Come along and learn about the history of the visual arts as a communication method in this concise but engaging class. Greatly enhance your ability to appreciate, understand, judge and derive meaning from art in this informative class. A chronological overview from the earliest cave art to a Postmodern critique of contemporary arts will be presented, discussed and argued. Learn and practise critical skills of value and debate leading to a deeper insight into ‘isms’ and movements that has shaped visual culture over the last few millennia. Engaging discussions makes this class exciting and presents history as a living engagement. Illustrated lectures with open discussions and basic class formative exercises will be presented as well as a visit an art museum.   The cost of the museum is not included in the class fee and more details will be provided at a later date.

The recommended handbook for the class is available online at no charge.  This is an abbreviated version but more than adequate for the class and is available on the open library system below: 

 The book tittle is Gardner’s Art Through the Ages the Western Perspective, volume II, 15^th Edition.

https://archive.org/details/gardnersartthroughtheagesthewesternperspectivevolumeii15thedition97813056450591/page/n61/mode/2up