ART H 140: Prehistory to the Renaissance: Survey of Art I

EDP, GS, H- In this course, students explore the major movements and key artistic figures in painting, sculpture, other visual art forms, and architecture from prehistory through the early Italian Renaissance. Employing the interdisciplinary methods of visual analysis utilized in Art History, students develop visual literacy and critically engage visual arts from around the world to consider distinctions and intersections between cultures and examine the social, political, economic, and historical contexts of art. Students examine art in relation to systems of power, privilege, inequality, and identity. Historical periods, cultures, and persistent themes include Neolithic, Egyptian, Asian, Roman, Early Christian, Gothic, Islamic and the representation of gender, race, class, and ethnicity.