The student will be able to:

1. Classify a broad variety of art through a knowledge of the development of visual arts and material culture.
2. Recognize and analyze political and religious ideas which are manifested in the visual arts.
3. Interpret and recognize ideas, principles, and techniques that have influenced artistic expression.
4. Identify the style, content, and approximate dates of art works from ca. 1600 to the 19th century.
5. Critically assess, in written form, the impact of industrial development on both the production and consumption of art.
6. Discuss and interpret Italian Baroque art within the context of Counter Reformation ideology, the voyages of global exploration, and the scientific discoveries of the 16th century.
7. Evaluate the impact of colonialism and non-Western cultures on the development of late 19th century art.
8. Explain the connection between Romantic literature and poetry and the visual arts in the 18th and 19th centuries.
9. Demonstrate an understanding of how artists helped instigate and then support the French Revolution.

1. Baroque art
   1. Italy
      1. Architecture and sculpture
      2. Painting
   2. Spain
      1. Painting
   3. Flanders
      1. Painting
   4. Holland
      1. Painting
      2. Printmaking
   5. France
      1. Painting
      2. Architecture
      3. Sculpture
   6. England
      1. Architecture
2. 18th century: Rococo, early American art, and the birth of the modern world
   1. Early 18th c. - Late Baroque and Rococo
      1. Late Baroque and Palladian Classicism in England
      2. Rococo and French taste
      3. Rococo and Late Baroque in Italy and Germany
   2. Later 18th c.
      1. The rise of the middle class (petite bourgeoisie) and class based reactions against Rococo
         1. Landscape and portraiture
      2. The Enlightenment: painting
      3. Beginnings of Romanticism: "Gothic" and Neoclassical
         1. Architecture and painting
      4. Romanticism: the Sublime and the Terrible
         1. Painting
3. The modern world to the present
   1. 19th c. - pluralism of style
      1. Romanticism (and Neoclassicism continued)
      2. Eclectic Romanticism: architecture and sculpture
      3. Romanticism in figure painting
      4. Romantic landscape
   2. Rise of Realism
      1. Painting
      2. Photography
   3. Realism - second half of the century
      1. Painting
      2. Photography
      3. Sculpture
   4. Romantic responses to Realism
      1. Painting
      2. Photography and sculpture
   5. Manet and Impressionism

Lab activities are provided for students to practice visual literacy and critical thinking skills through the synthesis of content from the lecture, posted videos, and reading assignments through written responses to weekly prompts related to specific works of art and architecture. Students practice visual literacy skills through observation, description, analysis, and interpretation within specific historical and cultural context using the language of visual analysis (formal elements and principles of design), technique, and genre. When appropriate and applicable, students practice the application of theoretical frameworks (biography, Marxism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Modernism, Postmodernism, Post-colonialism, Structuralism, etc.) for understanding and interpreting art in each topic area.

Two midterms and a final exam: the two midterms and the final include slide identification questions, short answer questions, and essays
Research paper: a 7-8 page research paper presented in the MLA format using at least five primary and secondary sources
Seminar: traditional face-to-face courses will feature a group seminar project presented by the students to the instructor
Weekly online discussions: when taught online the students will participate in weekly asynchronous online discussions. Face-to-face students will participate in eight weekly discussions
Online students will write 11 weekly assignments, including short answer and essay questions

Lecture presentations and classroom discussion based on the selected images chosen for each lecture
Online discussions (asynchronous) in the course management system based on weekly discussion topics provided by the instructor
Oral presentations in the assigned seminar groups
Field trips to local museums
Independent study

Kleiner, Mamiya, and Tansey. Gardner's History of Art Vol. II, 16th ed.. 2019.

Stokstad, Marilyn, and Michael Cothren. Art History Vol. II, 6th ed.. 2017.

Although these texts are older than the suggested "5 years or newer" standard, they remain seminal in this area of study.

1. Approximately one chapter of text (30-60 pages) per week
2. Primary/secondary source reading from handouts
3. 7-8 page paper prepared using the MLA format and researched using primary and secondary sources only
4. Written essay responses on all three exams
5. Short answer responses on all three exams