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The history of art in Western culture: Prehistoric to Renaissance. Counts toward the Western Cultures requirement of the Liberal Arts Core. Fall semester. 3 credits.

This course analyzes and evaluates the artistic styles from prehistoric cave art to the fourteenth century in Europe. Painting, sculpture and architecture are studied as both individual works and as active participants in broader political, economic, socio-cultural, historical, and environmental systems. Issues concerning iconography, social and geographic context, and biography will also be a focus of this course. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Identify representative art of a range of geographic and chronological periods, including Prehistoric Europe, Egypt, The Ancient Near East, The Aegean, Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe through the fourteenth century in Europe. Identify stylistic changes affected by political, economic, socio-cultural, historical, and environmental systems. Define the technical terms associated with the description of art. Explain the techniques used in painting, sculpture and architecture of the periods. Visually analyze and recognize any work(s) from the above periods. Analyze cultural, political, contectual, and stylistic interdependence between diverse regions studied, including the Ancient Near East Egypt, The Aegean, Greece, Italy and Northern Europe.