ARTT 283 Art History II

This course provides a survey of visual arts in the Western tradition from the Renaissance to the present day. Students will learn how to analyze and interpret works of art and architecture created over the past seven centuries. The course will examine artworks in their historical contexts in order to demonstrate how changes in the visual arts are tied to political, social, and economic developments. While exploring the ideas that artists and architects have expressed in their works, students will be encouraged to make connections with our own culture and the ways in which we use visual expression to shape our world.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of styles associated with
   individual artists and/or movements, periods, or regions.
2. 2. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring issues of aesthetics,
   creativity, and meaning when recognizing and explaining the significance of specific
   iconographic motifs.
3. 3. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the impact that political, social, and/or economic
   changes had on the illumination of the human condition through the visual arts during the
   periods studied.
4. 4. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative and humanistic expression
   with social and cultural contexts when researching, writing, and presenting a comparative
   analysis of works of art from different artists, periods, and/or regions from the Renaissance
   to the present day.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis of styles associated with
   individual artists and/or movements, periods, or regions.
2. 2. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring issues of aesthetics,
   creativity, and meaning when recognizing and explaining the significance of specific
   iconographic motifs.
3. 3. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the impact that political, social, and/or economic
   changes had on the illumination of the human condition through the visual arts during the
   periods studied.
4. 4. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative and humanistic expression
   with social and cultural contexts when researching, writing, and presenting a comparative
   analysis of works of art from different artists, periods, and/or regions from the Renaissance
   to the present day.