Maricopa Community Colleges  ARH102   20036-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 03/25/03
ARH102 20036-99999 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Renaissance Through Contemporary Art
History of art from around the world from the Renaissance through contemporary period. Prerequisites: None.
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ARH102   20036-99999 Renaissance Through Contemporary Art
1. Identify stylistic chracteristics of the various hitorical periods from many parts of the world from the Renaissance through the present. (I-XII)
2. Define and use art historical terminology. (I-XII)
3. Identify various visual elements of art from around the world, and explain how one uses these to analyze and evaluate works of art. (I-XII)
4. Describe various techniques and materials used in creating sculpture, paintings, and architecture from around the world. (I-XII)
5. Identify key works by various painters, sculptors, and architects from around the world. (I-XII)
6. Critically compare and contrast various works of art from around the world. (I-XII)
7. Identify global works of art that demonstrate the variety and interdependence of the art of different cultures. (I-XII)
8. Describe the geography, history, religion, politics and artifacts of various cultures around the world. (I-XII)
9. Identify and describe artistic issues and controversies, such as restoration, patronage, preservation, accessibility, scholarship, and criticism. (I-XII)
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ARH102   20036-99999 Renaissance Through Contemporary Art
    I. 15th Century Art in Northern Europe (Art, Politics, Religion, and Geography)
        A. Manuscript illumination
        B. Flemish, French, German, and Spanish art
      II. 15th Century Italian Art (Art, Politics, Mythology, Religion, Philosophy, and Society)
          A. Humanism and the Renaissance
          B. Portraiture
          C. Architecture
          D. Roles of religion, mythology and politics
        III. High Renaissance and Mannerism (Art, Religion, Philosophy, and Politics)
            A. High Renaissance
            B. Mannerism
          IV. Art of the Reformation: 16th Century Art in Northern Europe and Spain (Art, Religion, Politics, and Geography)
              A. Protestant Reformation
              B. Holy Roman Empire (including Germany)
              C. France
              D. The Netherlands
              E. Spain
            V. Baroque and Rococo (Art, Politics, History, Religion, and Geography)
                A. Baroque art of the 17th century
                B. Late Baroque, early eighteenth century, and the Rococo period
              VI. Later Art India, China and Japan (Art, Religion, Geography, and Society)
                  A. India
                  B. China
                  C. Japan
                VII. Neoclasicism through the Mid 19th Century (Art, Enlightenment, Society, Science, and Technology)
                    A. Neoclassicism to Romanticism
                    B. Romanticism
                    C. Landscape painting
                    D. Sculpture
                    E. Architecture
                    F. Beginning of photography
                  VIII. Later 19th Century (Art, Society, Politics, Industrialization, and Urbanization)
                      A. Realism
                      B. Impressionism
                      C. Post-impressionism
                      D. Symbolism
                      E. Art Nouveau
                      F. Architecture
                      G. Sculpture
                    IX. Native Arts of Mesoamerica, South America and Oceania (Art, Mythology, Geography, and Society)
                        A. Mesoamerica and South America
                          1. Aztec (Mexico)
                          2. Inca (Peru and adjoining areas)
                        B. Oceania
                      X. Later African Art (Art, Mythology, Geography, Society, and Nature)
                          A. European contact
                          B. Context and meaning
                          C. Themes
                          D. Masks
                        XI. Early 20th Century (Art, Society, Politics, and Philosophy)
                            A. Expressionism
                            B. Abstraction
                            C. Utopian ideals
                            D. The organic
                            E. Political statements
                            F. Emigres and exiles
                          XII. Later 20th Century (Art, Politics, Philosophy, and Controversy)
                              A. World War II and its aftermath
                              B. Postwar expressionism
                              C. Modernist formalism and alternatives
                              D. Postmodernism
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