Lecture (LEC)

• COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inq
• IUB GenEd S&H credit
• IUB GenEd World Culture credit
• COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Cultr

• Above class open to undergraduates only
• Above class requires permission of Department
• Above class meets second eight weeks only
• IUB GenEd S&H credit
• IUB GenEd World Culture credit
• COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
• COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit
• For permission to enroll, email arthist@iu.edu.

Ever since the eighteenth century, when this picture showing scholars studying antiquities was painted, students in a range of disciplines have been fascinated by the history of art. Come join this scholarly tradition in a course that will focus on the history of the visual arts in the Western world from Ancient Egypt (c. 3000 B.C.) to the end of the Gothic era in Europe (c. A.D. 1400). In it, we will examine developments in the major arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, together with works in such media as ceramics, small-scale metalwork, and textiles. In lectures and discussion sections individual works of art will be approached with two specific goals in mind: the understanding 1) of formal structure, artistic innovation, and stylistic development, and 2) of the specific historical and cultural contexts within which works of art were imagined and produced. Fun will be had by all!