12/26/2024 7:40:01 AM	ART 2.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2002	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ART 2.1	Title:  ANC TO REN ART HIST
Full Title:  Ancient to Renaissance Art History and Appreciation
Last Reviewed:5/10/2021

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		2 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  ART 2A

Catalog Description:

History and aesthetic appreciation of Prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, and Medieval art.  Optional field trip to Bay Area museums.  May be taken independently of Art 2.2 and Art 2.3.  Required for the Fine Arts Certificate; fulfills Humanities requirement for transfer to CSU system.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

History & aesthetic appreciation of Prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Early Christian & Medieval art.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	E	Humanities
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C1	Arts		Fall 1981
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3A	Arts		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: ARTH 110	Survey of Western Art from Prehistory through the Middle Ages	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ART2.1

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

The student will be able to:

1.  Recognize and identify the forms, titles, artist, dates, and places

of the major masterpieces of Western painting, sculpture, and architecture

from 30000 B. C. to 1400 A.D.

2.  Locate and explain the cultural context as well as the chronological

and geographical framework of these major masterpieces.

3.  Begin to use the tools of scholarly research in the preparation of

the required short papers.

4.  Use the principles of aesthetic analysis through comparisons and

written analyses of known masterpieces to become able to develop indep-

endent evaluation of the qualities of unknown works of art.

Describe the values, themes, methods, and history of the discipline and

identify realistic career objectives related to a course of study in the

major.

Perform research specific to the discipline and use appropriate citation

style, if different than MLA.

Topics and Scope

The periods of art to be covered include the following:

Prehistoric and Primitive

Egyptian Art

The Ancient Near East

Aegean Art

Greek Art

Etruscan Art

Roman Art

Early Christian and Byzantine Art

Islamic Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Orientation to the values, themes, methods, and history of the discipline

and identification of realistic career objectives related to a course of

study in the major.

Introduction to discipline-specific research tools, including seminal

books, important periodicals, major indexing sources, professional or

trade organizations, standard reference tools, discipline specific tools,

and major web sites.

Assignments:

Textbooks:

Janson, H.V. and Anthony F. Janson. History of Art, I. Prentice-Hall,

2001. 6th Ed. Required Chapters: Introduction, Part One: The Ancient

World, Chapters 1-7, Part Two: The Middle Ages, Chapters 8-11.

Total: 382 pages)

Gill, Sarah, The Critic Sees: A Guide to Art Criticism. Kendall/Hunt,

1999. Rev. Ed. Required Chapters: 1-10. (Total: 153 pages).

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 40%
Written homework, Reading reports, Essay exams, Term papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 40%
Homework problems, Field work, Quizzes, Exams, Short papers
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 40%
Aesthetic analysis of art
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 40%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Janson, H.W. and Anthony F. Janson, History of Art, I. Prentice-Hall,

2001. 6th Ed. Required.

Gill, Sarah, The Critic Sees: A Guide to Art Criticism, Kendall/Hunt,

1999. Rev. Ed. Required.

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