This course will appeal to a broad group of students and is especially useful to those contemplating architecture at university. We delve into topics such as the nature of art, art making and responses to art. You will explore a specific set of 250 works of art in 10 content areas beginning with art from global prehistory and ending with works from the present. In your investigation, you will consider influential forces like patronage, politics, class, belief, gender and ethnicity in your analysis of art forms. You will examine styles, techniques, themes and chronology, and compare and contrast art forms from varied perspectives. You will become an active participant in the global art world as you experience, research, discuss, read and write about art, artists, art making, and responses to and interpretations of art.