FINE-102 Arts, Cultures & Ideas: Art Through Theme and Time
students to ways the humanities and their arts address thinking about what is human—diversehistories and cultures, imaginations, values, words and dreams. Each course approachescultural achievements in historical settings showing political, social and economic influencesand focusing on at least three of the following areas of the humanities appropriate to the periodof history and the specific culture being studied: architecture, criticism, dance, ethics, film,literature, music, painting, philosophy, photography, religion, sculpture, or theater. This section of FINE-102 focuses on particular common themes in art and art history, such as Death, Conflict and Protest, The Natural World, The Urban Experience, and The Body. We explore connections in Western and non-Western art, illuminating the breadth, complexity, and beauty of works produced around the world and at different periods of time. Utilizing filmed interviews with a diverse group of leading experts, together with introductions to living artists, this course contextualizes and connects featured works from different cultures and eras to those of our contemporary world. Through some active learning experiences, students in this course will integrate this new material into their current lives and experiences. Overall Course Objectives | Major Course Topics | Course Format | Orientation | Course Requirements | Texts and Materials | Exams | Credits: 3 Prerequisites: Eligible to enroll in ENGL-121. Instructor: Heidi Vornbrock Roosa Email: HVornbrockRoosa@howardcc.edu Once you have completed this course you will be able to: • Respond to experiences and the environment through the arts by developing knowledge, skills, and sensitivity to analyze works. • Demonstrate the ability to select and analyze ways artistic expression reflects social, political, and ethical issues in historical, cultural, and social contexts. • Apply criteria to aesthetic decision making and to formulate, apply and communicate criteria for evaluating performance and creative efforts. • Identify and/or describe components of the culture or subculture being studied. • Analyze factors which contribute to the development and/or integrity of the culture or subculture being studied. • Analyze the culture from the perspective of that culture or subculture. • Raise and address fundamental questions repeatedly explored in the humanities and arts throughout history, and reach original insights into contemporary issues and problems by clarifying these questions in writing and through oral presentations. • Explain how the human achievements, expressions and values of the specific culture or subculture studied contributed to the quality of life of the common man in that culture or subculture. • Articulate ideas about a culture other than the student’s own, the diversity with which human beings have creatively expressed themselves and have found for learning how to live and to achieve together and to prosper. • Articulate goals and values human beings hold in common which lead us toward shared humanity. • Demonstrate active listening skills by objectively restating, in his or her own words, material which has been verbally transmitted. • Demonstrate the physical ability to speak effectively so that the receiver(s) can understand the ideas being expressed. • Communicate an abstract or concrete idea so that the receiver(s) clearly perceives the intended message. This will include the ability to express a point of view which is not the student’s own. • Effectively deliver a formal presentation in front of a group. • Demonstrate the ability to communicate using appropriate language. • Develop the knowledge skills and sensitivity to make aesthetic judgments. • Identify, describe, apply and communicate personal criteria for assessing creative works. • Discuss the interrelationships among the fine arts and other forms of cultural expression in the humanities and the sciences. • Explain how the works of art created by a culture or subculture reveal ultimate values of that culture or subculture more powerfully than other human artifacts. • Specific Course Section Objectives
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This course does not have a face-to-face orientation. Students should consult the orientation posted on the course homepage. Students who encounter technical difficulty shoud consult the helpdesk as described on their Canvas pages. Students who have questions about course content or procedures should contact the instructor through the course e-mail or via phone as posted above. • Review the “What you should know before you register” section of the Distance Learning Homepage. Required: There is no required text for this course. All course materials for study will be available online. Technical Requirements and Plug-Ins: Review the Technical Requirements link above. Use the Plug-Ins link above to download and install the following plug-ins which are required for this course: Internet Explorer or Firefox (preferred for Canvas) PowerPoint Viewer, if you don’t have the full version of Microsoft PowerPoint Real Player Word Viewer, if you don’t have the full version of Microsoft Word This course will be scheduled for final exam on campus in the Testing Center during a fixed week, which will be determined and announced early in the semester. If you have any questions or comments about this course, please send a message to the Distance Learning office, distancelearning@howardcc.edu. Last updated on 1-Jun-06 © Howard Community College, 2000 Top of Page | Online Courses Home | Distance Learning Home | HCC Home |