Western Art I: Preh-Mid Ages

This course provides an overview of western artworks and architecture from prehistory through the Middle Ages with an emphasis on content, context, and style. This course covers subject matter, function, iconography, patronage, artistic methods and influences, and social and cultural contexts of artworks and monuments. This course includes art from: the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods: Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, the Aegean, Ancient Greece, Etruscan, and Roman times; Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, and Early Medieval periods; Romanesque; and Gothic. (C-ID ARTH 110) (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-C, CSU-C1, IGETC-3A)