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COURSE INTRODUCTION

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: Defining Art

1.1: Introduction and Definitions

1.2: Form and Content

1.3: Aesthetics

1.4: Subjective and Objective Perspectives

1.5: Artistic Roles

1.6: Artistic Categories

1.7: Artistic Styles

1.8: Cultural Styles

1.9: Perception and Visual Awareness

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 2: Who Makes Art – Process and Training

2.1: The Artistic Process

2.2: The Individual Artist

2.3: Artistic Training Methods

2.4: Art as a Social Activity

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 3: How Art Speaks – Finding Meaning

3.1: Objective vs. Subjective Meaning

3.2: The Four Levels of Meaning: Formal, Subject, Context, and Iconography

3.3: Critical Perspectives

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: How Art Works – The Principles of Visual Language

4.1: The Basic Elements

4.2: Space, Value, Color, and Texture

4.3: The Principles of Design

Unit 4 Assessment

Unit 5: Artistic Media

5.1: Two-Dimensional Media

5.2: The Camera

5.3: Three-Dimensional Media

Unit 5 Assessment

Unit 6: Architecture

6.1: What is Architecture?

6.2: Traditional Methods and Materials

6.3: Architecture in China and East Asia

6.4: Cross-Cultural Influences

6.5: Architecture and the Industrial Revolution

6.6: Modern Architecture: A New Language

6.7: Post-Modern and Contemporary Architecture

6.8: Green Architecture

Unit 6 Assessment

Unit 7: Our World – Nature, the Body, Identity, Sexuality, Politics, and Power

7.1: Identity

7.2: Self-Portraits

7.3: The Natural World

7.4: Social, Collaborative, and Political Art

Unit 7 Assessment

Unit 8: Other Worlds – Mortality, the Spirit, and Fantasy

8.1: Myths

8.2: Dreams

8.3: Spirituality

Unit 8 Assessment

Unit 9: Art in Time and Place – The Western and Near Eastern World

9.1: The Earliest Art

9.2: Art of the Ancient Near East and Egypt

9.3: Art in Ancient Greece and Rome

9.4: Art During the Middle Ages

9.5: European Art During the Renaissance

9.6: Baroque and Rococo Art

9.7: 18th and 19th Century European Art

9.8: Modern Art: Realism vs. Academic Art

9.9: Impressionism

9.10: Post-Impressionism

9.11: The Early 20th Century

9.12: World War II and Beyond

Unit 9 Assessment

Study Guide

Course Feedback Survey

Certificate Final Exam

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