Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Requirement Designation:
Fine Arts or Humanities Exploration
Course Attribute:
Correspondence Course
DCE
Description
Introduces the history of art by investigating the ways in which art has developed and functioned within past and present world cultures. It also examines the changing methods of interpretation that are elicited from the study of the art of the past and used in the contemporary discipline of art history. Focuses on analyzing works of art, using both traditional and contemporary approaches and perspectives, for the purpose of understanding the relationship between artistic expression and cultural context.