Art HistoryCourse Home OverviewArt Appreciation was taught several times in New Orleans and in the Innsbruck summer program. This particular Art History version was developed and taught at the Art Institute California San Diego for design students in a twelve week session. Some of these external links may have become deadends over time. It covers both pre-renaissance & post-renaissance in 12 weeks - a daunting task at best. Note: Under reconstruction: Prehistoric, Egypt/Mesopotamia, Aegean/Greek Timeline projectThe class objectives are to be able to identify key monuments and works of art produced by various cultures and artists from prehistory to the present day. Your timeline should contain these key elements. I will supply a list of required key monuments and works of art as we proceed. Many will be found in Please note that the excellent timeline will not limit itself to these required works, but will include the works of other cultures and artists encountered during your investigation. The text admits to being western oriented. Our course is not. Other cultures may include (and are not limited to) Maya, Inca, Aztec, American Indian, Arctic (Eskimo), South Pacific (Samoan, Hawaiian, Easter Island) Aborigine, Bushman, the many African cultures, New Guinea, Asian (Japanese, Chinese) and East Indian Timeline GradingExcellent: displays sophistication of design, comprehensive content, organization and multiple levels of information. If it is a team project it reveals through its complexity and breadth the advantages of having many hands and heads working together. If it is small and therefore more limited in its information, it makes up for it through the implementation of a unique and ingenious design. If on the other hand it is enormous, it will utilize the elements and principles of design for clarity, emphasis and unity in design and composition of images and text. Good: contains more than just the required content, but the design will fall short. Conversely, it may have a good design, but be lacking in its information, clarity of navigation, richness of overall experience. Average: has the basics, images of required artworks, skeleton summaries placed with little concern for typography or composition. Needs more time and consideration, development of form and content. Have something to present to the class for midterm. Thumbnails, mockups, preliminary designs, finished segments can all be critiqued.
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