Arts - Women in Art

Women in Art (ARTS 2211)

Total Credits: 3
Lecture Credits: 3.00
Lab Credits: 0.00

Description: This course examines women’s contributions to the visual arts, primarily as creators of art, but also as viewers and patrons. The class also considers the ways in which women throughout history have been represented as the subject of visual images, and the social and cultural attitudes reflected in those representations. A portion of the semester is devoted to a survey of women artists of diverse cultures from the Renaissance through the present, focusing on art in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, the graphic arts, textiles, and more.

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Prerequisites: 

ENGL 1110 or ENGA 1110.

MnTC: Goal 6