ART 205 Introduction to Art History: 500-1789 CE

Lecture Hours: 4
Credits: 4

Explores visual art in the Western tradition: Early Medieval through Rococo (500-1789 CE).

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 121Z; or completion of WR 115 (or higher) with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Student Learning Outcomes:

Identify selected works by artist, title, and period.
Describe selected works in terms of subject, form, content, purpose, medium or technique, period, movement, or style.
Point out both innovation and adaptation in art traditions.
Compare and contrast selected artists, works, periods, movements, and styles.
Analyze works as visual communications that reflect and construct social systems.
Develop an art-historical question into a coherent essay with appropriate written source material, thesis, argument, conclusions, and correctly used citations.

Additional Statewide General Education Outcomes

Interpret and engage in the Arts and Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life.
Critically analyze values and ethics within a range of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues.

Content Outline

Influences of Geography and Climate
Influences of Complex Social Structures and Spiritual Beliefs
Invention and Adaptation of a Repertoire of Building Techniques
Invention and Adaptation of a Repertoire of Subjects, Motifs, and Ornament
Importance of Style, Both as a Reflection of Use, and as an Indicator of Cultural Affiliations and Period
Borrowing and Adapting as a Standard Method of Art Production
Art and Architecture Specific Terminology
Periods of Time:
- Early Medieval Europe
- Carolingian period
- Ottonian period
- Romanesque period
- Gothic period
- Italian renaissance
- Northern renaissance
- Baroque period
- Rococo art
- Enlightenment art