|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the painting of China from the earliest examples found in tombs through works influenced by the West during the modern period. The course focuses on selected artists who serve as representatives of major traditions of China's cultural and artistic heritage. Students will be introduced to Chinese philosophy and relevant literary genres that provide a context for the development of Chinese painting. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
-
3.00 Credits
An examination of the art and architecture of early China (Neolithic through Eastern Han). Recent excavations that have significantly changed our view of the early period will be given emphasis. Students will analyze relevant literary and philosophical texts in translation to enhance understanding of the cultural context. (OC). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
-
3.00 Credits
The art of the Ancient world is examined through an intensive review of the visual traditions of Egypt: its monumental architecture, sculpture, painting and decorative artifacts. (AY). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
-
3.00 Credits
This course surveys the history and art of Crete, the Cyclades, and Greece from the third millennium through the first century B.C. In the prehistoric period, the course will focus on both architectural and ceramic developments, as well as on the trade and economic contacts between Asia Minor and Greece. In the historic period, the course considers the major artistic developments in architecture, sculpture, and painting, focusing on how social, political or historical events caused these art forms to evolve and change over the centuries. (AY). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
-
3.00 Credits
This course surveys the major art forms produced by both the Romans and Etruscans. The course begins with the Roman Republic (late sixth century B.C.) and concludes with the rule of Constantine in the fourth century A.D.). We will discuss the development of the urban, government complex (the Roman Forum), the evolution of domestic architecture, and the major artistic achievements in sculpture, painting, and the minor arts. We will focus on how social, economic, religious, political and/or historical events caused these art forms to evolve and change over the centuries. (AY). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
-
3.00 Credits
Polytheistic, multicultural religious practices shaped Greek and Roman culture and society. This course examines the main deities, myths, rituals and sanctuaries of the ancient Mediterranean through the study of art, architecture, texts and archaeology. Freestanding sculptures, relief sculptures, vase paintings, wall paintings, mosaics, coinage, altars and temples will be analyzed. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
-
3.00 Credits
Borrowing its formal language from late antiquity and its symbolism from other mystery cults, the art of early Christianity emerged from the Roman catacombs to monumental expression under emperors Constantine and Justinian. (AY). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
-
3.00 Credits
A study of the dynamic interplay between barbarian, Christian and classical Mediterranean influences in the early Medieval period with a consideration of the art and architecture of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela and of the crusader kingdoms in the Holy Land. (AY). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
-
3.00 Credits
A survey of the architecture, sculpture and stained glass of the great cathedrals of Europe, focusing on Chartres, Amiens, Reims, and Bourges. A study of the patrons, builders, the new technology they employed and the cities in which they worked as well as an analysis of the emergence of naturalism in medieval manuscript illumination and panel painting. (AY). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
-
3.00 Credits
This is a course that examines the art and architecture of Europe in the 14th century: one of the great transitional periods in the history of western art. Beginning with the new developments in 13th-century Italian art by such artists as Giovanni Pisano and Giotto, the course charts the pattern of these developments in northern European countries as well. (OC). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Literature,Philosophy&Arts Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|