ART 120 - Traditions of Art

Institution:

Yakima Valley Community College

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Description:

5 credits quarters: W, S An introduction to world art traditions. The course will examine the nature of artistic traditions, how cultures are revealed by their artworks, how artists work within cultural traditions, and how traditions continue and are changed by contact with other traditions. The artistic traditions of the following areas will be examined: Africa; India and Southeast Asia; China and Japan; Arabia; Oceania; pre-Columbia and First Peoples; Greece and Rome; medieval and Renaissance Europe; absolutist and revolutionary art of the West; and industrial and post-industrial culture. Prerequisite: ENGL 075 Distribution: HM

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.yvcc.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 574-4600

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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