Carroll Community College

ART-135, History of Art 1

Credits: 3

General Education Course

Course Description

History of Art 1 introduces students to the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Prehistoric to the Renaissance. The course will focus on the meaning of the artwork, on exploring and unfolding the work's underlying beliefs and ideas, on its projection/reflection of human values, and on the relationship of this historic expression to our own milieu. Emphasis is thus centered on students' understanding and development of their dialogue with Western and Eastern cultural heritage. Prerequisite: exemption/completion of READ-101. Three hours lecture each week. Three credits. Three billable hours.

Course Objectives and Grading Information

Course Objectives: After successfully completing this course, using the assigned text and lecture material, the student will be able to perform the following at a satisfactory level (C or better):

1. Define and use correct terminology when referring to media, processes and periods in art and architecture.

2. Identify key monuments naming style, artist and date (in writing or in response to slides).

3. Identify the time periods, geographical centers, and stylistic characteristics of major art movements in response  to in-class discussion and to test questions.

4. Recognize and discuss (verbally or in writing) the iconography of certain works of art.

5. Order the development of styles studied, chronologically in response to in-class discussion or to test questions.

6. Identify significant philosophical movements, religious concepts, and historic figures, events and places and discuss their relationship to works of art (in response to test questions or in-class discussions

7. Discuss and examine differing positions from which changing value judgements are made in different cultures.

8. Attribute unfamiliar works of art to an artist, place, style or period, giving reasons for attributions in response to slide identification examination.

9. Write, incorporating college-level skills including: quality ideas, good organization, relevance to subject, correct grammar, and spelling.