Transfers ToCSUDescriptionPart 1: This course introduces students to visual art and architecture from prehistory to the medieval era with a focus on art from Europe, North Africa, and the near East. The course will further consider global interactions involving these regions. Part 2: Discussions of artistic style, techniques of production, major periods and figures in art history, and the relationship between art and society will be covered, with particular emphasis placed on the art object as a form of cultural and social expression. 