FN 140 - Intro to Visual Arts Histories

3 credit hours
This course takes place almost entirely at the Seattle Art Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum. Through actively engaging with these diverse objects, students develop critical looking and thinking skills, along with skills in reading and writing about history and culture in the Visual Arts. We explore foundational visual arts histories from around the world; from the origins of art to the 19th century, with connections to contemporary visual culture. Rather than surveying all visual practices from all times and places, we examine themes and case studies - moments in time when artists, designers, and filmmakers initiated, carried on, or rebelled against creative customs and aesthetic ideas. Rooted in historical inquiry, this course also encourages students to forge connections with their own creative interests.

Registration Restriction(s): Foundation Students Only or By Permission