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Art Appreciation - ARTS 1100

Description

ARTS 1100 is a 3 semester-credit-hour course focused on fostering an awareness, understanding, and appreciation for the visual arts. Through exposure to cross-cultural art images throughout history, students will build a global artistic vocabulary that allows for the constructive analysis of art objects. Students will also gain an understanding of the influence of art on other important aspects of culture including politics, history, religion, and science

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of art, its production, function/purpose, and aesthetics as a significant form of human expression, within its social, cultural, and historical context.
• Use appropriate vocabulary to critique and analyze formal elements, techniques, and concepts of art.
• Engage in critical thinking about art by distinguishing between and evaluating various kinds of evidence, and presenting valid arguments in written formats.

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