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Art of the Western World



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Art of the Western World covers material taught in a one-semester art history course on the undergraduate level beginning with the classic Greek and Roman art up to present-day abstract impressionism and pop art era.

Topics covered in this course are:
  • Classical
    • Ancient Greece
    • Republican and Imperial Rome

  • Romanesque and Gothic
    • Early Middle Ages to the Romanesque period
    • High Middle Ages (Gothic)

  • Early Renaissance
    • Italy
    • Northern Europe

  • High Renaissance
    • Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
    • Venetian art and architecture

  • Baroque
    • Italy and Austria
    • Spain, Holland, and Flanders

  • Rococo, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism

  • Realism, Impressionism, and Post-impressionism

  • Early Twentieth Century
    • Emergence of modern styles
    • Art between the World Wars

  • Post World War II
    • 1945-1968
    • 1968 to the present

(Taken from “Art of the Western World,” DANTES Subject Standardized Tests, The Chauncey Group International.)

The required textbook(s) for this course is listed below.

  • History of Art: The Western Tradition   
      6th by Janson, H.W. / Janson, Anthony F. - Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004
        
    ISBN 9780131826236