Resource Learning Outcomes
Unit 1: Defining Art
page Unit 1 Learning Outcomes —
1.1: Introduction and Definitions
page Defining Art —
forum Discussion Topic 1: Your Definition of Art —
1.2: Form and Content
page Form and Content —
1.3: Aesthetics
page Aesthetics —
page What is Art? —
forum Discussion Topic 2: Expose Yourself to Art! —
1.4: Subjective and Objective Perspectives
page Subjective and Objective Perspectives —
1.5: Artistic Roles
page Artistic Roles —
1.6: Artistic Categories
page Artistic Categories —
1.7: Artistic Styles
page Artistic Styles —
1.8: Cultural Styles
page Cultural Styles —
page Representational, Abstract, and Nonrepresentational Art —
1.9: Perception and Visual Awareness
page Perception and Visual Awareness —
Unit 1 Assessment
quiz Unit 1 Assessment —
Unit 2: Who Makes Art – Process and Training
page Unit 2 Learning Outcomes —
2.1: The Artistic Process
page The Artistic Process —
forum Discussion Topic 3: Who Makes Art? —
2.2: The Individual Artist
page The Individual Artist —
forum Discussion Topic 4: Art21 —
2.3: Artistic Training Methods
page Artistic Training Methods —
2.4: Art as a Social Activity
page Art as a Social Activity —
Unit 2 Assessment
quiz Unit 2 Assessment —
Unit 3: How Art Speaks – Finding Meaning
page Unit 3 Learning Outcomes —
3.1: Objective vs. Subjective Meaning
page How We See: Objective and Subjective Means —
forum Discussion Topic 5: Form and Content —
page The Fog Warning (Halibut Fishing) —
3.2: The Four Levels of Meaning: Formal, Subject, Context, and Iconography
page First Level of Meaning: Formal —
page Second Level of Meaning: Subject —
page Third Level of Meaning: Context —
page More on Context —
page Fourth Level of Meaning: Iconography —
3.3: Critical Perspectives
page Critical Perspectives —
Unit 3 Assessment
quiz Unit 3 Assessment —
Unit 4: How Art Works – The Principles of Visual Language
page Unit 4 Learning Outcomes —
4.1: The Basic Elements
page The Point —
page The Line —
page Shapes and the Figure-Ground Relationship —
page Mass —
4.2: Space, Value, Color, and Texture
page The Element of Space —
page The Element of Value —
page The Element of Color —
page The Element of Texture —
forum Discussion Topic 6: Objective Description and Subjective Analysis —
page External Art Links —
4.3: The Principles of Design
page Artistic as Visual Input —
page Visual Balance —
page Repetition —
page Scale and Proportion —
page Emphasis —
page Time and Motion —
page Unity and Variety —
forum Discussion Topic 7: Objective Description of Artistic Principles —
Unit 4 Assessment
quiz Unit 4 Assessment —
Unit 5: Artistic Media
page Unit 5 Learning Outcomes —
5.1: Two-Dimensional Media
page Drawing —
page Painting —
page Printmaking —
page Collage —
forum Discussion Topic 8: The Medium is the Message —
5.2: The Camera
page Early Development —
page Impact on Other Media —
page Form and Content —
page Darkroom Processes —
page The Human Element —
page Color Images —
page Photojournalism —
page Modern Developments —
page Time-Based Media: Film, Video, and Digital —
forum Discussion Topic 9: Here a Photo, There a Photo, Everywhere a Photo! —
forum Discussion Topic 10: Film Study —
5.3: Three-Dimensional Media
page Definitions, Processes, and Sculptures —
page Types of Sculpture and Three-Dimensional Media —
page Methods —
page Modern Variations of Three-Dimensional Media —
page Decorative Arts —
forum Discussion Topic 11: Form and Content —
Unit 5 Assessment
quiz Unit 5 Assessment —
Unit 6: Architecture
page Unit 6 Learning Outcomes —
6.1: What is Architecture?
page Architecture —
6.2: Traditional Methods and Materials
page Methods and Materials —
6.3: Architecture in China and East Asia
page Architecture in China and East Asia —
6.4: Cross-Cultural Influences
page Cross-Cultural Influences on Architecture —
6.5: Architecture and the Industrial Revolution
page Architecture and the Industrial Revolution —
6.6: Modern Architecture: A New Language
page Modern Architecture: A New Language —
6.7: Post-Modern and Contemporary Architecture
page Post-Modern and Contemporary Architecture —
6.8: Green Architecture
page Green Architecture —
forum Discussion Topic 12: Gone Green —
Unit 6 Assessment
quiz Unit 6 Assessment —
Unit 7: Our World
page Unit 7 Learning Outcomes —
7.1: Identity
page Identity —
book Art and Identity —
7.2: Self-Portraits
page Self-Portraits —
7.3: The Natural World
page The Natural World —
7.4: Social, Collaborative, and Political Art
page Social and Collaborative Art —
page Politics, Conflict, and War —
page Memorials —
page Peace —
Unit 7 Assessment
quiz Unit 7 Assessment —
Unit 8: Other Worlds
page Unit 8 Learning Outcomes —
8.1: Myths
page Myths —
book Meaning in Art —
8.2: Dreams
page Dreams —
8.3: Spirituality
page Spirituality —
book Art and Ritual Life —
forum Discussion Topic 13: Art and the Spirit —
Unit 8 Assessment
quiz Unit 8 Assessment —
Unit 9: Art in Time and Place – The Western and Near Eastern World
page Unit 9 Learning Outcomes —
9.1: The Earliest Art
page Prehistoric Art: Paleolithic Origins —
9.2: Art of the Ancient Near East and Egypt
page Cuneiform and the Invention of Writing —
page Sumerian Art —
page Victory Stele of Naram-Sin —
page Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi —
page The History of Ancient Egypt —
page Egyptian Art —
page Materials and Techniques —
9.3: Art in Ancient Greece and Rome
page Ancient Greece and Rome —
page Geometric Greek Krater —
page The Kouros —
page Polykleitos' <em>Doryphoros</em> —
page Nike of Samothrace —
page Augustus of Primaporta —
9.4: Art During the Middle Ages
page Early Christian Art —
page Early Christian Art and Architecture After Constantine —
page Byzantine Art: Justinian and His Attendants —
page Barbarian Art —
page Fibulae —
page Ottonian Art —
page Romanesque Architecture —
page Gothic Art —
page English Gothic Architecture —
9.5: European Art During the Renaissance
page Cimabue's <em>Trinita Madonna</em> and Giotto's <em>Ognissanti Madonna</em> —
page Florence in the Early Renaissance —
page Masaccio's <em>Holy Trinity</em> —
page Flanders —
page Campin's <em>Merode Altarpiece</em> —
page High Renaissance —
page Raphael's <em>School of Athens</em> —
page Leonardo Da Vinci's <em>The Last Supper</em> —
page Michaelangelo's <em>David</em> —
9.6: Baroque and Rococo Art
page Baroque Art: Holland vs. Flanders —
page Baroque Art in Italy —
page Poussin's <em>Landscape with Saint John</em> and <em>Rape of the Sabines</em> —
9.7: 18th and 19th Century European Art
page Rococo —
page Neoclassicism —
page Romanticism —
page The Industrial Revolution 1848–1907 —
page Becoming Modern —
9.8: Modern Art: Realism vs. Academic Art
page Realism —
page Gustave Courbet —
page The Stonebreakers —
page Édouard Manet —
page Édouard Manet's <em>Olympia</em> —
9.9: Impressionism
page Impressionism —
page Berthe Morisot —
page Mary Cassatt —
page Claude Monet —
page Pierre-Auguste Renoir —
9.10: Post-Impressionism
page Georges Seurat —
page Vincent Van Gogh —
page Paul Cézanne —
page Paul Gauguin —
9.11: The Early 20th Century
page Fauvism —
page Italian Futurism —
book Inventing Cubism —
page Surrealism —
page Dali, The Persistence of Memory —
page Latin American Art —
page Mexican Muralism —
page Geometric Abstraction in South America —
page American Realism —
page Thomas Eakins —
page Winslow Homer —
page Henry Ossawa Tanner —
page The Ashcan School —
page George Benjamin Luks —
page George Bellows —
page 291 – Little Galleries of the Photo Secession —
page Alfred Stieglitz —
page Dorothea Lange —
page Georgia O'Keeffe —
page Franklin Carmichael —
page Robert Henri —
page Jacob Lawrence —
9.12: World War II and Beyond
page Art in Nazi Germany —
page Abstract Expressionism and the New York School —
page Robert Rauschenberg —
page Jackson Pollock —
page The Painting Techniques of Jackson Pollock —
page Robert Motherwell —
page Dorothea Rockburne —
page Thelma Johnson Streat —
page Sullivan, Carson, Pirie, Scott Building —
page Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye —
page Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater —
page Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building —
page Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial —
page Venturi, House in New Castle County, Delaware —
page Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Bilbao —
page Zaha Hadid, MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome —
Unit 9 Assessment
quiz Unit 9 Assessment —
Study Guide
book ARTH101 Study Guide —
Certificate Final Exam
quiz ARTH101: Certificate Final Exam —
coursecertificate View Your Course Completion Certificate —