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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ARTH C1200 | Title:
ART: RENAISS TO CONTEMP |
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| Full Title:
Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary |
| Last Reviewed:5/5/2025 |
| 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 | 5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | 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 2.2
Catalog Description:
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This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the contemporary period with a focus on art from Europe. The course will further consider global interactions involving this region.
This survey introduces students to art and architecture of the western world from the end of the Roman Empire to the mid-18th century, including Medieval, Renaissance, Islamic, Baroque, and Rococo. We will think about how art and architecture reflect and impact religious, political, economic, and social histories. Taking an object-based approach, this course delves into the myriad ways that art can reveal nuances of cultural histories while developing skills of visual literacy
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL C1000 (formerly ENGL 1A) or EMLS 10 (formerly ESL 10) or equivalent or appropriate placement based on AB705 mandates
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the contemporary period with a focus on art from Europe. The course will further consider global interactions involving this region.
This survey introduces students to art and architecture of the western world from the end of the Roman Empire to the mid-18th century, including Medieval, Renaissance, Islamic, Baroque, and Rococo. We will think about how art and architecture reflect and impact religious, political, economic, and social histories. Taking an object-based approach, this course delves into the myriad ways that art can reveal nuances of cultural histories while developing skills of visual literacy
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL C1000 (formerly ENGL 1A) or EMLS 10 (formerly ESL 10) or equivalent or appropriate placement based on AB705 mandates
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 2025
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | E
L3
| Humanities
Arts and Humanities
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C1 | Arts | Fall 1981 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 3A | Arts | Fall 1981 | |
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| CSU Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
| CID Descriptor: ARTH 120 | Survey of Western Art from Renaissance to Contemporary | SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ARTHC1200 AND ART2.3 |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Place a work of art in its historical, cultural, religious, political and/or stylistic context.
2. Identify artistic styles and their relationship to cultural values.
Objectives:
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Statewide Required Objectives/Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Identify, examine, and assess representative works of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the contemporary period employing appropriate art historical terminology.
2. Analyze works of art and architecture and critique them in terms of aesthetic, sociopolitical, religious, historical, technological, and cultural contexts in which they were created.
3. Develop critical thinking, information literacy, and problem solving through an engagement with art, architecture, artists, and patrons from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.
Expanded and Additional Local Objectives/Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Recognize and identify the forms, titles, artists, dates and locations of major works of Western art and architecture from the 5th to 18th centuries.
2. Locate and explain the cultural, chronological and geographical contexts of these major works of art and architecture.
3. Use the principles of aesthetic analysis through comparisons and analysis of known works of art to evaluate the qualities of unknown works of art.
4. Identify the unique contributions of each culture and society and assess their continuing influence on art today.
Topics and Scope
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Statewide Required Topics:
This course critically examines the art and architecture of the following periods with an integration of history, theory, aesthetics, and cross-cultural connections:
1. Italian Renaissance and Mannerism
2. Northern Renaissance
3. Baroque and Rococo
4. Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism
5. Major movements of the late 19th Century including Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
6. Introduction to major Modernist movements of the 20th-century
7. A look towards the future: contemporary global considerations
Expanded and Additional Local Topics:
I. Early Christian Art
II. Byzantine
III. Medieval
A. Early Medieval
B. Romanesque
C. Gothic
IV. Islamic
A. Early Period
B. Medieval Period
C. Late Period
V. Renaissance
A. Early Renaissance
B. High Renaissance
C. Renaissance in Northern Europe
VI. Mannerism
VII. Baroque
VIII. Rococo
Assignments:
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1. Reading Assignments (2-3 hours/week)
2. Writing Projects (2000+ words), including
A. Research papers
B. Museum/gallery responses
C. Formal analysis
E. Essays
F. Discussion posts
G. Critique essays or similar
3. Identifying, analyzing, and critiquing unfamiliar works of art
4. Presentation
5. Exams (3 minimum)
Statewide Required Methods of Evaluation:
Methods of evaluation will include:
1. Written essays and/or research projects
2. Exam with essay component
Methods of evaluation may also include:
1. Discussions
2. Objective exams
3. Projects and presentations
4. Quizzes
5. Group Assignments
6. Museum Assignments
Methods of evaluation are at the discretion of faculty.
Expanded and Additional Local Methods of Evaluation: See table below.
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
40 - 60% |
| Written essays and/or research projects | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 20% |
| Disscussion posts | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 20% |
| Projects and Presentations | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 60% |
| Exam with essay component; objectives exams; quizzes | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 20% |
| Attendance and participation; group assignments; museum assignments | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Statewide Representative Texts, Manuals, OER, and Other Support Materials:
Textbooks (most recent editions)
• Janson, H. W. History of Art.
• Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner's Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume 2
• Kleiner, Fred S. Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History, Volume 2
• Stockstad, Marilyn. Art History, Volume 2
OER
• Smarthistory's (Khan Academy) materials/books (available online and to print out for free)
• Smarthistory OER Commons
• Smarthistory Reframing Art History (global perspectives) open access
• Gustlin and Gustlin. Libretexts, Introduction to Art History, A World Perspective of ArtHistory
• Met Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
These are representative texts. Texts used by individual institutions and individual instructors will vary.
Additional Local Representative Textbooks:
OER
Smarthistory's (Khan Academy) materials/books (available online and to print out for free)
Smarthistory OER Commons
Smarthistory Reframing Art History (global perspectives) open access
Met Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
These are representative texts. Texts used by individual institutions and individual instructors will vary.
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