Survey of Art From the Renaissance to Contemporary

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This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the Contemporary period with a focus on art from Europe. The course will further consider global interactions involving this region. Course content emphasizes how art reflects historical occurrences, social, political, and religious attitudes of the time. Comparative analysis of styles and artists with critical evaluation of aesthetics will be included. Topics include Early to High Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, and Post-Modernism. A field trip may be required. This course was formerly known as ART 092: Survey of Art History: Renaissance to the Present.