Use of computer for job, internship, homework or other activities not assigned in class.
• Modifying any hardware or software system configuration or setting.
• Activities not in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct
• Use of computers in the departmental open lab is limited to those activities involved
with preparing homework or coursework in this department and is subject to the same
restriction as listed above.
Computer use is remotely monitored; any student using computers inappropriately may be
subject to dismissal from class or banishment from the lab. Subsequent offense may be sent to
the campus administration for further disciplinary action.
Students with Disabilities
Students with disabilities who qualify for academic accommodations must provide a
notification from the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) and discuss specific needs with
the professor, preferably during the first two weeks of class. The Office for Students with Dis-
abilities determines accommodations based on appropriate documentation of disabilities.
Disclaimer

6. This outline may be altered, at the instructor’s discretion, during the course of the term.
It is the responsibility of the student to make any adjustments as announced.