Student Learning Outcomes

• Synthesize ideas and knowledge into a written format, striving for clarity of expression, organization and relevance of arguments.
• Summarize and evaluate the strength of various hypotheses presented in scholarly writings on Western art.
• Analyze art in terms of knowledge acquired through class lecture and discussion, readings and comparison with other works of art.
• Analyze and synthesize the basic goals of Modern art and explain how it differs in content and style from artistic styles that preceded it.
• Identify works of art, their artistic style and their cultural context in the periods addressed.
• Identify the connection between the cultural movements of the Renaissance and the emergence of a naturalistic, idealized and humanized artistic style.
• Utilize proper artistic vocabulary to describe and analyze works of art.
• Recognize iconographic themes and discuss them in their cultural contexts.
• Recognize benefits and drawbacks of various approaches used in the study and interpretation of Western art.
• Students completing an assignment in Area C (Arts) courses will be able to analyze modes of artistic expression
• Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
• Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.