ART 1104: SURVEY OF
ART HISTORY III
I. Effective Date: Spring, 2002
II. Catalog Description: Development of
modernism from French Impressionism through the twentieth century, including
major architecture, sculpture, painting, and crafts. Examples include Post-Impressionism, German Expressionism,
Cubism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. Lectures, discussions, films, museum assignments. MTNC Goals 2, 6 & 8
III. Recommended
Skills: No prerequisites. Reading/Writing
IV. Course
Content:
A. Realism
B. Impressionism
C. Post-Impression
D. Symbolism, Fantasy, Primitivism
E. Sculpture in the Later Nineteenth
Century
F. Architecture: The Beginnings of a New
Style
G. The Fauves and Expressionism
H. Cubism and its Derivatives
I. Dada to Surrealism
J. Social Realism and Commentary
K. Sculpture and Architecture before World
War II
L. Abstract Expressionism
M. Post-Painterly Abstraction: Op Art,
Hard Edge, and Color Field Painting
N. Architecture after World War II
O. Art of the 70's and 80's and beyond
V. Outcomes:
Through the study of a variety of
works from the history of western and non-western art,
the student must be able to:
A. Identify and describe the major movements, periods of art, and the stylistic characteristics which differentiate them, and identify key examples of those styles. MNTC Goal 6 (A, C, E); Goal 8 (A, B)
B. Explain and
describe the lives and work of individual artists, influences upon them, and
their stylistic development. Explain
their work as expressions of human values within an historical, cultural,
and social context. MNTC Goal 2 (D); Goal 6 (A, B, C); Goal 8
(A, B, D)
C. Identify and describe the historical, religious, and social circumstances that shape the history of art. MNTC Goal 2 (C); Goal 6 (B, C, E); Goal 8 (A, B)
D. Describe and
explain the characteristics of various artistic mediums such as painting,
sculpture, and architecture. Identify
and describe the basic visual elements present in all works of art, and explain
works of art in terms of these elements.
Express informed personal responses to works of art in written papers
and/or class discussions. MNTC Goal 2
(C); Goal 6 (A, E)
E. Discuss and explain the humanities as a
field of study, and art as one of its major components.
MNTC
Goal 2 (D); Goal 6 (A, B, C, E)
VI. Evaluation:
Individual
instructors may devise their own methods for assessing performance.
Methods
of evaluation may include:
A. Essay or objective tests
B. Slide tests
C. Written museum papers
D. Discussion group activities