ART 1035 - Introduction to Art

3 sem hrs cr

This course is designed to help students understand the visual arts–painting, drawing, sculpture, and architecture–and to show how culture and art interact.

This course may include proctored exams which must be completed on campus or at an instructor approved proctoring center which may require additional costs to the student. Please consult your instructor for additional details. Formerly/Same As (Formerly ART 1030, ARTA 1030)

Transfer (UT) or Non-Transfer Course (UN): UT

By the end of the course, students will be able to…

• analyze significant primary texts and works of art (ancient, pre-modern, and modern) as forms of cultural and creative expression.
• explain the ways in which humanistic and/or artistic expression throughout the ages expresses the culture and values of its time and place.
• explore global/cultural diversity.
• frame a comparative context through which they can critically assess the ideas, forces, and values that have created the modern world.
• recognize the ways in which both change and continuity have affected human history.
• practice the critical and analytical methodologies of the Humanities and/or Fine Arts.

Course Objectives

Throughout the course, students will have the opportunity to…

• recognize the major historical styles of art.
• distinguish the major media used in drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography.
• relate and interpret these works in their specific historical and socio-political context.
• compare, contrast and distinguish subject matter from different periods or as depicted by different artists.
• relate structure and distinguish subject matter from different periods or as depicted by different artists.
• relate structure and style with relevant media and technology.
• synthesize the characteristics and styles of these historical models and apply these to analyzing contemporary models.