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ART 1101 ART APPRECIATION (5-0-5)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
Explores the analysis of well-known works of visual arts, their composition, and the relationship to their periods through writing. Students practice various modes of writing, ranging from exposition to argumentation and persuasion. The course includes a brief review of standard grammatical and stylistic usage in proofreading and editing. An introduction to locating, acquiring, and documenting information resources lays the foundation for research to include: the re-creative critical process, the themes of art, the formal elements of design, and the placing of art in the historical context, writing analysis, practice, revision, and research about a work of visual arts. Topics include: historical and cultural development represented in visual arts; contributions in visual arts; and communication skills.