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ART 282 - Art History: Neo-Classical/Early Modern


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: RDG 090  and ENGL 090  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
C5 General Education Human Experience Satisfier Y
MTA Humanities/Fine Arts Satisifer Y
Global Studies Satisfier Course Y
Session Cycle: FW

This course traces the early movements of modern art, showing the progression of thought and the change of styles from the Neo-Classical period through the early twentieth century. Focus will be placed on specific artists who had leading roles in these developments. This course is a satisfier course for the Global Studies Degree Designation.

Notes: Humanities/Social Sciences Division

Theory Hours: 45

Learning Outcomes:  

  1. Identify specific works from artists studied.

Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency  Objective C.

  2. Recognize specific artist’s styles and names.

Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency  Objective C.

  3. Articulate the basic philosophies and beliefs of each period covered and how they affected the artists and their art.

Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency  Objectives A and B.

  4. Identify the innovations of specific artists.

Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency  Objective C.

  5. Acquire information about specific cultures.

Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency  Objectives A and B.

6. Show the ability to create a research book or PowerPoint using a variety of sources based upon the student’s personal research and interests covering specific artists.

Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency  Objective D.

7. Demonstrate the ability to think critically by including a personal response segment in his/her research book or PowerPoint covering each specific period.

Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency  Objective D.

8. Appreciate the changing styles in art and the forces that created them.

Applies to General Education Human Experience Competency  Objectives A and B.