Essential Art History: Seeking Global Understanding: 1300-Present

INTRODUCTION

1. ART ELEMENTS
a. ART HISTORY
i. Historical Setting
ii. Key Terminology
iii. Subject
iv. Art History Theory
b. HISTORY
i. Time Periods
c. LOCATIONS

2. LATE MIDDLE AGES
a. OVERVIEW
i. Africa
ii. Asia
iii. Australia
iv. Europe
v. North America
vi. South America
b. LATE MIDDLE AGES
i. Europe
ii. Asia

3. 15TH CENTURY EUROPE
a. NORTHERN EUROPE
b. QUATTROCENTO ITALY

4. END OF AN ERA: ART AT THE TURN OF CENTURY
a. GERMAN RENAISSANCE
b. HIGH RENAISSANCE IN ITALY

5. EARLY MODERN ART (1450–1750)
a. AFRICA
b. ASIA
c. AUSTRALIA
d. NORTH AMERICA
e. SOUTH AMERICA

6. 16TH CENTURY EUROPE
a. ITALY
b. SPAIN
c. NORTHERN EUROPE

7. 17TH CENTURY EUROPE
a. ITALY
b. SPAIN
c. FLANDERS
d. HOLLAND
e. FRANCE
f. ENGLAND

8. 18TH CENTURY EUROPE
a. ROCOCO
i. France
ii. Germany
iii. Italy
iv. Spain
b. GEORGIAN
c. NEOCLASSICAL
i. France
ii. Italy

9. MODERN ERA ART
a. AFRICA
b. ASIA
i. South Asia and Southeast Asia
ii. East Asia
c. AUSTRALIA & PACIFIC
d. EUROPE & NORTH AMERICA: ISMS
i. Romanticism
ii. Realism
iii. Photography

10. TRANSITIONS AND NEW EXPRESSIONS
a. IMPRESSIONISM
b. POST-IMPRESSIONISM
c. FAUVES
d. EXPRESSIONISM
e. CUBISM

11. ABSTRACTION AND POPULAR CULTURE
a. DADA AND SURREALISM
b. NORTH AMERICA
c. MEXICAN MURALS
d. AMERICAN NEW DEAL

12. STYLES AND TRENDS
a. DE STUL
b. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
c. POP ART
d. OP, COLOR FIELD, AND MINIMAL ART
e. PHOTOREALISM AND CONCEPTUAL ART

13. GLOBAL CONTEMPORARY ART