Art History Survey I
General
Prefix
ART
Course Number
230
Course Level
Undergraduate
Instruction Mode
Studio Lab
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Painting, sculpture and architecture from Paleolithic to the end of the thirteenth century. Stylistic classification of major works of art throughout the world.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
06, 08
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Demonstrate an awareness of the scope and variety of visual art and architecture in historical contexts by discussing, writing about, or being tested on various mediums, historical styles, and cultural practices.
Outcome
Describe and appreciate the visual representation of individual and collective values within various intellectual, cultural, social and historical contexts by discussing, writing about, or being tested on visual art, artifacts, and architecture from a broad range of global cultures past and present
Outcome
Interpret and respond critically to visual works of art from various world cultures and historical moments through activities such as discussion, writing, or being tested.
Outcome
Discuss, write, or take tests to explore intellectually a wide variety of issues related to visual arts like aesthetic values and how those issues are situated historically.
Outcome
Articulate informed personal responses through discussing or writing about works of visual art.
Outcome
Discuss, write, or take tests to explain how they are connected and related to people elsewhere in the world by examining, comparing, and contrasting examples of global art works of the past and present that depict or address a human experience that we all may share.
Outcome
Describe similarities and differences among global places and populations, students will discuss, write about, or be tested on the similarities and differences between works of global art and architecture and how each work is a specific manifestation the culture that gives it form.
Outcome
Analyze how works of art and architecture have had or can have a global impact beyond their intrinsic value as aesthetic objects by discussing, writing about, or being tested on how art intersects with political, economic, or cultural elements on a global scale.
Outcome
Address specific international issues, students will discuss, write about, make projects, or be tested on art and artists who address in their work global issues such as environment; health; migration; food and water security; war; social, ethnic, or religious strife; persecution, totalitarianism, discrimination, white supremacy, and ongoing effects of colonialism.