Jasper Rose, UCSC – May 29, 1985 - Art History 10C lecture at University of California, Santa Cruz

May 29, 1985, Jasper Rose, Art History 10C list of class topics cataloged by Cheryl Doering

Jasper announces talks about upcoming test and offers prize of one of his paintings. Jasper makes a good case asking students to consider not writing an evaluation of their professors. A Focus on Women Artists, Their Difficulty in Getting Anatomical Training and Financial Support, Discusses 18th and 19th Century Women Painters, The Emergence of Photography as an Art Form, Considers Women as the Greatest Photographers, Discusses Role of Photography in Aiding Painters, Science and Art in Photography Details

Painters

- Mary Mosa
- Angelica Kauffman
- Margarete Giraud
- Anne Vallayer Coster
- Madame Vigée LeBrun
- Laura Knight
- Ellen Sharpels
- The Peale Family
- Sarah Peale
- Lady Elizabeth Butle
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Photographers

- Juliet Margaret Cameron
- Man Ray
- Louis Daguerre
- Fox Talbot
- Nieps
- Nadar

Painters Using Photography

- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Vermeer (Camera Optica)
- Thomas Eakins
- Degas

HOW THE VIDEOS CAME TO BE CREATED
VHS videotapes were created of UCSC Art History professor Jasper Rose's Art History 10C lectures in Spring Quarter 1985. The total number of students in the class exceeded 400, and also surpassed the seating capacity of the lecture hall. The reason the classes were recorded on videotape was to allow students to view each lecture on videotape in the library at a later time if they were unable to attend a particular lecture.

VHS VIDEO QUALITY OF 1985
The quality of the video recordings range from modestly good to very poor. There are more fairly satisfactory recordings than bad. Problems include: Sound is too loud, distorted sound, echoed sound, sound is too distant (Jasper stepped away from the microphone), microphone and machine buzz, and the picture is too dark. However, we are so very fortunate to have some of Jasper’s lectures preserved for us at all.

STUDENT PROTESTS AGAINST UC INVESTMENTS IN APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
Spring Quarter 1985 at UC Santa Cruz was a time of active student protests against the UC Regents holding investments in apartheid South Africa, and for the University to divest those investments. During one protest session, UCSC students renamed the UCSC McHenry Library the “Nelson Mandela Library.” A one-day student strike was called for a day when Jasper's Art History 10C class was scheduled to meet. Jasper brings up the subject of apartheid South Africa on many occasions during his classes. At one point Jasper makes a reference to South African “Krugerrands,” which were gold coins minted by the apartheid South African government for export. The United States banned the import of Krugerrands in 1985. South African apartheid ended in the early 1990s and Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa. Details about the Spring Quarter 1985 student protests at UC Santa Cruz can be found at http://www.jasperroseucsc.com/teaching-videos.htm

The video recordings are indexed and available on YouTube for these dates:

April 12, 1985
April 15, 1985
April 17, 1985
April 19, 1985
April 22, 1985
April 26, 1985 (Mask Day)
April 29, 1985
May 1, 1985
May 3, 1985
May 6, 1985
May 8, 1985
May 10, 1985
May 13, 1985
May 15, 1985
May 17, 1985
May 20, 1985
May 22, 1985
May 24, 1985
May 29, 1985
May 31, 1985
June 3, 1985
June 5, 1985
June 7, 1985

The one video recording below is of very poor quality, and is not indexed on YouTube, but is available via a link on the Jasper Rose biography web site:

April 10, 1985
http://www.jasperroseucsc.com/teaching-videos.htm

Enjoy!

Many thanks to Jasper's wife Jean Rose, Former Cowell College Provost Faye Crosby, Cowell College Provost Alan Christy, Cowell College Academic Program Coordinator Alice Folkins, and UCSC Library Head of Special Collections Teresa Mora for their assistance in making these videos available.

Jack Daley

The complete Jasper Rose, UCSC Playlist of 26 videos at YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLriFY5JPCtHEFysV28PUIv7m9SpXLNxQ6

Jasper Rose's biography at www.JasperRoseUCSC.com