Solano Community College
- Page ID
- 56215
- ART 002: Art History
- This text for ART 001 and ART 002 explores the history of art in the Western World from the Paleolithic era through Post-Modern Art. Focuses on the interrelation of art and culture, with a comparative study of select works of non-Western art. Students will examine the connection between art and culture, and evaluate the historic, religious, and political influences on the artistic choices of diverse men and women of art history.
- Front Matter
- 1: A World Perspective of Art Appreciation
- 2: The Dawn of Art (40,800 BCE – 5000 BCE)
- 3: The First Civilizations and their Art (5000 BCE – 1900 BCE)
- 4: Learning to Build and the Evolution of Tools and Symbolic Statues (1900 BCE - 400 BCE)
- 5: The Transition of Art (400 BCE – 200 CE)
- 6: The Sophisticated Art of Cultures (200 CE – 1400 CE)
- 7: The Sacred Buildings of Civilizations (200 CE – 1400 CE)
- 8: Renaissance - The Growth of Europe (1400 CE – 1550 CE)
- 9: The Beginning of Colonization (1550 CE – 1750 CE)
- 10: The New World Grows (1700 CE – 1800 CE)
- 11: The Industrial Revolution (1800 CE – 1899 CE)
- 12: The Modern Art Movement (1900 CE – 1930 CE)
- 13: The World is One (1930 – 1970)
- 14: The World is One (1960 CE – 1990s CE)
- 15: The New Millennium (2000 - 2020)
- Back Matter