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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


ARTS 1100 - Spring 2024

Course Instructor
ARTS 1100 1AGShavecca Snead
shavecca.snead@asurams.edu
ARTS 1100 1BGKeaton Wynn
keaton.wynn@gsw.edu
ARTS 1100 1CGMichael Mallard
michael.mallard@asurams.edu
ARTS 1100 1DGVictoria Cooke
victoria.cooke@ung.edu
ARTS 1100 1EGMark Watson
markwatson@clayton.edu
ARTS 1100 1FGPerry Kirk
pkirk@westga.edu
ARTS 1100 1GGChris Dockery
chris.dockery@ung.edu
ARTS 1100 1HGJeffery LeMieux
jlemieux@ccga.edu
ARTS 1100 5AGDavid Koffman
david.koffman@ung.edu
ARTS 1100 5BGDesmal Purcell
dpurcell@ega.edu
ARTS 1100 8AGCasey McGuire
cmcguire@westga.edu
ARTS 1100 8BGDavid Babb
david.babb@ung.edu
ARTS 1100 8CGKarey Walter
karey.walter@ung.edu
ARTS 1100 8DGMaria Lundin
mlundin@westga.edu
ARTS 1100 8EGAshan Pridgon
apridgon@westga.edu
ARTS 1100 8FGShavecca Snead
shavecca.snead@asurams.edu
3

Credit Hours


Prerequisites

  • See your home institution's prerequisite requirement.

Free Textbook

  • Open educational resources (OER)

Course Equivalency

Course Syllabus

In this course, students will:

  • 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
  • Unit 1: What is Art?
  • Unit 2: The Structure of Art
  • Unit 3: Significance of Materials Used in Art
  • Unit 4: Describing Art
  • Unit 5: Meaning in Art
  • Unit 6: Connecting Art to Our Lives
  • Unit 7: Art and Identity

Your final grade will be based on the following breakdown.

  • Attendance - 1%
  • Discussions - 24%
  • Assignments - 30%
  • Quizzes - 15%
  • Final Paper - 15%
  • Major Project - 15%

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