ARH2000

In this course, students will develop the ability to think critically about human culture and be provided with the tools to understand, analyze, and discuss works of visual art and material culture. This course is a survey of cultural forms, practices, and expressions as represented in and by the visual arts. The course emphasizes analyzing major works of art for their historical, social, and cultural value. The student will also recognize the various movements in Western Art and gain knowledge about non-Western artistic media, styles, movements, and contexts. As a humanities course, Art in the Humanities explores the creation of art in different societies, through analysis and investigation of artistic expressions to understand causal influences and relationships between works and contexts.