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 the early Italian Renaissance to the end of the 18th Century. 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. Stylistic periods, cultures, and persistent themes include Classicism, Dynastic China and Japan, European Renaissance, Baroque, Mesoamerica, Rococo, and the representation of gender, race, class, and ethnicity.
Prerequisites
Placement into ENGL 95 or above.