ARTS/230
Survey of the Visual Arts
Course level: Undergraduate
Christine O.
BSA
Online classes, always on, 24/7/365
Go to class any time of the day or night. If you have questions, call 866-354-1800 to speak with an Enrollment Representative.
This course offers a foundation in the visual arts, elements, styles, and critical analysis for beginning art students. Emphasis is on identifying and explaining styles of visual arts from various cultures, eras, and places. The course focuses on the interpretation of art to understand meaning, and the ability to make critical judgment based on principles of art.
Required materials
The materials required for this course are covered in your resource fees.
Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
Innovation
Discuss the motivation of individual artists and how visual art expresses important aspects of time and culture
Interdisciplinary Communication
Define major historical and contemporary movements in the visual arts
Observation
Identify the elements and principles of design employed within a variety of visual arts throughout history