Name of Institution

Course Number and Title

Credits

Saint Cloud State University

ART 131 -  Introduction to the Visual Arts of the World

3

Minnesota State University---Mankato

ART 416 - Art of Africa, the Americas, and the South Pacific

3

Minnesota State University---Mankato

ART 469 - Asian Art

3

Minnesota State University---Moorhead

ART 338 Non-Western Art

4

Expected Outcome

MnTC
Goal Area

Students will engage in critical analysis of works of art. 

6

Students will be able to articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts.

6

Students will demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of art works. 

6

Students will demonstrate an understanding of art works as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context. 

6

Students will gain an understanding of the growing interdependence of nations and peoples.

8

Students will develop their ability to apply a comparative perspective to cross-cultural  social and political experiences.

8

Students will be able to describe and analyze cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.

8

Students will demonstrate knowledge of cultural , social religious, and linguistic differences.

8

Students will analyze problems that illustrate the cultural differences that affect their solution.

8

Students will gain an understanding of the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.

8

A.  Introduction---What is Art History?

B.  South and Southeast Asia Before 1200

1.  India and Pakistan

2.  Southeast Asia

3.  Buddhism and Buddhist Iconography

4.  Ashoka’s Conversion to Buddhism

5.  The Stupa

6.  The Painted Caves

7.  Hinduism and Hindu Iconography

8.  Hindu Temples

C.  South and Southeast Asia After 1200

1.  India

2.  Southeast Asia

3.  Contemporary Art

4.  Indian Miniature Painting

D.  China and Korea to 1279

1.  China

2.  Korea

3.  Shang Bronze Casting

4.  Chinese Jade

5.  Daoism and Confucianism

6.  Silk and the Silk Road

7.  Chinese Wooden Construction

8.  Chinese Painting Materials and Formats

9.  Xie He’s Six Canons

10.  Chinese Earthenwares and Stonewares

11.  Chan Buddhism

E.  China and Korea After 1279

1.  China

2.  Korea

3.  Chinese Porcelain

4.  Lacquered Wood

5.  Calligraphy and Inscriptions on Chinese Paintings

F.  Japan Before 1333

1.  Japan before Buddhism

2.  Buddhist Japan

3.  Shinto

  4.  Heian Court Culture

5.  Heian and Kamakura Artistic Workshops

G.  Japan After 1336

1.  Japan, 1336 to 1868

2.  Modern Japan

3.  Zen Buddhism

4.  The Japanese Tea Ceremony

5.  Japanese Woodblock Prints

H.  The Islamic World

1.  Early Islamic Art

2.  Later Islamic Art

3.  Muhammad and Islam

4.  The Mosque

5.  Sinan the Great and the Mosque of Selim II

6.  Islamic Tilework

7.  Christian Patronage of Islamic Art

I.  Native Arts of the Americas Before 1300

1.  Mesoamerica

2.  Intermediate Area

3.  South America

4.  North America

5.  The Mesoamerican Ball Game

6.  Andean Weaving

7.  Serpent Mound

J.  Native Arts of the Americas After 1300

1.  Mesoamerica

2.  South America

3.  North America

4.  Aztec Religion

5.  Gender Roles in Native American Art

 K.  Africa Before 1800

1.  Prehistory and Early Cultures

2.  11^th to 18^th Centuries

3.  Dating African Art and Identifying African Artists

4.  Art and Leadership in Africa

5.  Idealized Naturalism at Ile-Ife

L.  Africa After 1800

1.  19^th Century

2.  20^th Century

3.  Contemporary Art

4.  Gender Roles in African Art Production

5.  African Artists and Apprentices

6.  African Masquerades

7.  Mende Women as Maskers

M.  Oceania

1.  Australia and Melanesia

2.  Micronesia

3.  Polynesia

4.  Women’s Roles in Oceania

5.  Tongan Barkcloth

6.  Tattoo in Polynesia