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This version of HIST 203 closed. To current version.
Delivery mode: Grouped study or individualized study with optional CD-Rom and video component.*
*Overseas students, please contact the University Library before registering in a course that has an audio/visual component.
Credits: 3 - Humanities.
Prerequisite: None; however, we strongly recommend successful completion of ENGL 255.
Precluded course: HIST 203 is a cross-listed course—a course listed under two different disciplines—with ARHI 201. HIST 203 may not be taken for credit by students who have obtained credit for ARHI 201.
Centre: Centre for Language and Literature
HIST 203 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Course Web site
HIST 203 is designed to introduce the developments in artistic expression, from cave drawings and the monuments of ancient Egypt to the paintings, sculpture and architecture of the early Renaissance.
The course consists of the following.
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: The Ancient World: Prehistoric Art
Lesson 3: Egyptian Art
Lesson 4: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Lesson 5: Aegean Art: Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean
Lesson 6: Greek Art I
Lesson 7: Greek Art II
Lesson 8: Etruscan Art; Roman Art I: Architecture
Lesson 9: Roman Art II: Sculpture, Painting
Lesson 10: The Middle Ages: Early Christian Art and Byzantine Art
Lesson 11: Early Medieval Art
Lesson 12: Romanesque Art
Lesson 13: Gothic Art
Lesson 14: Introduction to the Renaissance: The Early Renaissance in Italy (Florence: 1400-1450)
Lesson 15: The Early Renaissance in Italy (Central and Northern Italy: 1450-1500)
To receive credit for HIST 203, you must achieve a course composite mark of at least a “D” (50 percent) and a mark of at least 50 percent on both examinations. The weighting of the composite mark is as follows:
| Assignment 1 | Mid-term Exam | Assignment 2 | Final Exam | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20% | 25% | 30% | 25% | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Note: The Challenge for Credit process in this course will be graded on a pass/fail rather than a percentage basis.
Schultz, Bernard and Richard L. Wilcox. Practice Tests [for] History of Art: The Western Tradition, Vols. I & II.
Janson, H. W. and Anthony F. Art Notes to accompany History of Art: The Western Tradition, Vols. I & II.
Janson, H. W. and Anthony F. History of Art: The Western Tradition with CD-ROM: Art History Interactive.
Sayre, Henry: Writing about Art.
The course materials also include a student manual and forms. Optional: Companion Web site to History of Art: The Western Tradition.