3 credits A study of the history of art beginning with Late Gothic and concluding with twentieth-century art. The painting, sculpture, and architecture of the major Western periods and movements, such as Renaissance, Baroque, Romanticism, Impressionism, Abstraction, and Expressionism, are viewed and discussed. Emphasis is on art as a reflection of the culture and society that produced it. Students enrolling in this course need not have taken ART 101. Spring

Introduces the elements of visual expression, past and present. Students gain an understanding of the processes of art making and the motivations and goals of artists across time. Students learn how various factors, includ-ing religion, politics, and literature, affect the creation of the arts of any given period or region.