OER university/Planning/OERu 2012 Prototype/Art Appreciation and Techniques/Complete outline for materials

High level structure

 * 1) Module 1: Definitions, Artistic Roles and Visual Thinking
 * 2) * Form and Content
 * 3) * Aesthetics
 * 4) * Subjective and Objective Perspectives
 * 5) * Artistic Roles
 * 6) ** Ritual
 * 7) ** Description
 * 8) ** Enhancing our World
 * 9) ** Storytelling
 * 10) ** Spirit, Myth, and Fantasy
 * 11) * Artistic Categories
 * 12) ** Fine Art
 * 13) ** Pop Art
 * 14) ** Decorative Arts
 * 15) * Artistic Styles
 * 16) ** Naturalistic
 * 17) ** Abstract
 * 18) ** Non-objective
 * 19) * Cultural Styles
 * 20) * Ideas of Perception and Visual Awareness


 * 1) Module 2: Process and Training
 * 2) * The Artistic Process
 * 3) * The Individual Artist
 * 4) * Artistic Training Methods
 * 5) * Art as Social Activity


 * 1) Module 3: How Art Works: The Elements and Principles of Visual Language)
 * 2) * Artistic Elements
 * 3) ** The Point
 * 4) ** Definitions and Qualities of the Line
 * 5) ** Shapes and Figure/Ground Relationships
 * 6) ** Mass
 * 7) ** Space and Perspective
 * 8) ** Value
 * 9) ** Color: Its Qualities and Combination
 * 10) ** Texture
 * 11) * The Principles of Design
 * 12) ** Visual Balance
 * 13) *** Symmetry
 * 14) *** Asymmetry
 * 15) *** Radial Balance
 * 16) ** Repetition
 * 17) ** Scale and Proportion
 * 18) ** Emphasis
 * 19) ** Time and Motion
 * 20) ** Unity and Variety


 * 1) Module 4: How Art Speaks: Finding Meaning
 * 2) * Introduction: Objective vs. Subjective Meaning
 * 3) * The First Level of Meaning: Formal
 * 4) * The Second Level of Meaning: Subject
 * 5) * The Third Level of Meaning: Context
 * 6) * The Fourth Level of Meaning: Iconography
 * 7) * Critical Perspectives
 * 8) ** Structural Criticism
 * 9) ** Formalist Criticism
 * 10) ** Ideological Criticism
 * 11) ** Psychoanalytic Criticism
 * 12) ** Feminist Criticism
 * 1) Module 5: Artistic Media
 * 2) * Two-Dimensional Media
 * 3) ** Drawing
 * 4) *** Dry Media
 * 5) *** Wet Media
 * 6) ** Painting
 * 7) *** Encaustic
 * 8) *** Tempera
 * 9) *** Fresco
 * 10) *** Acrylic
 * 11) *** Oil
 * 12) ** Printmaking
 * 13) ***Relief Printing
 * 14) *** Intaglio Printing
 * 15) *** Etched Printing
 * 16) *** Planar Printing
 * 17) ** Collage
 * 18) * The Camera Arts
 * 19) ** Early Development
 * 20) ** Photography's Impact on Traditional Media
 * 21) ** Issues of Form and Content
 * 22) ** Darkroom Processes
 * 23) ** The Human Element
 * 24) ** Color Images
 * 25) ** Photojournalism
 * 26) ** Modern Developments
 * 27) ** Time-Based Mediums: Motion Pictures, Video, and Digital
 * 28) * Three-Dimensional Art
 * 29) ** Definitions and Processes
 * 30) ** Types of Sculpture and Other Three-Dimensional Media: Freestanding and Relief
 * 31) ** Methods
 * 32) *** Carving
 * 33) *** Casting
 * 34) *** Modeling
 * 35) *** Construction/Assemblage
 * 36) ** Modern Variations of Three-Dimensional Media
 * 37) *** Installation Art
 * 38) *** Performance Art
 * 39) ** Decorative Arts


 * 1) Module 6: Architecture
 * 2) * What Is Architecture?
 * 3) * Traditional Methods and Materials
 * 4) * Architecture in China and the Far East
 * 5) * Cross-Cultural Influences
 * 6) * Architecture and the Industrial Revolution
 * 7) * Modern Architecture: A New Language
 * 8) * Post-Modern and Contemporary Architecture
 * 9) * Green Architecture


 * 1) Module 7: Our World: Nature, The Body, Identity, Sexuality, Politics and Power
 * 2) * Identity
 * 3) * The Natural World
 * 4) * Social and Collaborative Art
 * 5) * Politics, Conflict, and War
 * 6) * Memorials
 * 7) * Peace


 * 1) Module 8: Other Worlds: Mortality, The Spirit and Fantasy
 * 2) * Myths
 * 3) * Dreams
 * 4) * Spirituality
 * 5) ** Christian
 * 6) ** Islamic
 * 7) ** Buddhist
 * 8) ** African