HUM 1111 - From the Baroque Period to the Modern World
4 Credits
Examines literature and other written works, art, architecture, philosophy, religion, and music in their cultural contexts from the European Enlightenment to the modern world; e.g. such artists, writers, and musicians as Rembrandt, Bach, Voltaire, Wollstonescraft, Blake, Tolstoy, Stravinsky, and Camus, and such movements as Baroque, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Existentialism. Covers primarily Western culture with some global culture added.
Major Content Areas
Baroque.Neoclassical. Global. Romantic. Realist and Impressionist. Modern and Postmodern.
Learning Outcomes
Identify major works in the arts, music, literature, religion, and philosophy. Identify historical periods and examine the process by which periods are divided and named and by whom. Relate artistic trends to global cultural and philosophical underpinnings. Describe the influence of global politics, economics, and cultural forces on art, literature, religion, and thought. Demonstrate a knowledge cultural and genre vocabulary; examine how such a cultural vocabulary helps understanding. Demonstrate, both in writing and orally, responses to and ideas about culture.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
08 - Global Perspective 06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
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