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ART-223 Women in Art

A survey of the work of women painters, sculptors, architects, designers, photographers, and craftspersons from earliest times to the present. Woman as image in the visual arts will also be examined as it relates to her role in society.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

(For Art Students) ART-100 and ART-101

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Department

  • Visual and Performing Arts

Grading Scheme

  • Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

  • No

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and interpret the work of women artists.
  2. Recognize changes in artistic styles and tastes in response to changing social, economic and political conditions.
  3. Employ effective reading skills, through correlating what has been read in the text with class lectures
  4. Appraise the issues involved in the struggle of women artists’ achieving recognition.
  5. Apply the knowledge gained in the course towards his/her own development as a practicing artist.
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ART 223: Women in Art

Department

Visual and Performing Arts

Course Description

A survey of the work of women painters, sculptors, architects, designers, photographers, and craftspersons from earliest times to the present. Woman as image in the visual arts will also be examined as it relates to her role in society.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

Lecture3
Lab0
Other0

Grading Scheme

Letter

Prerequisites

(For Art Students) ART-100 and ART-101

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify and interpret the work of women artists.
  2. Recognize changes in artistic styles and tastes in response to changing social, economic and political conditions.
  3. Employ effective reading skills, through correlating what has been read in the text with class lectures
  4. Appraise the issues involved in the struggle of women artists’ achieving recognition.
  5. Apply the knowledge gained in the course towards his/her own development as a practicing artist.

Topic Outline

  1. Introduction to course materials and expectations for the course 
  2. Identifying women as artists/ image quiz to test the students’ prior knowledge and preconceptions 
  3. The historical development of women artists and the depiction of women in art for the following periods:
  4. Pre-Renaissance to Renaissance 
  5. 17th century 
  6. 18th century 
  7. 19th century 
  8. Early 20th century 
  9. Mid-century to the present