Effective: 2022-03-31

Course Description

The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.

General Course Purpose

Art 102 presents art from the Renaissance through the modern era. Students will develop a basic knowledge of historical art movements and their characteristics. They will critically evaluate the role of social, cultural, and global connections through art historical analysis.

Course Objectives

• Communication
• Utilize a formal vocabulary to describe art
• Recognize and describe the media and techniques used to create the works of art, as well as the technologies used in architecture
• Cultural and Social Understanding
• Identify major artist and/or works of art
• Distinguish art historical periods/movements and recognize their characteristics
• Critical Thinking
• Critically evaluate works of art and the ways in which these monuments function within their historical, cultural, and religious contexts
• 15th Century - European Art (Early Renaissance)
• Identify the characteristics of Northern Renaissance painting.
• Recognize the artistic and architectural characteristics of the Early Renaissance in Italy.
• Examine the principles of linear perspective.
• Identify global artworks that inspired, or were influenced by, the art produced during the periods/movements presented. Correlations may be drawn from themes, subject, and/or technique.
• 16th Century - European Art (Renaissance, Mannerism)
• Summarize the characteristics of High Renaissance art in Italy.
• Distinguish the artistic traits of Mannerism.
• Describe the distinctive trends in the sixteenth-century art of the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain.
• Identify global artworks that inspired, or were influenced by, the art produced during the periods/movements presented. Correlations may be drawn from themes, subject, and/or technique.
• 17th Century - European Art (Baroque)
• Explore the characteristics of the Baroque art and architecture in Italy.
• Characterize the "Golden Age" of painting in Spain.
• Recognize the new artistic developments in Flemish art.
• Discuss the distinctive styles and subjects preferred in the Protestant regions.
• Identify global artworks that inspired, or were influenced by, the art produced during the periods/movements presented. Correlations may be drawn from themes, subject, and/or technique.
• 18th & early 19th Century European & American Art (Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism)
• Explain how the Rococo art and architecture was a reflection of life among the aristocracy in eighteenth-century France.
• Explore Neoclassicism's connection to Enlightenment thought and Classical art.
• Identify aspects of Romanticism in landscape painting.
• Identify global artworks that inspired, or were influenced by, the art produced during the periods/movements presented. Correlations may be drawn from themes, subject, and/or technique.
• Mid- to late 19th Century European & American Art (Photography, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Architecture)
• Discuss the historical context that led to the emergence of photography as a new art form.
• Examine the social and political concerns presented in Realism.
• Summarize the origins, artistic characteristics, and content of Impressionism.
• Distinguish the various artistic styles of Post-Impressionism.
• Describe the impact of historicism and new industrial materials in late nineteenth-century architecture.
• Identify global artworks that inspired, or were influenced by, the art produced during the periods/movements presented. Correlations may be drawn from themes, subject, and/or technique.
• Early to Mid-20th Century Modern European & American Art (Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Expressionism, Bauhaus, Harlem Renaissance, Mexican artists)
• Trace the spread of Modernism across Europe in the early twentieth century.
• Characterize the arrival of Modernism in the United States.
• Summarize the new developments in Modern art and architecture in Europe between World Wars I and II.
• Identify global artworks that inspired, or were influenced by, the art produced during the periods/movements presented. Correlations may be drawn from themes, subject, and/or technique.

Major Topics to be Included

• 15th Century - European Art
• 16th Century - European Art
• 17th Century - European Art
• 18th & early 19th Century European & American Art
• Mid- to late 19th Century European & American Art
• Early to Mid-20th Century Modern European & American Art