Tate Modern in London has a superb collection of European, American and British painting, sculpture, and multi-media, which is set out in four sections in the museum: Landscape, Body, Still Life, and History. These categories are the focus of our study, and London offers a wealth of Museums and galleries for this study.

Landscape painting in The National Gallery, and Turner in the Clore Gallery, introduce traditional examples that contrast with those in Tate Modern, yet, are the source of the tradition. The Pre-Raphaelites, and the British collection at Tate Britain prepare us for contemporary arts in the Tate Modern, as do the Impressionists in the Courtauld Institute. The Royal Academy of Arts exhibition compliments the Tate Modern. There are special exhibitions, and other galleries. As we travel central London, we discuss past and present examples of architecture.

By the end of our course, students have studied arts and architecture in the finest museums of London. But more than that, students now have the vocabulary they need to express and evaluate their personal experiences about contemporary art and architecture.

• The categories of Landscape, Body, Object, and History as set out by Tate Modern provide the framework of directed study for understanding historic context and criteria of analysis which contrast and compare traditional arts and contemporary arts.
• Emphasis on language, which describes both the assumptions of the period and the specific characteristics of the art form, develops the vocabulary needed to discuss reactions and responses to various forms of art and architecture.
• Criteria for identifying major historical periods of architecture emphasize the contrast between past and modern buildings.

The students should be able to:

• Discuss Landscape, Body, Figure, and Object in terms of the characteristics of the period and the specific characteristics of the art form
• Discuss contemporary arts as a reinterpretation of older assumptions of art for present day purposes, and/or as a reaction against traditional art forms, or as a new departure all together
• Express and evaluate personal reactions to specific examples of contemporary art and architecture

In-class examination     40%
Assigned papers due three weeks after course 50% 
Class participation      10%

Upper Level Grade: All of the above  60%
Upper level paper due four weeks after the course 40%

Upper level assignment is a paper of eight to ten papers of text, of usual print and margins. The paper should be an analysis of a book which has been approved by the Professor. The paper should include a thesis statement, the focus of the paper, and a full sentence outline. There should be some footnotes, but NO QUOTES from the text.
It is strongly suggested that those with limited library facilities buy a paperback text in London. Upper level students are requested to discuss probable texts for papers before leaving.

Final Examination: The questions on the final will be distributed the first day of class in order to direct study during the course. Only some questions will be selected. Notes on one side of the paper, hand-written, may be referred to during the examination.

Full attendance for all sessions is required.
However, because of unusual circumstances, and with the approval of the Professor, make-up work may be assigned for the unexpected absence.

Military I.D. is necessary for entrance into Navy Headquarters.
Student Card: Bring your student card with you for reduced prices. Add a photo if possible

Session 1
The National Gallery
* Selected landscape painting from the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, 17th Classical, northern tradition, Constable. Figure painting in the Renaissance: one Rembrandt.
* Features of the architecture of the Trafalgar Square area.
The Tate Modern:
* Examples of Landscape which reinterpret the past in unexpected ways; or are radically new concepts on Matter and Environment which represent contemporary concerns.

Session 2
The Clore Gallery
* Examples of early and later seascape painting of Turner
Tate Britain:
* Figures in Pre-Raphaelite painting, Victorian painting, early 20thC painting.
The Tate Modern:
* Examples which reinterpret traditional portrayals of the human figure; or are radically new concepts of the body, and the body in motion.
* Two examples of special exhibition of Henry Moore.

Session 3
British Museum
* Two examples of figure and object as art in non-European art
* Contrast of new and old architecture of the British Museum
* Project: Serpentine Gallery
Session 4
Courtauld Institute:
* Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Examples of the landscape, the figure, still life.
* Architecture of Sommerset House and Law Courts.
Tate Modern: Examples that reinterpret traditional still life, or are radically new concepts.

Session 5
Tate Britain:
* Examples of History, Memory (surrealism), Society (political and social statements).
Tate Modern:
* Examples of these subjects as they continue to develop in the twentieth century.

Session 6
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition:
* Select two paintings, two sculptures, four examples architecture your choice.
Houses of Parliament
* Examples of painting and sculpture, objects; architecture; political implications.

Day 1: The Navy Building. 7 North Audley Street, London W1 (near Marble Arch)
Meet in the lobby. You must have your military I.D. with you.
Discussion of textbook, the syllabus, the assignments.

Day 2: Leicester Square Tube Station. Look for the hat.
The National Gallery
Examples
1. Landscape of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, 17th C, the north, Constable.
2. Figure painting in the Renaissance; Rembrandt
3. Architecture: Features of the architecture of the Trafalgar Square area.
The Tate Modern:
Classroom
Landscape in Tate Modern, which include Matter and Environment.

Examples
1. Traditional landscape which have been reinterpreted.
2. Reaction of the artists against traditional assumptions of landscape arts.
3. New concepts unrelated to the past about landscape.
Classroom

Day 3: Meet at Pimlico Station, inside, at top of stairs:
The Clore Gallery
Early and later seascape painting of Turner.
Tate Britain:
Figures in painting of the Pre-Raphaelites, the Victorian, of the early 20thC
The Tate Modern:
Classroom
Nude in Tate Modern, which includes Action, and Body.
Examples
1. Reinterpretation of traditional portrayals of the human body.
2. Reaction of the artist against traditional assumptions of human figure.
3. New concepts unrelated to the past about the nude and the body.
Special exhibition of Henry Moore.
Classroom

Day 4: Holborn Tube Station, outside at corner
British Museum;
1. Historic examples of the figure and object as art. Two examples
2. Supreme example of 19th century classicism and the modern co-joined. Discuss.
Museum or gallery of choice. Paper of criticism required.

Day 5: Holborn Tube Station, on corner
Courtauld Institute:
Impressionism and post-impressionism: the landscape, the figure, still life
Architecture of Sommerset House and the Law Courts.
Tate Modern
Classroom
Still Life, which includes Object, and Real Life
Examples
1. Reinterpretation of traditional portrayals of still life
2. Reaction of the artist that reacts against traditional assumptions about still life.
3. New concepts unrelated to the past about still life

Day 6: Pimlico Station
Tate Britain: History, which includes Memory (surrealism) and Society (political and social).
Tate Modern
Classroom
Same subjects of History, Memory, Society, in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Examples New concepts that have developed from the examples in Tate Britain.
Classroom

Day 7: Green Park Station. NOT on side of Green Park
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
1. Select two examples of paintings two examples of sculpture.
2. Select four examples of architecture from the models
Visit Houses of Parliament.
Discuss the figure, the objects, the architecture, the political and social implications.

Day 8: Navy Building
Final Examination and Review.
Discussion of upper level papers.
Departure