Course Content and Outcome Guide for ART 204
- Date:
- 08-JUN-2012
- Posted by:
- Curriculum Office
- Course Number:
- ART 204
- Course Title:
- History of Western Art
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture hours:
- 40
- Lecture/Lab hours:
- 0
- Lab hours:
- 0
- Special Fee:
Course Description
Examines visual art and architecture as a reflection of human interaction with the socio-political and physical environment of a particular era. Focuses on viewing, analyzing and comparing many art forms in an historical context, and covers the Paleolithic, Ancient Near Eastern, and Aegean cultures, beginning about 30,000 BCE. Prerequisites: WR 115, RD 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available.Intended Outcomes for the course
The student will:
? Appreciate art and architecture in general, and enjoy a life enriched by the exposure to and the understanding of personal and cultural achievement
? View works of art "dynamically:" that is, comprehend the uniqueness of a work, its origins and context within a specific cultural milieu, while also
appreciating its potential influence on later art and artists
? Understand and value the art and architecture of the ancient world in all-encompassing ways and recognize the persisting influence of its styles and concepts on our current cultural environment
Outcome Assessment Strategies
The student will:
- comprehend, apply, analyze and evaluate reading assignments
- identify artwork and architecture, and relate facts and ideas about these works of art in exam format
- research, plan, compose, edit and revise short papers
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Course Content:
Themes, Concepts, and Issues:
Theoretical
- theory and criticism in the history of art
- pattern-based thinking and historical process
- various interpretations of art
- art and gender
- creativity and the impulse to make art
Stylistic and Interpretive
- visual literacy
- art media and artistic technique
- "seeing and knowing"
- iconography
- formal elements of art
Social and Cultural
- other peoples and their histories, values, and culture
- art and economics
- art and the social fabric
- art and religion
- art and politics
- art and gender
- relationship of culture and style
- art and cultural transmission
- historical impact of art
- the influence of art on one°s own culture
- the influence of art on relations with other cultures
- art and artists
- the impulse to make art
- the Gestalt of art
- the role of the artist in society
- biography
- geography and its influence on art and culture
- artifact recovery, analysis, and restoration
Competencies and Skills:
The successful student should be able to:
- work creatively with art historical data, using it to develop principles of art history
- recognize and appraise patterns in historical phenomena
- assess the ways in which an art object is affected by our own vantage point
- recognize and discriminate among various styles of art
- trace the development of art from one period to another
- analyze formally works of art and appreciate the interrelationship of its elements
- determine symbolism in art
- employ iconographical nomenclature
- express the relationship of art to society and culture to style
- analyze the "meaning" of art objects through understanding of historical, social, and political context
- use specific terminology to describe works of art
- transfer to a four year college and continue a course of study in the field of art history, fine art, anthropology, and history in general
Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills:
- oral and written command of college level English