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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENG 1010 or Permission of instructor This course is a survey of major art works from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. It includes art from the Paleolithic period through the 12th century A.D. It introduces students to mankind's rich artistic heritage, and initiates them into the study of art history.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENG 1010 and ARTH 1600, or Permission of instructor Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENG 1020 recommended This course is a survey of major art works from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas over the course of the last eight hundred years. It introduces students to varied forms of art historical analysis and to both modern- and post-modern theories of art.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENG 1020 and ARTH 1700; or permission of department This course teaches students to approach artwork critically in order to construct meaningful interpretations of visual images. Students use models of critical thinking to analyze and critique visual culture, including artworks, images in mass media, websites, etc. Students practice writing effectively about visual culture for a variety of purposes, including research papers, essays, reviews, artists' statements, and abstracts. The intention is that students will use these tools in their upper level coursework and in professional practice.
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5.00 Credits
3 (2 + 2) Prerequisite: ENG 1020 and At least junior standing; or Permission of instructor This course enables students to develop awareness and knowledge of philosophical and aesthetic foundations of the arts with a specific focus on art and music. Appropriate methods of teaching art and music in the elementary curriculum, including the integration of literacy and mathematics, will be explored. Students will use creative and critical thinking skills to develop artistic sensibility. Credit will be granted for only one prefix (ARTH or MUS). (General Studies - Level II, Arts and Letters) (MUS 3060)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ARTH 1700 or permission of department This course studies art styles and movements that have comprised the larger (and contested) categories of Modern, Postmodern, and Contemporary Art. Looking at major works and their relationship to these critical paradigms, students in the course learn to analyze the historical and theoretical foundations for the works by studying artistic influence, cultural context, counter-movements, critical reception, and artists' writings.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: Satisfaction of Level I General Studies requirements; ARTH 1500 or ARTH 1600 or ARTH 1700 or ARTH 2100; or Permission of instructor This course studies the work produced by artists of African, Asian, Latin American, and Native American ancestry and their contribution to art in the United States. A brief introduction to the artistic legacies of Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas is followed by a more focused study of American artists whose creative activity reflects their varied cultural heritages. This course may not be used as the sole art history elective for art studio majors. (General Studies-Level II, Arts and Letters; Multicultural)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENG 1010 and ENG 1020 This course examines the art of the continent of Africa and evaluates the ways it has been studied and displayed. It traces historical relationships between regions, from the shores of the Mediterranean and the Nile Valley, the west and Ivory Coast, to the central regions and east and south to the Swahili Coast and the Cape. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ARTH or AAS. (AAS 3310)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENG 1010 and ENG 1020 This course examines Egyptian art from the beginning of civilization in Kemet (the Black Land) through Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods, and continuing into the Islamic period. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS or ARTH. (AAS 3330)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3+0) Prerequisite: ARTH 1600 or Permission of instructor This course is a survey of the art of India, China, and Japan. It will include a study of the cultural, historical, and religious factors that have influenced the development of visual cultures in these three particular civilizations. A key theme is the interaction among cultural traditions not only within India, China, and Japan but also through international processes of trade, colonialism, and nationalism. Special attention will be placed on works found in the Denver Art Museum.
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENG 1010 and ENG 1020 This course is a survey of contemporary Chicana/o art. The historical, religious, social and political contexts of the artworks are studied. Students examine recurrent themes, icons, imagery, and forms within the historical timeline. This course may not be used as the sole art history elective for art studio majors. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ARTH or CHS. (Multicultural) (CHS 3025)
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