Art History
Art History at LACC supports an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to art history of all periods and places. We are also dedicated to including intersectionality as an approach to understanding art history. By thinking across current categories and boundaries and critically examining art history itself, our students are encouraged to question the canon, to rethink the relationships between the periphery and the mainstream, and to practice a socially and politically responsible art history.
Art History AAT Degree
Art History is the study of visual and tangible objects humans make and the structures humans build. Art Historians study them to better understand our human ancestors, their worlds, and to better understand ourselves. The Art History AAT degree prepares students to analyze the art inside its cultural, social, or political context while developing their analytical and critical thinking skills. Students completing the Associate in Arts in Art History for Transfer Degree will have satisfied the lower division major preparation for bachelors degrees in similar majors as determined by California State University (CSU) campuses and are guaranteed admission with junior status to the California State University system, although not to a particular campus or major.
Pathway to TransferArt History Course Descriptions
ARTHIST 103: Art Appreciation
This introductory and integrative course in the arts offers a thematic approach to art appreciation through art examples from Western and non-Western cultures. The student learns about art forms and media in traditional and contemporary styles, including terminology and problems of definition, meaning, and evaluation in the visual arts.
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
The student explores the development of art and architecture from prehistory through the medieval period, emphasizing the cultural context of the West and its major points of contact with the non-European world
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
Students learn about the development of art from the time of the Renaissance to Contemporary art. Emphasis is placed on the cultural context of the West while major points of artistic contact with the non-European world are considered. This course provides an overview of art and architecture from the Renaissance to the Contemporary.
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
The student learns about the development of Asian art from prehistoric times through the 20th Century including the artistic traditions and histories of China, India, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. The student considers how cultural, political, and religious forces influenced the arts and explore how the various regions of Asia formed and influenced one another.
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
The student examines the global historical development of Islamic visual art (including painting, sculpture, architecture, and other forms) and its historical and cultural context.
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
Students learn about the visual culture within select regions in Africa, Oceania, and indigenous North America.
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
Students examine the art and architecture of Latin America, beginning with the Pre-Columbian period, but focused primarily on the 19th to 21st centuries. Students explore major historical periods of Latin American history and visual culture, which include an introduction to pre-Hispanic civilizations, colonial rule and independence, the emergence of Modernism and the avant-garde, and contemporary art and architecture in Latin America. They gain an understanding of underlying social, economic, political, and religious context of the production and use of the works of art considered.
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
Students learn about thematic and historical developments of Contemporary visual art (including painting, sculpture, architecture, new media, and other forms) produced by the global community.
Advisory: ENGLISH 101
Prerequisite: ARTH 103, or ARTH 120
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