ARTH 1100: Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era

• Evaluate the ways visual objects' aesthetics, subject matters and functions were informed by their historical, philosophical, religious and cultural contexts.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of representative works of art and architecture from prehistory through the medieval period.
• Recognize the change in art styles and techniques in representative works of art and architecture from prehistory through the medieval period.
• Evaluate forms, functions, and the interrelationship of representative works of art and architecture from prehistory through the medieval period.
• Compare and be able to recognize historic and national styles as well as individual art styles of representative works of art and architecture from prehistory through the medieval period.
• Distinguish and recognize major art monuments representative of art and architecture from prehistory through the medieval period.
• Comprehend terms, techniques and processes of representative works of art and architecture from prehistory through the medieval period.
• Appreciate and assess the media, and art forms in the representative works of art and architecture from prehistory through the medieval period.\\n

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Part 1: Required Topics

This course critically examines art and architecture of the following periods with an integration of history, theory, aesthetics, and cross-cultural connections:

1. Prehistory, visual analysis before writing
2. Mesopotamia
3. Ancient Egypt
4. Ancient Aegean cultures
5. Ancient Greece
6. Etruria 
7. Ancient Rome
8. Contextualizing Monotheism
   1. Judaism
   2. Early Christianity
   3. Early Islam
9. Byzantine
10. Medieval

Part 2: Optional Expanded or Additional Topics

1. Development of Art History as a Discipline
2. Art History and Problematizing the 'Canon'