Art appreciation and techniques/ART100 OERu course specification

=Part A: Course specification=

Metadata

 * OERu course name: Art appreciation and techniques
 * Level: 1st year Bachelor's degree
 * Notional learning hours: 120
 * Micro-courses (Three micro courses of 40 hours each)
 * The artistic process and visual language (ART101)
 * Artistic mediums (ART102)
 * Art in our world (ART103)
 * OERu course codes: ART101, ART102 and ART103
 * OERu assessing institutions: Thompson Rivers University
 * Micro-credential options: No
 * OERu mode of study: Self-directed study or cohort-based independent study with peer-learning support.

Learning outcomes

 * 1) Interpret examples of visual art, using a five-step system, a critical process for understanding all forms of visual art. This system uses the five steps of description, analysis, context, meaning, and judgment.
 * 2) Identify and describe the elements and principles of art.
 * 3) Use analytical skills to connect formal attributes of art with their meaning and expression.
 * 4) Explain the role and effect of the visual arts in societies, history, and other world cultures.
 * 5) Articulate the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic themes and issues that artists examine in their work.
 * 6) Identify the processes and materials involved in art and architectural production.
 * 7) Utilize information to locate, evaluate, and communicate information about visual art in its various forms.

Strawdog alternative LOs

 * 1) Identify, research, integrate, and explain visual information concerning artworks and specific meaning.

Pre-requisites
=Part B: Detailed objectives=

Micro-course structure
Overview

Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
 * Define art within a cultural perspective.
 * Explain the difference between objective and subjective.
 * Explain the different roles art plays within different cultures.
 * Define the term subject matter.
 * Define the categories realistic, abstract, and non-objective.
 * Recognize, evaluate, and describe artistic styles.
 * Discuss the meaning of aesthetics and its relationship to cultural conventions.
 * Identify and discuss issues of visual awareness
 * Describe specific processes used by visual artists.
 * Compare and contrast art as a social activity and a singular creative act.
 * Identify and discuss historical forms of artistic training.
 * Describe the cultural ties to artistic process and training.
 * Define and describe artistic elements.
 * Define and describe the artistic principles.
 * Discuss compositional constructs and their effectiveness in the artistic process.
 * Using the language of art, compare and contrast artworks from disparate cultures.
 * Using the language of artistic principles, compare and contrast artworks from disparate cultures.
 * Translate a realistic artwork into an abstract composition.
 * Explain the meaning of both form and content.
 * Undertake comparative descriptions of form and content.
 * Identify the three levels of meaning in works of art.
 * Identify the use of iconography in art.
 * Define the term “context,” and discuss its essential role in finding meaning in art.
 * Describe the role of the critic.
 * Identify and describe the six critical perspectives.
 * Identify, research, integrate, and explain visual information concerning artworks and specific meaning.

Learning objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
 * Identify and describe specific characteristics of two-dimensional mediums artists use.
 * Explain and demonstrate how collage has a significant role in the development of modern art.
 * Explain how the advance of technology is reflected in the art historical record.
 * Describe how cultural styles are influenced through the use of different artistic mediums.
 * Explain the effect photography has had on traditional artistic media.
 * Communicate how time-based mediums affect issues of content.
 * Compare and contrast different photographic processes.
 * Recognize and explain issues of form and content in photographs.
 * Explain the three elements of photojournalism.
 * Describe the effects photojournalism has on the news media.
 * Identify and describe the specific characteristics of three-dimensional mediums artist use.
 * Demonstrate how the advance of technology is reflected in three-dimensional media throughout the art historical record.
 * Explain the effects installation and performance art has on artistic experience.
 * Compare and contrast three-dimensional artworks from different cultures.

Micro 3: Art in our world
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

Learning objectives

 * Discuss architecture’s significance to shelter and habitat.
 * Describe the traditional and modern styles of architecture.
 * Explain architectural materials and structural systems.
 * Describe architecture as a reflection of culture.
 * Demonstrate familiarity with symbolic uses of architecture.
 * Discuss new technologies and “green” adaptations in architectural design.
 * Describe how what we know is reflected in works of art.
 * Understand how artists use the natural world as a vessel for human experience.
 * Explore how art is a medium for self-identity.
 * Explore the limits to representation of the body.
 * Consider the idea of primordial couples and ties to human procreation.
 * Describe sexuality in art seen through different cultural perspectives.
 * Identify issues of propaganda in art.
 * Describe examples of art used to communicate political statements.
 * Explain art’s use as a form of protest
 * Describe ways that art expresses ideas of the spirit.
 * Describe how costume and decoration are used as vehicles for spirituality.
 * Explain art as a form of myth.
 * Describe the role of art in ritual and ceremony.
 * Discuss connections among art, magic, and the idea of the fantastic.

Course links (if available)

 * Planning page
 * Course materials