ARTS 263 Survey of Non-Western Art
This course introduces students to the arts and architecture of the Americas, Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, and the Far East. Course material covers a broad geographic and chronological span. The relationship of art to geography, social status, gender, belief systems, and lifecycle stages will form the framework of this course. Through exposure to the artistic products of non-western peoples, students gain a more international appreciation of aesthetics and the sociological, spiritual, and political content in visual art.
Hours Weekly
3
Course Objectives
- Use appropriate vocabulary for discussing Non-Western works of art.
- Identify and attribute works of art to their culture of origin and historical period.
- Understand a culture’s significant symbols, images, objects, sculptures, and structures.
- Understand the role that the arts play in Non-Western traditions in terms of religion, social structures, and cultural significance.
- Understand how Non-Western values and aesthetics differ from those of Western culture.
- Describe how globalization has impacted the traditional art forms of Non-Western cultures.
- Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring issues of aesthetics, ethics, creativity, and meaning when analyzing specific iconographic motifs (e.g. religious or mythological subjects).
- Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and comparison of styles associated with different regions and periods, and/or with individual artists.
- Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative expression with social and cultural contexts when distinguishing between different modes of representation, such as stylization, naturalism, realism, and idealism, and explain their historical significance.
- Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of creative and aesthetic activities and products that demonstrate the impact that political, social, and/or economic changes had on the visual and humanistic culture of the periods studied.
Course Objectives
- Use appropriate vocabulary for discussing Non-Western works of art.
- Identify and attribute works of art to their culture of origin and historical period.
- Understand a culture’s significant symbols, images, objects, sculptures, and structures.
- Understand the role that the arts play in Non-Western traditions in terms of religion, social structures, and cultural significance.
- Understand how Non-Western values and aesthetics differ from those of Western culture.
- Describe how globalization has impacted the traditional art forms of Non-Western cultures.
- Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring issues of aesthetics, ethics, creativity, and meaning when analyzing specific iconographic motifs (e.g. religious or mythological subjects).
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and comparison of styles associated with different regions and periods, and/or with individual artists.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative expression with social and cultural contexts when distinguishing between different modes of representation, such as stylization, naturalism, realism, and idealism, and explain their historical significance.
Learning Activity Artifact
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Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of creative and aesthetic activities and products that demonstrate the impact that political, social, and/or economic changes had on the visual and humanistic culture of the periods studied.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric