Week 5: Lesson on Late Antiquity and Islamic Art is Posted

Folio from the Blue Qur’an, 9th-10th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

This week we explore Early Christian,  Byzantine, and Islamic Art. The readings are posted here on the OER. This week’s lesson features wide range of art, from architecture to sculpture, painting and manuscript. The lesson pages is found on our Blackboard website.

 

Week 1 for the Introduction to Art History is online

Example of Ancient Near Eastern Art, kneeling bull vessel
Kneeling Bull Holding a Spouted Vessel, c.3100-2900, Metropolitan Museum of Art, public domain

Welcome! Images files and links to the readings and video lectures in this OER for Prehistoric and Ancient Near Eastern Art are uploaded on our Blackboard website for ARTH1103-OL16. Please be aware that there are multiple sections of ARTH1103 Introduction to Art History this semester and you may want to check with your instructor on the readings listed in this OER. This week, we explore  art from the Prehistoric period and several works from the area around Mesopotamia.

Welcome!

Arcimboldo, Spring, 1573, in the Louvre Museum, Paris

This is the OER for online section of ARTH 1103 Introduction to Art History for Spring 2021. Weekly readings are located under the Readings Tab on the upper right. This semester, the discussion board on Blackboard will be our primary vehicle for communication. However, we will use this OpenLab site as our ‘textbook.’