ART 260 - Survey of Art History I

1. Students will learn to identify the major monuments of Western art and architecture from the prehistoric era to the beginning of the Renaissance.
2. Students will learn to identify the characteristics of a variety of media and the different manners in which they have been deployed by artists from approximately 15,000 B.C. to 1400 A.D.
3. Students will develop the visual and conceptual skills necessary to identify the particular historical period in which an object or building was produced.
4. Students will develop the visual and critical skills, as well as the vocabulary, to analyze and interpret works of art.
5. Students will be able to analyze the relationships between a work of art and the particular historical circumstances in which it was produced.
6. Students will develop the research and critical skills necessary for writing about works of art.