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• ARH 101: Survey of the Visual Arts

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An introduction to painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts with emphasis on understanding the visual arts as universal human expression.
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• ARH 103: Art History I: Paleolithic-Middle Ages

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Survey of significant art and architectural monuments from prehistory through the Middle Ages.
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• ARH 104: Art History II: Renaissance through Modern Day

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Continuation of ARH 103. The Renaissance through the 20th century.
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• ARH 210: Non-Western Art

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduction to art produced outside the European tradition. Cultures include Africa, India, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas.
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• ARH 220: Introduction to Latin American Art

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides an introduction to the art, architecture, and visual culture of Latin America from the colonial to the contemporary period. The course begins with an overview of ancient indigenous (Pre-Columbian) art of Mesoamerica and the Andes, followed by an exploration of art of the colonial era when native artists adapt their styles and techniques to reflect European artistic trends. The course will conclude with an examination of 19th and 20th century art when artists responded to changing political and cultural movements and through interactions with modern and contemporary artistic trends from abroad.
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• ARH 300: History of Graphic Design

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course presents a survey of graphic design through the 21st century. Students will examine the ever-shifting role of the graphic designer throughout history; how designers have drawn from past inspiration to create work that resonates with contemporary audiences in fresh ways; and we will consider how formal qualities play an essential role in how meaning is conveyed.
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• ARH 381: Art of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Aegean

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  A survey of the art and architecture of the Near East, Egypt, and the Aegean from the end of the prehistoric period, ca. 3000 B.C., to the Iron Age, ca. 1000 B.C. Starting with the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt, it traces the rise of cities and the development of complex art and architecture to the emergence of Minoan and Mycenaean cultures in Greece. Art and artifacts will be examined with a focus on the social, political, and religious contexts in which they were created.
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• ARH 382: Art of Greece and Rome

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The art and architecture of the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans.
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• ARH 383: Medieval Art

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will introduce students to the visual arts of the Medieval period and will enable students to think critically about how art and architecture was used as a means of communicating religious, social, cultural, and political ideas. Works of art and architecture will be examined in their original physical, geographical, sociological, and historical contexts. At the same time, students will consider how Medieval art and architecture still has resonance and meaning in the contemporary world.
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• ARH 384: Art of Renaissance-Baroque

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Study of the art forms of the 15th through 17th centuries in Europe as they affected social and religious cross currents and the rise of the role of the artist in society.
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