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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


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David Babb University of North Georgia
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Peggy Blood Savannah State University
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Victoria Cooke University of North Georgia
678-717-3438victoria.cooke@ung.edu
Sally Crouse University of North Georgia
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Chris Dockery University of North Georgia
706-864-1425chris.dockery@ung.edu
Elissa Ferguson University of North Georgia
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Perry Kirk University of West Georgia
770-639-0494pkirk@westga.edu
Stacy Koffman University of North Georgia
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David Koffman University of North Georgia
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Jeffery LeMieux College of Coastal Georgia
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Maria Lundin University of West Georgia
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Michael Mallard Albany State University
michael.mallard@asurams.edu
Casey McGuire University of West Georgia
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Masoud Nourizadeh Gordon State College
namnourizadeh@gordonstate.edu
Ana Pozzi Harris University of North Georgia
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Ashan Pridgon University of West Georgia
apridgon@westga.edu
Desmal Purcell East Georgia State College
dpurcell@ega.edu
Clint Samples University of West Georgia
678-839-4949csamples@westga.edu
Nisha Shanghavi University of North Georgia
Nisha.Shanghavi@ung.edu
Shavecca Snead Albany State University
shavecca.snead@asurams.edu
Karey Walter University of North Georgia
karey.walter@ung.edu
Mark Watson Clayton State University
678-699-2772markwatson@clayton.edu
Keaton Wynn Georgia Southwestern State University
keaton.wynn@gsw.edu
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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. Please note that each instructor may choose to make modifications. The total equals 600 points

  • Unit Discussions - 35%
  • Photo/Written Essay Assignments - 16%
  • Quizzes - 28%
  • Exhibition Assignment - 10%
  • Final Exam - 10%
  • Attendance Verification - 1%

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