Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Contemporary
ARHI 2400
3 hours
Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Contemporary
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness & Responsibility
Course Description
Focuses on select monuments of art and architecture from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, to the global contemporary. Considering content, style, and cultural context, the discussion will introduce students to the academic discipline of art history through historic trends, intellectual ideas, and contemporary methodologies.
Athena Title
Intro Art History Ren to Cont
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ARHI 2400E, ARHI 2411H
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will learn the history of art as a discipline.
Students will learn artistic traditions from the 16th-century C.E. to the present. Students will focus on developments in Europe and America, with a comparative study of material culture in Meso-America, the Near East, East Asia, and Africa.
Students will develop vocabulary, visual acuity, descriptive and other writing skills, as well as on basic learning and study techniques appropriate for an introductory course.
