ART120 — Introduction to Art History
ART 120 - Introduction to Art History ART 120 - Introduction to Art History 5 Credits Studies the development of visual art from the Paleolithic to early Christian art of Western civilization. Designed to develop the awareness and understanding of the basic language of art in context of differing styles in art history and to give an introduction to the subject matter of broad areas to the history of art as humanistic study. Fees Quarters Typically all Day Spring Day Designed to Serve All students. Active Date 20220330T15:32:35 Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 24 Lecture 55 Total Degree Distributions: AA Humanities Area II Performance Course Outline The Artist™s Profession: nature of creativity, artist in Antiquity, women artists Art and a Matter of Life and Death: cave art, Egyptian Tomb art, tribal art Images of gods: Apollo, Buddha, Christ Religious architecture: Parthenon, cathedral structure, Romanesque, Greek The Sacred Book: manuscripts, miniatures 15th century Flemish art: synthesis of Heaven and Earth 15th century Italian Art: nudity, perspective, religious, and secular philosophies Michelangelo: musculature, Sistine Chapel 16th and 17th Century Art: art for popular taste, flesh and spirit Baroque Secular Art: food and drink, games and music Rembrandt: spiritual art, meditations on death, landscapes, anatomical science Images of authority: king as deity, warrior kings, imperial portraits Architecture of authority: gateways, civic structure, palaces, capitol bui