• Instructor: Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe
• Phone: 6194
• Email: witcombe@sbc.edu
• Office: Pannell 04
• Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:15–3:00. Other times by appointment

The Course

An historical and analytical introduction, considering representative monuments in their context and proposing ways of understanding visual evidence.

The Survey of Art’s History in Europe & North America is a LEVEL ONE course that introduces you to the study of art and its history. You will learn about basic identification information, how to conduct various types of visual analysis, and how to recognize and distinguish different styles in various types of art produced in Europe and North America from the Renaissance period to the Present .

Meeting Place and Time

Pannell 012: Tuesday and Thursdays 9:00–10:15

Required Textbooks

1. Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Art History: Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century Art Art History Portable Edition, Book 4 (Fifth edition, paperback) Available in the SBC Book Shop

2. Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century Art Art History Portable Edition, Book 6 (Fifth edition, paperback) Available in the SBC Book Shop

Student Responsibilities

• Active class participation, which includes being prepared for each class, asking questions, and taking part in discussion.
• Read all the assignments before class meets, as indicated on the schedule
• Attend all class meetings (poor attendance will result in a lower final grade)
• Takes notes in class and make notes while reading the textbook