Class information
ART204 Global Art History I
- CRN: 33065
- Credits: 4
- Locations, days, times, and instructors:
- Online (no scheduled meetings), Available 24/7
From June 23 through August 30, 2025, Luke A Peterson
- Online (no scheduled meetings), Available 24/7
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Details about this class
Course Description
This is a fully remote/online, 11-week course that explores art globally from about 65,000 BCE through the 5th century CE. Analyzes visual culture and the built environment to reveal social, religious, political, economic and technological changes in societies, recognizing the impact of art history on the world today.
Prerequisites: (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the Course
1. Recognize and critique traditional approaches to art history, considering the way art history upholds racialized and gendered
concepts of style, development, and civilization.
2. Explain how art is representative of the historical moment in which it was produced, acknowledging the interactions between
social, religious, political, economic and technological factors.
3. Analyze the relationships between form, context, and meaning in visual communication utilizing a critical vocabulary.
4. Articulate the relationships between art made from 65,000 BCE through the 5th century, the history of visual culture, and world
history to enhance civic and global engagement.
5. Apply insights gained from course content to visual culture encountered outside of the classroom.
For more information, please go to the Course Content and Outcome Guide < /ccog/art/204/> for this course.
Course Topics
Week 1: Introductions
Week 2: the Beginnings of Art
Week 3: West Asia
Week 4: Egypt
Week 5: South and East Asia
Week 6: Greece
Week 7: South America and Mesoamerica
Week 8: Etruscan art and the Roman Republic
Week 9: The Rise of Empires
Week 10: The Spread of Religions
Week 11/12: Final reflections and course wrap-up
Instructional Materials
Textbook
Robertson & Hutton, et al., The History of Art: A Global View: Prehistory to 1500 (Volume 1), Norton/Thames and Hudson, 2021.
This is volume 1 of a 2-volume textbook. If you plan to take other courses in the sequence (ART205: Global Art History II and
ART206: Global Art History III), it would be more economical to purchase the entire textbook.
Digital version -- Volume 1, 180-Day digital access, ISBN 9780500844359
Paperback book version -- Volume 1 Paperback, ISBN 9780500293553
Technology
There is no additional technology required for this class.
No show policy
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Online technical requirements
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Students with disabilities
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