ARTS 261 Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Present Day

Previously ARTT 283. This course provides a survey of visual arts in the Western tradition from the Renaissance to the present day. Students will learn how to analyze and interpret works of art and architecture created over the past seven centuries. The course will examine artworks in their historical contexts, in order to demonstrate how changes in the visual arts are related to political, social, and economic developments. Students will also be encouraged to make connections between the art of the past and contemporary visual culture.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGL 121

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas to develop preliminary concepts as part of the creative process.
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives to reinforce preliminary concepts.
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes throughout the creative process.
4. Apply information and ideas gathered through a creative process to other contexts.
5. Define and correctly employ the specialized vocabulary used by art historians.
6. Identify major art historical developments, dates, and period names from the 15th through 21st centuries.
7. Recognize and compare styles associated with individual artists, and/or movements, periods, or regions.
8. Distinguish between different modes of representation, such as naturalism, realism, idealism, expressionism, and abstraction, and explain their historical significance.
9. Recognize and explain the meaning of specific iconographic motifs, such as Christian, mythological, or allegorical subjects.
10. Describe the varying functions that works of art and architecture have served in Western visual culture from the Renaissance to the present.
11. Demonstrate the impact that political, social, and/or economic changes have had on the visual arts.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas to develop preliminary concepts as part of the creative process.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Generate ideas, explore possibilities, and consider alternatives to reinforce preliminary concepts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Analyze and evaluate ideas or outcomes throughout the creative process.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Apply information and ideas gathered through a creative process to other contexts.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4
5. Define and correctly employ the specialized vocabulary used by art historians.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD
6. Identify major art historical developments, dates, and period names from the 15th through 21st centuries.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Visual Arts - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Analyze and demonstrate historical perspective as it relates to art history from ancient to contemporary art and culture from around the world.

7. Recognize and compare styles associated with individual artists, and/or movements, periods, or regions.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
8. Distinguish between different modes of representation, such as naturalism, realism, idealism, expressionism, and abstraction, and explain their historical significance.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD
9. Recognize and explain the meaning of specific iconographic motifs, such as Christian, mythological, or allegorical subjects.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • TBD
10. Describe the varying functions that works of art and architecture have served in Western visual culture from the Renaissance to the present.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • TBD

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • TBD
11. Demonstrate the impact that political, social, and/or economic changes have had on the visual arts.

    This objective is a course Goal Only

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • TBD

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • TBD

    Program Goal(s)

    Degree: Visual Arts - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

    Analyze and demonstrate historical perspective as it relates to art history from ancient to contemporary art and culture from around the world.