An examination of the visual arts as they developed in western Europe, particularly Italy, from 1300 to 1600. Painting, sculpture, and architecture will be considered with special emphasis given to the great masters of the period: Botticelli, da Vinci, and Michelangelo among others. The primary focus of the course will be the interaction between art and its surrounding society. In so doing, politics, religion, science, and aesthetics will be included in classroom discussions.
Prerequisite(s): ARH 101 Masterpieces of World Art or ARH 107 Art and Society in the West: Renaissance to Modern or permission of the instructor.
ARH 101 Masterpieces of World Art (3 hours)
A survey of art and architectural history using a great masterpieces approach. Significant monuments from antiquity to the twentieth century will be considered with particular attention to the interaction of art and its producing society so that political situation, theology, science, and aesthetics will be considered in lectures. Cannot be used toward a major in art. Credit cannot be earned for Art History 101 and ARH 106 Art and Society in the West: Ancient to Medieval or Art History 101 and ARH 107 Art and Society in the West: Renaissance to Modern.
ARH 107 Art and Society in the West: Renaissance to Modern (3 hours)
A survey of art and architectural history in the western hemisphere: significant monuments from the Renaissance to the twentieth century will be considered with particular attention to the interaction of art and its producing society so that political situation, theology, science, and aesthetics will be considered in lectures. Credit cannot be earned for both ARH 101 Masterpieces of World Art and Art History 107.
