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ART-2385: Survey of the History of Western Art

Description: Survey of the visual arts and architecture from prehistoric times to the present day with emphasis on Western Europe including functions of visual arts and architecture, terms of visual literacy and methods of formal visual analysis. 2385: Focus on prehistoric time to the thirteenth century including Paleolithic, Neolithic, Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Aegean, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, medieval and early Gothic art. 2386: Focus on late Gothic through present day including Renaissance, Baroque, 19th (Romanticism to Post-Impressionism) and 20th centuries (cubism to postmodernism).

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 6A Critique & Practice in Arts, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: ART-3004, ART-4384, ART-4484, ART-4804

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 15

Average GPA: 3.14 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 39.60%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.43%

Ann Marie Knoblauch202451.6%24.6%15.9%3.3%2.9%1.7%3.209
Renee L Spaar202433.8%36.1%16.0%8.2%2.6%3.4%2.905
Lauren Disalvo202486.0%6.0%0.0%0.0%4.0%4.0%3.781

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Summer I 2019Fall 2019Winter 2019Summer I 2020Fall 2020Summer I 2021Fall 2021Summer I 2022Fall 2022Winter 2022Summer I 2023Fall 2023Summer I 2024Fall 2024Term050% W