Art History Courses at Blue Ridge Community College

Blue Ridge Community College offers a wide variety of art classes, helping students gain experience working with different mediums and in different styles.  For example, two levels of art history are offered. Art History I focuses on art styles and movements from ancient times to the Renaissance while Art History II focuses on the Renaissance to the present day. As part of their work in the class, students are required to research an historical work and reproduce it from their own creative perspective. 

Below is a list of Blue Ridge's art history classes with their descriptions from the College's course catalog. 

• ART 114: Art History Survey I
  • This course covers the development of art forms from ancient times to the Renaissance. Emphasis is placed on content, terminology, design, and style.
• ART 115: Art History Survey II
  • This course covers the development of art forms from the Renaissance to the present. Emphasis is placed on content, terminology, design, and style.