Honors Caves to Cathedrals

Catalog description

Pre-requisite: Completion of the Core Curriculum Research & Professional Writing requirement. Honors standing or permission of university Honors Program. This course introduces the history of Western art from prehistory to the end of the Middle Ages and introduces Art History itself as a field of activity and investigation. Using works of art as primary sources for lectures and discussions, the course covers the arts of prehistoric Europe, the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and medieval Europe. Through additional readings and discussions this Honors version of the course also introduces differing models or art historical practice, including iconography, artist’s biography, social history, feminism, and museology, as well as contemporary issues and debates in the discipline.