ART& 100: Art Appreciation

Comprehend art historical periods, stylistic movements and terminology.

Display interpretive methods for understanding art, including analysis of the following characteristics of art:
a) function (magical, religious, funerary and political purposes)
b) content (mythological, religious and historical subject matters and symbols)
c) form (composition, color, proportion, illusion and perspective)
d) materials and processes (physical characteristics and techniques of art and architecture)
e) style and convention (unique attributes common to works of a given period or culture)

Have a general understanding of relationships between the visual arts and the larger cultural, intellectual and social environment within which it developed.

Have a general understanding of compositional terms, as they are applied to various art forms.

Have a general understanding of materials and processes used in the creation of art.