22-1101 Art History I: Stone Age to Gothic

This course introduces the history of art until the end of the Middle Ages. Various periods, including the Stone Age, the Ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece and Rome, Early Christian, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque, and Gothic, will be studied in relationship to the Western art tradition. The art of Asia, the Americas, and Africa may also be surveyed. Students study the aesthetic values of these cultures in relation to historical, socio-political, religious, and other contexts for the creation of art.

3 Credits
HU