Art History

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Image resources

World Images The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains over 65,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. The images can be located using many search techniques, and for convenience they are organized into over 650 portfolios which are then organized into subject groupings. To explore them click below.

You can find your way to the Visual Arts by clicking the following URL:
kiosk/portfolios2.htm

You can explore a variety of groupings from that page. Each of the following contains many portfolios and notes the number of images in each portfolio.

CIELO art survey images cielo.htm

Art Studio Core Courses studiocourses.htm

Architecture and Interiors /architecture.htm

Art and Architecture Surveys artsurveys.htm

Ancient Art ancient.htm

Medieval Art medieval.htm

15th-18th centuries renaiss.htm

19th -20th centuries 19th20th.htm

Non-western Art & Architecture nonwest.htm

Art Styles from Abstract Expressionism to Surrealism artstyles.htm

Applied Arts artmedia.htm

Design/design.htm

Graphic Arts /graphics.htm

Special Collections including Women Artists specselectionpt.htm

15 units of a world culture interdisciplinary course are found under Art, History & Humanities Courses, with full lecture information and study guides at arthistory_courses.htm You may wish to use one or more of the units to supplement courses you are giving.
The images and text can easily be dragged into Powerpoint or other applications.

Overview

Art 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 project

The 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 Grading

Excellent: 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.

Student Work

Discussion about art history survey