ART 1107 - Art History II: From Michelangelo to the Modern World
3 Credits
Explores major works in painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts from the 15th century through the present. 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
Northern Renaissance Art: 10% Impressionist and Realist Art: 10% Baroque and Reformation Art: 10% Italian Renaissance Art: 10% Arts of Africa and the Americas: 10% Arts of South and Southeast Asia: 10% Neoclassical and Romantic Art: 10% Arts of China and Japan: 10% Modern and Contemporary Art: 10% Islamic Art: 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.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
06 - Humanities/Fine Arts 08 - Global Perspective
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