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OER Open Educational Resources

ART 101: Faculty Resources: Welcome and Course Description

Welcome

Welcome to the faculty ART OER Resource Guide. The site is a work in progress, and as OER resources are identified and evaluated, they will be posted here. This is intended for faculty, and includes classroom resources such as textbooks, videos, research guides, and OER/AER materials that can be used/shared amongst ART 101 professors (new and old). This course presents an overview of the history of art in painting, sculpture, and architecture from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. It emphasizes significant stylistic movements and highlights the relationship between visual art and its historical and social context, with a view to understanding the artworks both as unique objects and as creative expressions of various civilizations at particular moments in history. This course satisfies the Flexible Core: Creative Expression area of the Gen Ed Program.

Course Description

This course presents an overview of the history of art in painting, sculpture, and architecture from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. It emphasizes significant stylistic movements and highlights the relationship between visual art and its historical and social context, with a view to understanding the artworks both as unique objects and as creative expressions of various civilizations at particular moments in history. This course satisfies the Flexible Core: Creative Expression area of the Gen Ed Program.