ARTT 221 Art Museum Field Trips

This course involves student exposure in the form of approximately seven prearranged, organized field trips or tours to the art museums of the Baltimore-Washington area. Museums may include the Walters, Baltimore Museum of Art, National Gallery East and West, Hirshhorn, Freer Gallery of Oriental Art, Corcoran, Renwick, and Phillips Collection. Lectures and discussions will be arranged on site at these various museums. Field trips are required. There will be a fee assessed to cover the bus transportation based on the number of students enrolled in the course. Museum connoisseurship includes consideration of gender and other categories of diversity.

Credits

1

Hours Weekly

8 hours bi-weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Develop a unique visual understanding of works of art. The student will learn how to see, how to look,
   what to look for, and how to synthesize and analyze what is being visualized.
2. 2. Understand how art has developed by being exposed to current unique exhibits (with accompanying
   lectures) in a museum setting.
3. 3. Develop an appreciation for works d art that shall continue in their daily lives - beyond the classroom
   or college.
4. 4. Define and apply the specialized vocabulary used in art.
5. 5. Learn the historical, visual and conceptual development of abstract art.
6. 6. Demonstrate an enlarged vision of the functions of art and will demonstrate a continued interest in
   learning about art.
   
7. 7. Be personally and aesthetically enriched.
8. 8. Become aware of art as an important part of his/her own personal heritage.
9. 9. Develop a personal, unique "taste" for particular forms, styles, or types of art. They will develop a
   "liking”/“disliking” of some art. The purpose of art will be unique to the needs and requirements of
   each student.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Develop a unique visual understanding of works of art. The student will learn how to see, how to look,
   what to look for, and how to synthesize and analyze what is being visualized.
2. 2. Understand how art has developed by being exposed to current unique exhibits (with accompanying
   lectures) in a museum setting.
3. 3. Develop an appreciation for works d art that shall continue in their daily lives - beyond the classroom
   or college.
4. 4. Define and apply the specialized vocabulary used in art.
5. 5. Learn the historical, visual and conceptual development of abstract art.
6. 6. Demonstrate an enlarged vision of the functions of art and will demonstrate a continued interest in
   learning about art.
   
7. 7. Be personally and aesthetically enriched.
8. 8. Become aware of art as an important part of his/her own personal heritage.
9. 9. Develop a personal, unique "taste" for particular forms, styles, or types of art. They will develop a
   "liking”/“disliking” of some art. The purpose of art will be unique to the needs and requirements of
   each student.