Art Appreciation

Learn about various art mediums and how culture is affected and affects art. Identify time periods, artists, principles of design, and much more.

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Art Appreciation

$79

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3 Credits

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$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

Art Appreciation

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

About This Course

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ACE Approved 2022

Art Appreciation equips you with the vocabulary to understand and discuss art while learning about its impact on different cultures.

What You'll Learn

Understand the value of art, its many uses, and its history.

Define the key vocabulary of art such as value, form, design, space, proportion, scale, balance, unity, and variety.

Classify different two-dimensional mediums.

Classify different three-dimensional physical mediums as well as abstract mediums like installations.

Analyze art through the lens of history, its effects on culture, and culture's effects on art.

Construct a formal analysis of a piece.

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Course Details

ART101

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Art Appreciation

Become immersed in the themes of art, principles of design, types of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, and be taken on a tour of art through the ages. Additionally, learn the different eras of art and how to use elements of a piece of work to identify its time period or artist.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to take Art Appreciation.

Topic Subtopics
Living with Art
  • The Impulse for Art
  • What Do Artists Do?
  • Creating and Creativity
  • Looking and Responding
What Is Art?
  • Artist and Audience
  • Art and Beauty
  • Art and Appearances
  • Representational and Abstract Art
  • Nonrepresentational Art
  • Style
  • Art and Meaning
  • Form and Content
  • Materials and Techniques
  • Iconography
  • Context
  • Art and Purpose
Themes of Art
  • The Sacred Realm
  • Politics and the Social Order
  • Stories and Histories
  • Picturing the Here and Now
  • Reflecting on the Human Experience
  • Invention and Fantasy
  • The Natural World
  • Art about Art and Its Institutions
The Visual Elements
  • Line
  • Contour and Outline
  • Direction and Movement
  • Implied Lines
  • Shape and Mass
  • Implied Shapes
  • Light
  • Implied Light: Modeling Mass in Two Dimensions
  • Color
  • Color Theory
  • Color Properties
  • Light and Pigment
  • Color Harmonies
  • Optical Effects of Color
  • Expressive Possibilities of Color
  • Texture and Pattern
  • Actual Texture
  • Visual Texture
  • Pattern
  • Space
  • Three-Dimensional Space
  • Implied Space: Suggesting Depth in Two Dimensions
  • Linear Perspective
  • Foreshortening
  • Atmospheric Perspective
  • Time and Motion
Principles of Design
  • Unity and Variety
  • Balance
  • Symmetrical Balance
  • Asymmetrical Balance
  • Emphasis and Subordination
  • Scale and Proportion
  • Rhythm
  • Elements and Principles
Drawing
  • Materials for Drawing
  • Dry Media
  • Graphite
  • Metalpoint
  • Charcoal
  • Crayon, Pastel, and Chalk
  • Liquid Media
  • Pen and Ink
  • Brush and Ink
  • Drawing and Beyond: Paper as a Medium
Painting
  • Encaustic
  • Fresco
  • Tempera
  • Oil
  • Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache, and Similar Media
  • Acrylic
  • Painting without Paint
  • Mosaic and Tapestry
Prints
  • Relief
  • Woodcut
  • Wood Engraving
  • Linocut
  • Intaglio
  • Engraving
  • Drypoint
  • Mezzotint
  • Etching
  • Aquatint
  • Photogravure
  • Lithography
  • Caricatures and Cartoons
  • Screenprinting
  • Monotype
  • Digital Printing on the World
Camera and Computer Arts
  • Photography
  • The Still Camera and its Beginnings
  • Bearing Witness and Documenting
  • Censorship
  • Photography and Art
  • Film
  • Origins of Motion Pictures
  • Exploring the Possibilities
  • Film and Art
  • Video
  • The Internet
Graphic Design
  • Signs and Symbols
  • Typography and Layout
  • Word and Image
  • Motion and Interactivity
  • Graphic Design and Art
Sculpture and Installation
  • Methods and Materials of Sculpture
  • Modeling
  • Casting
  • Carving
  • Assembling
  • The Human Figure in Sculpture
  • Working with Time and Place
  • Public Art
  • Controversies
Arts of Ritual and Daily Life
  • Clay
  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Wood
  • Fiber
  • Ivory, Jade, and Lacquer
  • Art, Craft, Design
Architecture
  • Structural Systems in Architecture
  • Load-Bearing Construction
  • Post-and-Lintel
  • Round Arch and Vault
  • Pointed Arch and Vault
  • Dome
  • Corbeling
  • Cast-Iron Construction
  • Balloon-Frame Construction
  • Steel-Frame Construction
  • Suspension and Cable-Stayed Structures
  • Reinforced Concrete
  • Geodesic Domes
  • New Technology, New Materials, Current Concerns
  • Digital Design and Fabrication
  • Fabric Architecture
  • Architecture and Community
  • Green Architecture
Ancient Mediterranean Worlds
  • The Oldest Art
  • Mesopotamia
  • Egypt
  • The Aegean
  • Greece
  • Rome
Christianity and the Formation of Europe
  • The Rise of Christianity
  • Byzantium
  • Middle Ages
  • Toward the Renaissance
The Renaissance
  • The Early and High Renaissance in Italy
  • The Renaissance in the North
  • Late Renaissance in Italy
The 17th and 18th Centuries
  • Baroque Era
  • 18th Century
  • Revolution
Arts of Islam and of Africa
  • Arts of Islam
  • Book Arts
  • Arts of Daily Life
  • Arts of Africa
Arts of Asia: India, China, and Japan
  • Arts of India
  • Indus Valley Civilization
  • Buddhism and Its Art
  • Hinduism and Its Art
  • Jain Art
  • Mughal Art and Influence
  • Into the Modern Era
  • Arts of China
  • Arts of Japan
Arts of the Pacific and of the Americas
  • Pacific Cultures
  • Body Art
  • Mesoamerica
  • South and Central America
  • North America
  • Into the Modern Era
The Modern World: 1800–1945
  • Neoclassicalism and Romanticism
  • Realism
  • Manet and Impressionism
  • Post-Impressionism
  • Avant-Garde
  • Dada and Surrealism
  • Building New Societies
From Modern to Postmodern
  • The New York School
  • Assemblage and Happenings
  • Art of the Sixties and Seventies
  • Postmodernism
Contemporary Art around the World
  • Sales and Value

Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.

Assignments for this course include:

  • 4 Graded Exams
  • 1 Graded Midterm
  • 1 Graded Final


The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.

Getlein, Mark. Living with Art. 12th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2020. ISBN: 9781259916755

The text is provided digitally as part of the course enrollment. Students may find used, new, or rental print copies by searching for the ISBN.

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