An introductory course using visual materials with emphasis on methods and motivations that generate the visual experience, both past and present. Art practices from around the world are examined for form and content. Emphasis will be on Western Art.

Course Outcomes:
1. Articulate verbally and in writing a general understanding of the significance of visual art in a wide variety of culture and media.
2. Create a personal work of art. Articulate verbally and in writing the form and content of the piece, along with information about significant artists and art works relative to the created artwork, and to visual art.
3. Articulate verbally and in writing appropriate art vocabulary, and art evaluation concepts, when viewing visual art.

This video is from the Khan Academy subject of Humanities on the topic of Art History and it covers Ancient Greek and Roman Art.

Exekias, Dionysos Kylix, c. 530 B.C.E. (Antikensammlungen, Munich)

Ancient Greek Temples at Paestum: Hera I, c. 560-530 B.C.E., Archaic Period; Hera II, c. 460 B.C.E., Classical Period; Temple of Minerva, c. 500 B.C.E. Archaic Period. A conversation with Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

The history of Art is long and varied, spanning tens of thousands of years from ancient paintings on the walls of caves
to the glow of computer-generated images on the screens of the 21st century.

History of Art Survey course covering from prehistoric art to the Italian Renaissance. Cover image Lascaux Cave_France

History of Art Survey course covering from prehistoric art to the Italian Renaissance. Cover image Lascaux Cave_France

This site has one of the largest on-line Museums on the internet, with thousands of oversize high quality images of all the known works of the greatest painters and sculptors, cross referenced to the largest encyclopedic online art reference library of historical texts, essays, biographies and articles.

This book is a cloned version of Introduction To Art by Muffet Jones, published using Pressbooks under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.

Giovanni Bellini, San Giobbe Altarpiece, c. 1485, oil on panel, 471 cm 258 cm / 185 in 102 in (Accademia, Venice)

A new and annotated translation of the French Prime Minister’s memoir of his friend, the most famous Impressionist painter.

Donatello, Mary Magdalene, c. 1455, wood, 188 cm (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence)

A conversation at the American Museum of Natural History between Dr. Laurel Kendall, Curator, Asian Ethnographic Collections and Dr. Monique Scott, Assistant Director of Cultural Education in front of four Buddhist sculptures: