ART-101 Art History: Renaissance to Modern Art

A study of the history of the creative process and artistic expression from the Renaissance to the present. Topics may include Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, and modern art. This course may be taken to fulfill either a humanities or social science elective. This course carries SUNY General Education Humanities and The Arts credit.

Credits

3

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Department

• Visual and Performing Arts

Grading Scheme

• Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

• Yes

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the development of major stylistic movements and artists from the Renaissance through the modern period.
2. Using art historical vocabulary, analyze the way in which formal elements convey meaning in a work of art.
3. Analyze the ways in which the style and content of art is an expression of its historical context (political, social, religious, cultural).
4. Apply knowledge of objects and styles used in earlier periods in order to interpret objects and styles of art of later periods and of today.

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ART 101: Art History: Renaissance to Modern Art

Department

Visual and Performing Arts

Course Description

A study of the history of the creative process and artistic expression from the Renaissance to the present. Topics may include Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, and modern art. This course may be taken to fulfill either a humanities or social science elective. This course carries SUNY General Education Humanities and The Arts credit.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

Lecture	3
Lab	0
Other	0

Grading Scheme

Letter

SUNY General Education Course

• The Arts
• Humanities

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the development of major stylistic movements and artists from the Renaissance through the modern period.
2. Using art historical vocabulary, analyze the way in which formal elements convey meaning in a work of art.
3. Analyze the ways in which the style and content of art is an expression of its historical context (political, social, religious, cultural).
4. Apply knowledge of objects and styles used in earlier periods in order to interpret objects and styles of art of later periods and of today.

Topic Outline

1. Introduction
   1. What is art history?
   2. Brief summary of Classical and Medieval art
2. Lectures/discussion on development of art/architecture in
   1. Proto-Renaissance in Italy
   2. Fifteenth Century in Italy
   3. Sixteenth Century in Italy
   4. Renaissance Outside Italy
   5. Baroque Period
   6. Eighteenth Century
   7. Nineteenth Century
   8. Early Twentieth Century
   9. Contemporary World