Students work directly with these materials and processes and also have a hands-on teaching experience. This class covers the major monuments in art of western civilizations, beginning with the earliest paintings and sculptures of the Paleolithic period and continuing through the architecture, sculpture, and painting of the late Medieval period. Social, political, and cultural context for the art is a major focus. This class examines the development and proliferation of the arts from the proto-Renaissance in Italy in the 13th c and continues into the French Impressionists of the 19th century. Painting, sculpture, and architecture will be discussed in relation to style and how they reflect the social, political, economic, and religious values of the culture.
Meets cross cultural core requirement.
This course examines the development and diversity of art in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The pluralism of society and culture, and the development of science and technology in this last century is reflected in the variety of visual arts. The social, political, and technological context of the art is a major focus. This survey of the arts of China concentrates on painting, sculpture, metalwork, and ceramics from the Neolithic period through the 18th century. Major examples of architecture are also considered briefly.