Overview
Description
This course covers artists, art movements, and issues ranging from mid-century Europe and America to 21st century global art centers.
Requirements
Recommended Preparation
- a 200-level Art History course
ART 260ART 261
Original catalog text
Recommended Preparation
Recommended Preparation: a 200-level Art History course (either ART 260 or ART 261).
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO11
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- describe and recognize in verbal and written form the formal qualities of a work of art as a means to understand how technical and compositional components function as one level of interpretation.
- identify and critically apply a wide range of Art Historical methodologies that impact the way we study, receive, and ultimately understand a work of art.
- effectively compose written assessments in the form of in-class exercises, exams and two research essays the cultural and historical significance of select works of art.
- articulate in verbal and written form relationships between works of art and their cultural context from 1940 to Present.
- document in-depth knowledge of roughly 200 works of art from Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Africa.
- compare and contrast works of art from different artists, time periods, cultures, and geographies.
- critically apply in verbal and written form cross-cultural historical analysis, with emphasis on understanding global contexts of contemporary art production.