HNRS: History of Western Art
Fall 2019 Courses
Course:
ARTH 105 H01 26109
Course Attributes:
HistoryCiv, Humanities, AIU
Instructor:
Anna House
Location/Times(1):
MCMSTR 329 on MW @ 02:20 pm - 03:35 pm
Registered:
15
Seat Capacity:
16
The visual arts from Paleolithic times to the Renaissance. FS: 12/04/2019. CL: 2020.
Notes:
This course explores major monuments in art history from the Paleolithic era to the Middle Ages, including everything from cave paintings—the first known images made by humans—to the sculpture of ancient Greece and Rome, to the soaring cathedrals of the Middle Ages. We will study the interplay of works of art and architecture with their various physical, historical, social, and cultural contexts. The course thus provides an introduction not only to the world of art, but to the study of art history itself, considering what kinds of questions art historians ask and what methods they utilize.