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ART 365 - Contemporary Art

(3 units) CO11
This course covers artists, art movements, and issues ranging from mid-century Europe and America to 21st century global art centers.

Recommended Preparation: a 200-level Art History course (either ART 260 or ART 261).

Units of Lecture: 3
Core Status: CO11
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to describe and recognize in verbal and written form the formal qualities of a work of art as a means to understand how technical and compositional components function as one level of interpretation.
2. Students will be able to identify and critically apply a wide range of Art Historical methodologies that impact the way we study, receive, and ultimately understand a work of art.
3. Students will be able to effectively compose written assessments in the form of in-class exercises, exams and two research essays the cultural and historical significance of select works of art.
4. Students will be able to articulate in verbal and written form relationships between works of art and their cultural context from 1940 to Present.
5. Students will be able to document in-depth knowledge of roughly 200 works of art from Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Africa.
6. Students will be able to compare and contrast works of art from different artists, time periods, cultures, and geographies.
7. Students will be able to critically apply in verbal and written form cross-cultural historical analysis, with emphasis on understanding global contexts of contemporary art production.


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