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ARTH101: Art Appreciation
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Course Introduction
Unit 1: Defining Art
Unit 2: Who Makes Art – Process and Training
Unit 3: How Art Speaks – Finding Meaning
Unit 4: How Art Works – The Principles of Visual Language
Unit 5: Artistic Media
Unit 6: Architecture
Unit 7: Our World – Nature, the Body, Identity, Sexuality, Politics, and Power
Unit 8: Other Worlds – Mortality, the Spirit, and Fantasy
Course Cumulative Essay
Unit 9: Art in Time and Place – The Western World
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Course Feedback Survey
Certificate Final Exam
Saylor Direct Credit
4.1: Shapes and the Figure-Ground Relationship
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4.1: Shapes and the Figure-Ground Relationship
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