SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

ASSOCIATE DEGREE CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE

Department: Art

Subject Area and Course Number: Art 111

Course Title: Survey of Tribal Arts

Discipline: Art

Units: 3

Repeatability: None

Catalog Course Description: Overview of the traditional arts of African tribes and kingdoms, of Oceania and Australia, and of Native Americans located north of the Rio Grande River; their painting, sculpture, masks, ritual objects, and architecture.

Description for Schedule of Classes: Overview of traditional arts of African tribes and kingdoms, Oceania, Australia, and Native Americans north of Rio Grande River; their painting, sculpture, masks, ritual objects, and architecture.

Lecture Hours per Week: 3

Laboratory Hours per Week: None

Plus Hours: None

Prerequisites: None

Co-requisites: None

Skills Advisories: Eligibility for English 100, 103

Course Advisories: None

Limitation on Enrollment: None

Course Objectives: By the end of the course, students will acquire an artistic vocabulary which will allow them in their own words to:

1. Recognize, name, date, describe and discuss historical/cultural/conceptual context of the major monuments of Africa, Oceania, and Native North America.

2. Evaluate "unknown" works (works of art which they have never seen before) and, based on knowledge of style, will be able to place the "unknown" in the proper cultural/historical context.

3. Recognize, name, and describe the various artistic media commonly used in these cultures.

4. Recognize common iconographic themes of the cultures of Africa, Oceania, and Native North America.

5. Discuss the influence of the so-called "primitive" cultures on the development of modern art in the West.

Course Content and Scope: The course material will be divided throughout the semester in the following manner.

Unit I – African Art

Ancient Nigeria

Nok, Ife, Benin

Nigeria

Yoruba, Igbo

Mali

Dogon, Bamana

Course Content and Scope: (cont)

Ghana

Asante

Zaire

Kuba

Eastern Africa

Masai, Turkana, Mijikenda, Nuba

Unit II – Oceanic Art

Australia

Melanesia (New Guinea)

Asmat, Iatmul, Abelam

Island Melanesia

Trobriand, New Ireland, Solomon Islands

Polynesia

Society Islands, Marquesas, Hawaii, Maori, Easter Island

Unit III – Native American Art

Eskimo (Prehistoric and Historic)

Northwest Coast

Haida, Kwakiutl, Tlingit

California

Pomo, Chumash

Prehistoric Southwest

Hohokam, Mogollon, Anasazi

Historic Southwest

Hopi, Zuni, Rio Grande Pueblos, Navajo, Apache

Plains

Ancient Woodlands

Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian

Historic Woodlands

Iroquois

Methods of Instruction: Material is presented to the students through various means: class lectures illustrated with slides, films, videos, discussions, and through the textbook(s).

Required Assignments:

A. Mandatory attendance in class.

B. Completion of assigned reading in the textbook(s).

C. Completion of one or more quizzes.

D. Completion of one or more midterms and a final.

E. Completion of writing component, which may vary from instructor to instructor. It may consist of a gallery report, a paper and project, or a research paper required for all students, or just for those wishing to receive an "A" in the course.

Successful completion of assignments requires demonstration of a broad range of learning skills including:

A. Memorization of factual information

1. Students will demonstrate mastery of knowledge of names and cultures and/or works, as well as dates and period names through slide identification quizzes or through a slide identification component of midterm and final exams.

2. Students will demonstrate knowledge of factual information through multiple choice or essay examinations which require the student to deal with specifics concerning each culture.

Required Assignments: (cont)

B. Critical thinking in the application of factual knowledge demonstrated through writing about works of art and the cultures which produced them:

1. Students will apply knowledge of artistic style to works they have never seen before, describing these works and drawing conclusions based upon factual information they have acquired in class.

2. Students will analyze the use of visual elements in a work of art, describing the relationships of these elements, and discussing the organizational principles which govern the composition.

3. Students will compare and contrast works of art, describing differences in style and iconography.

These learning skills are demonstrated variously by exams which may consist of slide identification, multiple choice, and essay questions.

Methods of Evaluation: The student's grade will be determined by:

A. Classroom attendance

B. Classroom participation

C. Completion of written assignments (paper/gallery report)

D. Quizzes

E. Midterm examinations

F. Final exam

Appropriate Texts and Supplies:

The text may consist of one or several works deemed appropriate by the instructor. The instructor may also compile readings available to the student in the bookstore or library.

George Corbin, Native Arts of North America, Africa, and the South Pacific, 1988.

Arnold Rubin, Art as Technology, 1989.

J.C. Berlo and L.A. Wilson (editors), Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, 1993.

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March 1997

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