This course provides a broad coverage of the history of art from prehistoric cave painting through modern times. Students learn from lectures, slide presentations, outside reading, as well as reading the assigned class textbook. The students in this course are taught art appreciation, art history, terminology, artists, and art styles and the characteristics that distinguish individual artists and styles. At the conclusion of this course students are expected to be able to identify different artworks and then name the period, the style, its characteristics, influences, and the artist.