ART 206 History of Western Art

Covers the history of Western visual art of the 17th-21st centuries and its significance and relationship to humanity. (Recommended, but not required, that courses be taken in sequence.) Recommended: College-level reading and writing skills.

Credits

3

Offered

Offered Spring only

Notes

Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course

General Education Requirements

AS Western Culture, AGS Humanities/Arts, Cultural Literacy AAOT/AAS, AS Literature & the Arts, AS Liberal Arts Core 2, AAS Human Relations, AAOT Arts & Letters,

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Articulate verbally, and in writing, an understanding of the significance of art relative to the Western societies that produced them in the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Identify and describe verbally, and in writing, specific two and three-dimensional works of art, from Western art of the 17th-21st century, using appropriate art vocabulary. Articulate verbally, and in writing, the form and content of specific and significant works of art from the 17th-21st century European and American cultures that produced them.