The Syllabus
Here I offer to you the syllabus that I created when I taught ‘Caves to Cathedrals’ in the fall of 2007. Please be cautioned – this particular class met four days each week, for a total of 55 class meetings over the course of the semester. Most courses would not meet this often or this much. We covered a lot of material and had time to go into some depth for each and every period studied.
My guiding principle as I developed this syllabus was to look at works of art that date to the same historical moment in close proximity to one another. As anyone familiar with the standard survey texts knows, most do not facilitate such an approach. I therefore needed to cut and paste the pages, virtually-speaking.
My postings to this blog will describe how I taught this syllabus. As I go along, I will offer some critique of the syllabus and ideas on how to improve it.