Art 221 Survey Western Art: Ancient-Early Renaissance (3 credits)

Art 221 is the first semester of a two-semester general introduction to the history of western European art, its ancestry and its heritage. It is designed for the beginning student, and assumes no previous experience in art or art history. Students are encouraged to take Art 221 in preparation for Art 222 (High Renaissance to the present), but there are no prerequisites for either course.

In addition to introducing you to many of the major surviving monuments of painting, sculpture and architecture from ca. 2400 BCE to ca. 1500 CE, Art 221 should teach you fundamental skills of visual analysis and provide you with vocabulary and concepts for discussing works of art orally and in writing. In addition, the enormous geographical range and long time-span covered by the course provide a unique opportunity for investigating the relation between works of art and the varied cultures in which they were produced. As much as learning about creative thinking and skills, a major goal of your liberal arts education is to seek to understand human cultural diversity.

Art 222 Survey Western Art: High Renaissance-Modern (3 credits)

Art 222 is the second semester of a two-semester general introduction to the history of western European art, its ancestry and its heritage. It is designed for the beginning student, and assumes no previous experience in art or art history. Students are encouraged to take Art 221 (Ancient, Medieval, Early Renaissance) in preparation for Art 222, but there are no prerequisites for either course.

In addition to introducing you to many of the major surviving monuments of painting, sculpture and architecture from ca. 1450 to the present, Art 222 should teach you fundamental skills of visual analysis and provide you with vocabulary and concepts for discussing works of art orally and in writing. No less important, the enormous geographical range and long time-span covered by the course provide a unique opportunity for investigating the relation between works of art and the varied cultures in which they were produced. As much as learning about creative thinking and skills, understanding human cultural diversity is a major goal of your liberal arts education.

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Term	Section Name	Title	Cred.	Bldg.	Rm.	Days	Start Time	End Time
Second Three Week	ART-221-A	Survey W. Art to Early Ren-WI	3	GHA	137	MTWHF	8:30 AM	11:20 AM
Third Three Week	ART-222-A	Survey W. Art:High Ren-Mod WI	3	GHA	137	MTWHF	8:30 AM	11:20 AM

 

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