Gatlin International

Description

Gatlin International offers online art history courses designed to make learning easier and more affordable than ever.  Learn at your own pace, from the comfort of your own home with our comprehensive courseware.

Our 6-lesson online art history courses, will help you build a solid foundation in art history. The courses are designed to help you gain a deep understanding of art and the artists who create it.

You'll study with emerging artist Carolina Caycedo as you explore the major themes that have shaped the various artistic movements throughout history, including nature, the human body, society, religion, and politics.

As you engage in our series of lectures and projects, you'll learn to identify the artistic mediums, materials, and techniques that have been employed by artists. We'll also discuss various artistic styles of important artists from historical periods ranging from antiquity through the mid-20th century.

Our online art histroy courses focuses on helping you develop skill in the critical analysis of art. You'll aslo be expected to complete written assignments, quizzes, discussions, exams, video tutorials, as well as museum visits and art-making excercises to help you understand and retain important concepts.

You'll have access to high quality online courseware and expert instruction as you discover the fascinating field of art history.

This course is vital for any student with a passion for fine art or design.

Gain insight and inspiration with the convenient, affordable online art history courses from Gatlin International. Click the registration button to get started now!

Outline

LESSON 1 The Language of Art Lesson One begins by exploring the nature of art, the aesthetic experience, and the artistic process. You'll learn how to identify the visual elements in an artist's composition and study some of the important mediums, materials, and techniques used in creating art throughout the ages: drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking. To develop tools for thinking about art, you'll examine about some of the critical methodologies academics and writers have used to analyze art. In the exercise, you'll apply these concepts by writing a report of an exhibition visit and analyzing your favorite artwork.
 
LESSON 2 Looking at Nature Since the dawn of history, art has been influenced by natural world. Lesson Two explores how artists have looked at nature, beginning with cave art and early Egyptian, Islamic, and Chinese art, and extending through the Renaissance and Baroque periods to the 19th and 20th century. You'll learn how and why the representation of nature changed at critical junctures and explore the relationship between nature and abstractionism. In the exercise, you'll research and analyze artworks that address natural themes and critique examples of abstract art.

LESSON 3 Art and the Human Body The human figure has always been a favorite subject for artists. Since ancient times, painters and sculptors have portrayed the most important people in their societies. In Lesson Three, you will study not just the treatment of the human body throughout the history, but also the motivations and psychological factors involved in portraying a human subject. You'll study the idealized figures of Classical Greece and Rome, and examine how this approach evolved in the Renaissance and Baroque periods and in 19th and 20th century sculpture. You'll also learn why the body of the artist plays such an important role in the contemporary art world. In the exercise, you'll research and analyze representations of men and women in different periods.

LESSON 4 Art and the Social Realm Art is a window on society. For centuries, art has been used for all sorts of social commentary: to express political beliefs, attack social ills, criticize war and poverty, send up kings and queens, and more. Lesson Four explores how representations of society have changed throughout the ages. Topics examined include the social and historical factors in Baroque art, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Social Realism, and Pop Art. In the exercise, you'll research and analyze art that addresses themes of labor, spiritual joy/leisure, injustice, love and intimacy, and spectacle.
 
LESSON 5 Art and Religion From Renaissance Rome to Africa, China, Japan, Central and South America (and beyond), artists have created art for religious and ritual purposes or in modern times, grappled with spiritual and mystical themes. In Lesson Five, you'll explore the important role religion has played in art, studying ancient ritual objects, religious architecture, Byzantine mosaics, and even modern transcendental painting. The lesson will help you connect the traditional role of art in religion its modern-may manifestations, including myth, symbolism, and mysticism. In the exercise, you'll analyze a selection of religious and spiritual art works.
 
LESSON 6 Art and the Politics of Power Art with a social conscience can be political a voice of protest, an attempt to spark awareness of an issue or it can be documentary, a study of social relationships or a spotlight on a certain group of people. In Lesson Six, you will explore art's role in supporting or protesting against a specific ideology or political position. The lesson begins by examining art in Gothic cathedrals, which were once seats of political (as well as religious) power, and discussing the role of politics and patronage in Renaissance art. Then you'll learn how Dada and Surrealism emerged as art movements that challenged the values and power structure in art and study how Communists used art as propaganda. You'll wrap up with a look at Mexican revolutionary murals and modern Feminist art. In the exercise, you'll research and analyze contemporary art with a war theme and create your own political or protest collage.

Additional Info

Languages

English

Course Length

60.00 hours

Duration of Access

Enrolled students have access to the class for six months. During this period, questions or assignments may be submitted at any time to the instructor. Each course lesson requires an average of 10 hours of study time.

Instructor

Carolina Caycedo is an emerging contemporary artist whose most recent exhibitions were at Blow de la Barra in London, UK, and Galeria Comercial in Puerto Rico. Her fine art and photography collections have been written about in The New York Times, Artfacts.net, Artecontexto, The Nation,  and Art Dispatches. Photography from Carolina's bartering project, entitled "Daytoday," was featured at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City. Carolina has given talks about art at The Whitney Museum in New York, The Art, Memory, and City Seminar in Bogota, and the National University in Bogota. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Contemporary Artists Center in Massachusetts and at Foraneza in Puerto Rico. Carolina was born in London and educated in Colombia. She earned her BA in Fine Arts from Los Andes University.

Notable Exhibitions: "Locomotion" (2006) Blow de la Barra, London, UK; "La Nina" (2006) Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico; "Solo Under" (2005) Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico; "Break It" (2005) Ibid Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania; "Sonidos De Una Cuidad" (2003) Alianza Francesa Norte, Bogota, Columbia; "Break Dance Season" (2003) Espacio La Rebeca, Bogota, Columbia; "Dia Bandera. 24/7" (2002) Wall Gallery, London, UK; "Daytoday" (2002) Secession, Vienna, Austria.

Prerequisites/Audience

Courses are designed for adult learners interested in building skills and portfolio for a design career. To take the course, students simply require a computer (PC or Mac), an Internet connection (56 Kbps modem or faster), and any required software. For courses with software requirements, computers must meet software manufacturers' system requirements.

Requirements/Materials Included

To take our online art history courses you'll need a computer with Internet connection (56 Kbps modem or faster).

Certification

3 CEU's

Sessions College is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). Certificate programs are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools.