Catalog 2024-2025

ART 170 Foundations: Art in Context II

An introduction to selected artistic case studies from the advent of “global modernity” through the present day. Students examine the aesthetic values and subjects that have developed through styles, movements, and modes of artistic production across global contexts, with emphasis on cultural comparisons and contrasts among functions and definitions of art. Using a case-study approach, the course questions traditional disciplinary concepts (such as periodization and the geographical categorization of art) and explores expanded modes of art and art historical inquiry.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

ART 130

Offered

spring semester.