ART 220 - Art of the Early Mediterranean World

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
Selected monuments of Mediterranean and European art from prehistory through the Renaissance. Working independently and in groups, students practice writing art histories, trying out multiple ways of contextualizing art in relation to changing structures of power.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-C1 - Lower Division Arts
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe and analyze works of Western art using a specialized vocabulary;
Identify, explain, and evaluate the political, economic, or social aspects of a work’s context, with understanding of the function of art in its original period and location;
Using clear language and argumentation, present findings of comparative study of pre-modern and modern styles, with sensitivity to themes of art-making and cultural production that cross boundaries of time and place;
Practice teamwork and collaboration in the building of knowledge about art and visual culture.

C1. Arts Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.