Arts - Art History 2: Renaissance to Contemporary
Art History 2: Renaissance to Contemporary (ARTS 1114)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course is a survey of art from the Italian Renaissance to contemporary. Through discussions, lectures and museum visits, you will learn to understand art within its historical and social context, and to interpret the meaning of art in an informed manner.
Topical Outline:
Learning Outcomes:
1. 1. Understand the artistic theories, concepts, and terminologies used in the periods between Renaissance to contemporary art and apply them to specific works of art.
2. 2. Identify and analyze major works of art from these periods according to style and content.
3. 3. Analyze and identify how historical and political events influence world art from the Renaissance to contemporary art.
4. 4. Recognize that art is self-expression and communicates what is relevant to the artist, based on culture, gender, age.
Prerequisites:
Placement score into READ 0200 or placement score into ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 with faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.
MnTC: