ART 221 - Art of the Transatlantic Modern World

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
Students analyze selected monuments of art and visual culture from Europe, Africa, and the Americas since 1400. Working independently and in groups, students practice writing art histories, trying multiple ways of contextualizing art in relation to social and political change.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: ART 220.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-C1 - Lower Division Arts
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe and analyze works of Western art or visual culture using a specialized vocabulary;
Identify, explain, and evaluate the political, economic, or social aspects of a work’s context, with sensitivity to transcultural exchanges and the asymmetrical power structures that have facilitated Western art making in modernity;
Using clear language and argumentation, differentiate historical context from the contemporary reception of a historical object in a museum or other institutional context;
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.