Marguerite Lenius

Very little work is required for this class. Just make sure you keep that daily journal she requires. If you are taking this for distribution requirements, find something else, because this will be boring for the non art history majors. Prof is very nice, though!

there was lots of reading, good content, there was a good bit of writing, need to plan week well around this class, would recommend, professor lenius is so enthusiastic and makes you care to learn, you can skim some readings but there are discussions so you need to read

I did not enjoy this course very much because, as an introductory course, it aimed to teach us about every type of art history, but not much about each at all. We would have weekly visiting professors give 2-day lectures about their specialty, but it was almost too much material to cover, so it was very fast-paced and surface-level. We had three exams, each covering over a month of material, but the actual exam would only show four pieces of artwork and vocabulary. I would have enjoyed this class much more if, instead of the large exams, we had smaller quizzes or worksheets on each of the weekly lectures.

I did not enjoy this course very much because, as an introductory course, it aimed to teach us about every type of art history, but not much about each at all. We would have weekly visiting professors give 2-day lectures about their specialty, but it was almost too much material to cover, so it was very fast-paced and surface-level. …Read more