DESIGN HISTORY STUDIES (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: LO1 – Identify art and design characteristics, and historical background from each period; LO2 – describe the characteristics and cultural concepts of each period; LO3 – interpret the art and design development, characteristics and style of each period.

Topics:

1. Prehistoric Art;
2. Ancient civilization;
3. Classical Civilization;
4. Romanesque, Islamic;
5. Gothic;
6. China, India, and Southeast Asia;
7. Early Modermism;
8. After Modernism;
9. Early Christian – Byzantine;
10. Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo;
11. Neoclassicism;
12. Modernism;
13. Victorian and Historical Revivals.