Spring 2024 - HUM 222 D100
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Art (3)
Class Number: 5421
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Evan Freeman
efreeman@sfu.ca
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Art as viewed through the history of art forms, ideas, material culture, and/or literature. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course introduces the history of visual art, c. 15th century CE to the present, from a global perspective. It presents artistic traditions from Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, Indigenous Peoples, as well as contemporary art as a global phenomenon. It highlights key periods and movements, such as the Italian Renaissance, the global Baroque, Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, environmental art, feminist art, and more.
This course asks: what is art, how does it function, and how can we understand it, particularly in the modern world? Art and belief, power, identity, activism, and human experiences of the modern world are major themes in this course. Students will learn to view, describe, interpret, and critique works of art and visual culture in a variety of different media through visual analysis, historical and cultural contextualization, and critical theory.
No previous knowledge of art or the history of art is expected.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
- Recognize, describe, and discuss art, c. 15th century CE–present, from a global perspective
- Employ art historical terms and methods to analyze and interpret visual material
Grading
- Attendance and Participation 20%
- Weekly online quizzes/discussion board posts 20%
- Midterm exam 30%
- Final paper/project 30%
NOTES:
This course counts toward the following Global Humanities major or minor concentration:
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
This course utilizes open educational resources and other materials that the instructor will make available to students at zero cost.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
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