This course is designed to relate art to the culture in which it was created, thereby giving the student the understanding necessary to see art as both a part of life and an expression of that life. Sections offering special emphasis will be identified in current timetables. For non-art majors only. An investigation of major works of art in painting, sculpture, architecture, and minor related arts from prehistoric times to the late middle ages. Emphasis on the relationship between art and culture.
Students develop skills in artistic analysis.
An investigation of major works in painting, sculpture, architecture, and related arts from the late Italian Renaissance to the present. Students develop skills in artistic analysis. A study of the contribution of women artists to the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, printmaking and fibre from the middle ages to the present. Offered summer school even numbered years, spring semester odd numbered years. This course is designed to survey the culturally diverse, yet in some ways homogeneous societies of Africa.