Course Description

Course CodeCourse NameCreditsHours
3901412 Appreciation of Western Art 2.0 2
Description This course presente Appreciation of Western Art and commentate about the basic knowledge of art style and each period's society background. The interpretation will include styles of different period, important artists, famous paintings, sculptures, architectures, engraving handicrafts and so on. The slides will be used as a teaching assistance to help students understand Western Art. The course unit was designed to cultivate and expect the students can appreciate and enrich their interior with art. The contents of this course are constructed as following : 1.Prehistoric Art : including"The Art of Engraving ", "Carving designs on stone "etc. 2.Previous Ancient Art: Greek Art, Roman Art 3.Art of Middle Ages: Early Medieval Art, Romanesque Art, Gothic Art. 4.Renaissance: including Painting, Sculpture, graphic, architecture. 5.Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: The Baroque, The Rococo. 6.The modern World : Neoclassicism and Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism, Symbolism and Art N