This unit provides a broad historical framework that students can use to organise their thinking about (mainly) Western art from prehistoric periods to the present and to acquire essential art historical skills in the analysis of and argument about particular works, art movements and recurring themes. From anticipations of agrarian culture in prehistoric art, the unit follows changes in artistic sensibility and world outlook from classical Mediterranean societies to Christian medieval societies, the schism between religious and aesthetic outlooks during the Renaissance and Reformation periods, the advent of the Enlightenment and industrial society, and the impact of colonialism,... -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Richard Read
Prerequisites: VISA1000 Great Moments in Art or VISA1001 Art, Technology and Society
