Schedule
This schedule is subject to change.
- January 21
- General – First day of class, intros, syllabus, timelines
- January 23
- Lecture – From the Beginning to the Industrial Revolution
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 1, The Nineteenth Century: An Expanding Field (p. 25–53)
- January 28
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – The Victorian Era
- January 30
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – 19th Century Type and the Arts & Crafts Movement
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 2, Art Nouveau: A New Style for a New Culture (p. 54–103)
- February 4
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Art Nouveau in France, England, and the USA
- February 6
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Art Nouveau in Scotland, Austria, and Germany
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 3, Sachplakat, the First World War, and Dada (p. 104–135)
- February 11
- General – Quiz
- Lecture 1 – Sachplakat and War Propaganda
- Lecture 2 – Dada
- February 13
- General – Dada Day
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 4, Modern Art, Modern Graphic Design (p. 136–167)
- February 18
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Futurism and Cubism
- February 20
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Art Deco
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 5, Revolutions in Design (p. 168–201)
- February 25
- General – Quiz, Start Timelines
- Lecture – De Stijl
- February 27
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Russia in the Early 1900s
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 6, The Bauhaus and the New Typography (p. 202–229)
- March 3
- General – Quiz
- Lecture – Bauhaus & The New Typography
- March 5
- General – Review for Test 1
- March 10
- General – No Class, Spring Break!
- March 12
- General – No Class, Spring Break!
- March 17
- General – No Class, Extended Spring Break
- March 19
- General – No Class, Extended Spring Break
- Week of March 23
- Virtual Meeting – Blackboard Collaborate Ultra meeting March 24 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm
- Test – Completed by Friday March 27 at 6pm
- Paper – Two to three topics submitted with test
- Timeline – Digital version submitted on Blackboard by Friday March 27 at 6pm
- Week of March 30
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 7, American Modern and the Second World War (p. 230–269)
- Lectures – American Modern and the Second World War
- Quiz – Completed by Friday April 3 at 6pm
- Week of April 6
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 8, The Triumph of the International Style (p. 270–303)
- Lectures – Swiss Style & The International Style
- Watch – Helvetica
- Quiz – Completed by Friday April 10 at 6pm
- Paper – Outline for paper submitted by Friday April 10 at 6pm
- Week of April 13
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 9, Postmodernism: The Return of Expression (p. 304–355)
- Lectures – Postmodernism & The Dawn of Digital
- Quiz – Completed by Friday April 17 at 6pm
- Paper – Draft 1 submitted on Blackboard by Wednesday April 15 at 6pm
- Peer Review – Review one draft by Friday April 17 at 6pm
- Week of April 20
- Reading – Eskilson, Chapter 10, Contemporary Graphic Design (p. 356–385)
- Lecture – Contemporary Graphic Design
- Quiz – Completed by Friday April 24 at 6pm
- Week of April 27
- Paper – Draft 2 submitted on Blackboard by Wednesday April 29 at 6pm
- Peer Review – Review one draft by Friday May 1 at 6pm
- Week of May 4
- Test – Completed by Friday May 8 at 6pm
- Paper – Final submitted on Blackboard by Friday May 8 at 6pm