Lecture01 Introduction part1

ARTH2710
Art History to the Renaissance
Lecture 01: Course Introduction and Goals
Fall 2020
Travis Lee Clark
Utah Valley University

[@jamshaidbaloch2349]

This is one of the reasons I'm absolutely grateful for KZbin.

[@narek335]

Greetings from Armenia! I want you to know that what you've done is needed an valued all over the world. Thank you

[@_ZOOWEEMAMA_]

I was gonna go to SLCC but now I just wanna go broke and go to UVU just to take this man's art history class.

[@crunchyduck]

The personality that goes into your teaching is magical. I've been smiling the whole time watching.

[@fuyakosama3011]

Hello Sir! I absolutely love your videos. I regularly binge watch them or play them in the background to calm down after a stressfull day. Thank you so much for posting them!

[@arthistorywithtravisleecla6343]

Thank you so much!

[@retro7803]

Yes King! I love your lessons I can’t wait for more

[@user-en3pg6dk1n]

I want to say thank you for your amazing lectures! I was never really interested in art, but this year went to see Uffici gallery in Florence thinking - I just stop at what I like and if I do not like anything I just leave. I did enjoy what I saw quite a lot. Then just few month ago I went to see Rotko, in my country - Latvia we have exposition of his works. This made me think that I want to understand what artists were fighting against to go so radical way. This what brought me to search of art history lectures. I started in coursera but - no good, then I got lucky with your lectures. Decided to start from the very beginning, with your 2710 course and just finished last lecture from 2720. Just great! Very interesting, I got answers to all my questions and I do look around me with different eyes, I see buildings, i see art. I will keep looking and learning. Thank you - covid 19 and Travis Lee Clark. p.s. I am 52, never is too late to learn :)

[@jenthotratsaert390]

Love the lesson sir, greetings from Belgium.

[@marlenapowers478]

Thank you Dr Clark for this wonderful series. I have a history degree and took two art history classes but still find myself forgetting a lot and wanting to unpack all that again. I just went to both Ghetty musuems and had so many questions that I hope to uncover here ❤

[@byknktsuki]

"If you live in Utah" Me, a south mexican: 👁👄👁

[@ejdotw1]

Absolutely superb lecture. I'm so excited this course is available on KZbin, thank you! I have a BA Honors in History with emphasis in five fields, but I never took art history. I have felt that loss over the years. If you're a student intent on a degree in history, I STRONGLY recommend you include at least some art history course work. I should go so far as to say that at least some art history coursework ought to be a requirement for a degree. Thank you, Professor Clark!

[@alyd449]

Thank you, Sir! You are a brilliant teacher!

[@yagmurkurnaz1322]

Thank you so much for taking huge amount of your time and share your knowledge for free for others.

[@yalara6844]

Howdy Dr Clark, I was looking lookin around for a little extra umph in my studying for the Praxis Art Content Knowledge exam, going towards my teaching license in Art Ed k-12, and I am so lucky I came across your page! I have always enjoyed Art History and your lectures have made it even more fun. Thorough, accurate, and pleasant to listen to. I am also taking inspiration from the teaching perspective hehe. Thank you so much for making these!

[@mefutt]

woww i think i found a real treasure, art lessons that i need !! 😍

[@alexa-lv6di]

Lovely lesson

[@MilaMlecz]

Great lecture! Thank you so much - I've learnt a lot

[@regeleionescu935]

I lived in a communist country. The communists used to date all the events with BCE and CE("before common era" and "common era") as they heavily tried to erase any Christian trace from our lives. After the fall of communism I thought I will never encounter that notation again. But here it is, communism has reconquered the world through the back door! p.s. I appreciate your lectures, they are great, my only problem is the above one.

[@crunchyduck]

BCE and CE is just common Gregorian calendar notation - 1920 CE is the same as AD 1920. When discussing history they're very common terms to come across.

[@Gorboduc]

I like to trigger the commies by telling them CE stands for the Christian Era, which is what it always meant lol.

[@user-rv6iu5gc6g]

In fact, there is a small gap regarding to the story ofcoffee. The tree was discovered in Ethiopia and transported to Yemen. The Yemenis were the first whom make a drink from the fruit of this tree and called it kahwa whic mean in the original term in old Arabic wine, and after that it was transported to the Ottoman Empire through trade that started from The port of Mocha, hence the name Mocha came , and it was forbidden until the era of Sultan Suleiman sec who permitted drinking it and transporting it to Europe.

[@wingshan2538]

Wow, that was so intriguing and inspiring, and you solved my long-lived confusion on why I always need to look at boring (SORRY, JUST MY OPINION) Prehistoric art before going on to my favourite European art, while logically, they should be culturally connected and I shouldn't be feeling bored! Luckily I didn't skip the introduction part! Thank you for your free education on youtube!

