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Global Prehistory, 30,000–500 BCE

Before written records, people across the world made images and objects connected to animals, social life, and the environments they inhabited. Topics: Cultural Influences on Prehistoric Art, Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Prehistoric Art, Theories and Interpretations of Prehistoric Art.

Ancient Mediterranean, 3500 BCE–300 CE

The ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome developed art for worship, burial, civic life, and political authority. Topics: Cultural Contexts of Ancient Mediterranean Art, Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Ancient Mediterranean Art, Purpose and Audience in Ancient Mediterranean Art, Theories and Interpretations of Ancient Mediterranean Art.

Early Europe and Colonial Americas, 200–1750 CE

Jewish, Christian, and Islamic communities shaped medieval art through worship, learning, and court life. Topics: Cultural Contexts of Early European and Colonial American Art, Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Early European and Colonial American Art, Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Early European and Colonial American Art, Purpose and Audience in Early European and Colonial American Art, Theories and Interpretations of Early European and Colonial American Art.

Later Europe and Americas, 1750–1980 CE

Revolutions, industrial growth, colonial encounters, and changing ideas about the individual reshaped art in Europe and the Americas. Topics: Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Later European and American Art, Purpose and Audience in Later European and American Art, Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Later European and American Art, Theories and Interpretations of Later European and American Art.

Indigenous Americas, 1000 BCE–1980 CE

Indigenous American traditions developed over millennia before European invasion and continue through living communities and new artistic practices. Topics: Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Indigenous American Art, Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Indigenous American Art, Purpose and Audience in Indigenous American Art, Theories and Interpretations of Indigenous American Art.

Africa, 1100–1980 CE

African arts connect material objects with performance, belief, authority, and relationships among living people and ancestors. Topics: Cultural Contexts of African Art, Purpose and Audience in African Art, Theories and Interpretations of African Art.

West and Central Asia, 500 BCE–1980 CE

Buddhist and Islamic communities, courts, and merchants shaped the arts of West and Central Asia. Topics: Materials, Processes, and Techniques in West and Central Asian Art, Purpose and Audience in West and Central Asian Art, Interactions Within and Across Cultures in West and Central Asian Art.

South, East, and Southeast Asia, 300 BCE–1980 CE

Religious practice, court life, and political authority shaped the arts of South, East, and Southeast Asia. Topics: Materials, Processes, and Techniques in South, East, and Southeast Asian Art, Purpose and Audience in South, East, and Southeast Asian Art, Interactions Within and Across Cultures in South, East, and Southeast Asian Art, Theories and Interpretations of South, East, and Southeast Asian Art.

The Pacific, 700–1980 CE

Pacific arts connect objects to performance, ancestral knowledge, political authority, and exchange. Topics: Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Pacific Art, Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Pacific Art, Theories and Interpretations of Pacific Art.

Global Contemporary, 1980 CE to Present

Global contemporary artists use inherited traditions, new technologies, and everyday materials to question how art and social identities are made. Topics: Materials, Processes, and Techniques in Global Contemporary Art, Purpose and Audience in Global Contemporary Art, Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Global Contemporary Art, Theories and Interpretations of Global Contemporary Art.

Art Historical Analysis Skills

Art historical analysis connects what a work looks like with how it was made, used, and understood. Topics: Visual Analysis, Contextual Analysis, Comparisons of Works of Art, Artistic Traditions, Analyzing and Attributing Unfamiliar Works, Art Historical Interpretations, Argumentation.