ARTH 110 - Understanding Art

Institution:

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Art History

Description:

Introduces students to art both past and present. Essential ideas of art are examined in concrete terms using examples from diverse times and cultures. The course stresses the understanding that art is a universal human creative impulse. The course pedagogy emphasizes investigation, development and application of an aesthetic language enabling the student to respond to, analysis, and critique works of art, both conceptually and formally, by studying its ever-expanding aesthetic and cultural contexts.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.commonwealthu.edu/

Phone Number:

(570) 389-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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