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).

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. 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. 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. 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. articulate in verbal and written form relationships between works of art and their cultural context from 1940 to Present.
5. document in-depth knowledge of roughly 200 works of art from Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Africa.
6. compare and contrast works of art from different artists, time periods, cultures, and geographies.
7. 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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