ART 1106 - Art History I: From Cave Paintings to Gothic Cathedrals
3 Credits
Explores major works in painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts from prehistory to 1400. Both the styles and methods employed in the creation of the works of art and the cultural, religious, economic, and political philosophies that influenced them will be studied.
Major Content Areas
Egyptian Art: 10% Art of the Aegean and Ancient Greece: 10% Early Christian, Jewish, and Byzantine Art: 10% Art of the Americas and Africa: 10% Medieval, Romanesque and Gothic Art: 10% Art of South and Southeast Asia (India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Cambodia): 10% Prehistoric Art and Art of the Ancient Near East: 10% Islamic Art: 10% Art of Ancient Rome: 10% Arts of East Asia (China and Japan): 10%
Learning Outcomes
Explain the characteristics of various artistic mediums such as painting, sculpture, and architecture. Explain the basic visual elements and principles of design present in all works of art, and explain works of art in terms of these elements and principles. Analyze the major movements, periods of art, and the stylistic characteristics, which differentiate them, and identify key examples of those styles. Analyze the historical, religious, and social circumstances that shape the history of art. .Analyze the work of artists as expressions of human values within an historical, cultural, and social context. Describe the lives and work of individual artists, influences upon them, and their stylistic development. Express informed personal responses to works of art in written papers and/ or class discussions. Write critical and analytical essays using academic research and scholarship. 1.Explain the characteristics of various artistic mediums such as painting, sculpture, and architecture.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
08 - Global Perspective 06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
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