HART200 - 02 - Western Art

Western Tradition is a condensed and comprehensive introduction to the history of Western Art from the 8th century B.C. to the 20th century A.D. The basic purpose of the course is three-fold: to examine a selection of the most significant monuments of creative endeavor which constitute the canon of Western Art; to contextualize succinctly, with historical references and coetaneous examples in other media, those monuments; and, finally, to engage students in the ongoing discourse which determines and revises the canon and the ways in which we see, interpret and, inevitably, re-interpret great works of art.