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ART-2386: 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-3784, ART-3774, ART-4484, ART-4384, ART-4804

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 38

Average GPA: 2.98 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 32.33%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.80%

Christian Michelle Y Moseley202347.9%23.8%15.4%4.8%4.9%3.2%3.0622
Hook Leila B Van201929.6%33.4%23.3%7.8%1.8%4.1%2.8410
Renee L Spaar202435.6%31.7%18.4%6.6%2.6%5.0%2.933
Kathryn C Albright201325.9%33.9%22.3%6.5%5.1%6.5%2.741
Daniel S Weiss201024.1%40.5%19.0%4.3%1.2%10.9%2.921
Dawn V Odell200546.6%35.3%13.8%1.7%2.6%0.0%3.151

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