[@mikebehnke4579]

Mr. Clark, Your video lectures are a treasure. I found the sections on Egypt after reading a book on Amarna, and they were so informative I've decided to watch the whole course. I really appreciate the high-quality images, the detailed explanations, and all the maps. Looking at history through the lens of art adds perspective. For instance, I like the idea of how the Greeks threw off the orientalizing influence of the East during the Persian War, ushering in the naturalism of Classical Greece. It seems a lot of the naturalistic sculptures that exhibit such anatomic detail were placed atop temples, high above the viewer. Could such detail be seen from that distance? Plus, the sculptures were painted which likely somewhat obscured the lifelike carving. Was the attention to detail more than just for the viewer, like the detail inside a master watchmakers pocket watch? Best, Mike

[@mcsquare4439]

When I was an undergraduate in the 90's studying in an art school in the East Coast, the profs there certainly didn't include the Near East as part of the Western Canon; they started with the Greeks and Romans, and did not mention how much Greco-Roman civilisation was shaped and influenced by the NE, as if the Classics were sprung out of nowhere!

[@beatellamakkabe9940]

Hallo Prof Clark, love your lectures. One little flaw: newer findings from dna studies show that the barbarians were mostly tribes within former Roman world and borders. Nonetheless, wonderfully presented. 🎉

[@22leeloo2]

Vielen Dank für Ihren guten Unterricht! Ich studiere an der Universität in Bielefeld Germany. Könnten Sie bitte weitere Vorlesungen Hochladen? Insbesondere in Bereich Kunstgeschichtliche Methoden?

[@anirbanbhattacharjee2421]

Thank you Travis...

[@ilketoprak]

sir you got me at lady gaga

[@golsitito4492]

Well, I’m using this videos to study and remember what I saw in my Art History class so I can do well in my test out exam in my collage. But if the class was as entertaining as yours I wouldn’t test out. But it’s more of a pebble on my shoe of a credit that didn’t transfer lol. Great class.

[@gcmartin4283]

Thank you! I've been looking for an art history course like this one!

[@retromograph3893]

Damn, I hope the ear killing sound effects are removed in later lectures?!

[@carlosbrenes2139]

Love the video! Thank you! But this is an honest question since English is not my native language: do you pronounce “than” the same as “then”? In sentences like: “separated more then 1500 miles” for example

[@MickAngelhere]

Darth Vader was my hero as for Star Wars the first three were the best absolute classics, the rest not so much did not meet the mark,but that’s my opinion. Everything is subjective as every man made object has a purpose and in some cases the same object will have different purposes and meaning with different cultures. As for the way you speak , you speak real clear to me

[@space_speaker]

Sul Ross?! Welcome to Marfa and minimalism! Fun

[@marcoslemonade]

Well, first of all I have to say that english isn't my native language, but I'm trying to study with your classes and I'm really enjoying everything. I also have a question, you said that European Colonies in American is part of the western civilization, and how about the European colonies in the center and south of Africa? greetings from Brazil.

[@mousetrapHeart]

Great video, but the sound effects are so loud!

[@farukturkcuoglu6880]

Hi. Would you add Turkish subtitle captions to your videos? Thanks for your precious efforts.

[@user-ov6nm8js7m]

Thanks a lot from Russia😊

[@catbaril9072]

Okay so I'm just starting but... is he dressed like Dr. Grant in that old photo. Cuz I think the outfit is the same.Missing a red scarf/bandana thingy maybe?

[@zinnprojectbig]

Do you have any suggested textbooks/readings?

[@arthistorywithtravisleecla6343]

For basic stuff, we use Gardner's Art through the Ages. Though I like Stokstad's survey too. For specific eras I have a lot more specific readings. I should do up a bibliography.

[@zinnprojectbig]

@@arthistorywithtravisleecla6343 that would be great. I am enjoying your productions.

[@ASode]

If the identity that comes with western art is synonymous to sophistication and depth, would non western culture lack those?

[@BeyzaByza]

I think the reason why Islamic art isn't considered as Western unlike ancient egyptian art is that if you wanna put a topic inside another topic, it should be smaller than the one you put in. And Islamic art has a huge topic which has different variations in art such as ebru, tezhip, minyatür, çini, hat, kalem işi, cilt, kat'i... etc.

[@arthistorywithtravisleecla6343]

Good point. Although increasingly we are realizing that even back then, it was still a global world.

[@kylieslater06]

hi guys

[@ashfrosty]

noooooo the videos are getting less views, they deserve way more :,(((((

[@thismeofmine9696]

45:37 Bellini well knew what he was doing -much like seeing a Christian cross being installed on a dolmen..my two pennies

[@loudy385]

Chairception... 🤣

[@BeyzaByza]

lady gaga lolll

[@whupwhi21]

Anyone here from TikTok 🤭🤭

[@aminajade6905]

One punch man would annihilate goku

[@Dino_Medici]

34:11 wtf was that 😂

[@fortunatomartino8549]

Michelangelo's David was meant to be seen as art Ancient artifacts are historically important Anything after the early 20th century, is low art Star wars is low art

[@patrickleary4330]

Ya, jews recked Star Wars.

[@clarkeblacker]

You should be ashamed of yourself with that ridiculous story about Star Wars. I understand that you like it, but it was insulting and was a waste of the viewers' time. I get it. You like Star Wars. You just went on and on in excruciating self indulgent detail. I ended up fast-forwarding through it because I just didn't care. Stop being like this!

[@marlenapowers478]

It’s a way to relate to modern students and modern people. You’re so negative and criticizing free education 😅 if you want something dry as hell go watch a Harvard lecture

[@clarkeblacker]

​@@marlenapowers478It is still pandering.

[@marlenapowers478]

@@clarkeblacker and you are asking him to pander to you specifically instead