History of Art And Design I. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

This course surveys the major monuments and trends in the history of painting, sculpture, design and architecture from the Italian Renaissance to the beginning of the twentieth century. The focus is on global developments with an emphasis on key artworks and artists examined in relation to the social, economic, and political climates which produced them. Important artistic innovations, techniques and methods are considered. Though arranged according to historical chronology, lecture content is driven by thematic and contextual issues such as humanism, absolutism, colonialism, the Enlightenment, and industrialization.