Private: Faculty of Fine Arts
Art History
Open Textbooks and Concordia Courses
| Open Textbook Title | Potentially Relevant Courses |
| Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning | |
| Guide to Ancient Aegean Art | |
| Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art | |
| Guide to Ancient Etruscan Art | ARTH 200 |
| Guide to Ancient Greek Art | |
| Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Art | |
| Guide to Ancient Roman Art | |
| CanadARThistories | ARTH 271 and ARTH 370 |
| Introduction to Philosophy: Aesthetic Theory and Practice | ARTH 300 |
| Art in Revolution: Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture | ARTH 366 |
| Creating the Modern: Intersections of Art & Society in the Nineteenth Century | Has been integrated in ARTH 366 |
| Opening Contemporary Art | ARTH 368 |
| The Bright Continent: African Art History | ART 389 |
| A Quick and Dirty Guide to Art, Music, and Culture | |
| ArtxHistory |
Description and Access
Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning
The textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses.
Includes: questions and key terms.
May suit: ARTH 200 Perspectives of Art History
Guide to Ancient Aegean Art
This book from Smarthistory covers the Ancient Aegean, including Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean art.
May suit: sections of ARTH 200 Perspectives of Art History
Guide to Ancient Egyptian Art
This book from Smarthistory covers ancient Egyptian art.
May suit: sections of ARTH 200 Perspectives of Art History
Guide to Ancient Etruscan Art
This book from Smarthistory covers ancient Etruscan art.
May suit: sections of ARTH 200 Perspectives of Art History
Guide to Ancient Greek Art
This book from Smarthistory covers ancient Greek art.
May suit: sections of ARTH 200 Perspectives of Art History
Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Art
This book from Smarthistory covers Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian / Ur III, Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian art.
May suit: sections of ARTH 200 Perspectives of Art History
Guide to Ancient Roman Art
This book from Smarthistory covers ancient Roman art.
May suit: sections of ARTH 200 Perspectives of Art History
CanadARThistories
CanadARThistories, a new online course and associated open learning objects, addresses growing concerns around inclusion, regionalism, Indigenization, and internationalization in art history curricula, and is conceived as a response to these ideas.
May suit: ARTH 271 Introduction to Canadian Art AND ARTH 370 Studies in Canadian Art
Introduction to Philosophy: Aesthetic Theory and Practice
Aesthetic Theory and Practice offers fresh perspectives on canonical and emerging topics in aesthetics, and also brings attention to a number of culturally sensitive topics that are customarily silenced in introductions to philosophical aesthetics. The papers are heterogeneous in terms of length and degrees of difficulty, inviting the reader into the study of contemporary aesthetics, which spans a lifetime.
May suit: ARTH 300 Art Historical Methods
Art in Revolution: Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture
An exploration of how images shape and challenge dominant ideas and how some of the legacies of nineteenth-century imagery remain relevant. This open textbook contains “case studies intended to dig deeper into issues surrounding art and visual culture from the 19th century.”
May suit: ARTH 366 Studies in 19th‑Century Art and Architecture
Creating the Modern: Intersections of Art & Society in the Nineteenth Century
This open textbook was adopted for ARTH 366 Studies in 19th- Century Art and Architecture at Concordia University. The aim of Creating the Modern is to facilitate access to the research by providing an online platform readily available to learners interested in examining the relationships between art, society, and culture at the dawn of modernism. Creating the Modern comprises ten chapters structured around general and specialized topics within an overarching chronology. In addition to addressing the era’s revolutionary aesthetic and stylistic developments, the e-publication engages issues relevant to nineteenth-century art within its socio-political context.
Includes: Video and student resources
Suits: Has been integrated in ARTH 366 Studies in 19th‑Century Art and Architecture
Opening Contemporary Art
An online all-rights reserved textbook in Pressbooks designed to accompany teaching a contemporary art seminar. Topic areas include installation, body art, music’s role, contemporary art worldwide, urgent themes, and new formats.
May suit: ARTH 368 Studies in Contemporary Art and Architecture
The Bright Continent: African Art History
An open textbook that exposes students to traditional and contemporary African art while providing basic analytical skills. The open textbook explores various themes found in African art, from animals, and motherhood, to divination and portraiture and the impact of various belief systems on art. The open textbook concludes with skills for taking notes and studying.
May suit: sections of ART 389 Issues in Ethnocultural Art Histories
A Quick and Dirty Guide to Art, Music, and Culture
An open textbook by The Ohio State University on art and music in the context of popular culture. It is meant to work with the open course Art and Music Since 1945.
Includes: assignments, supplementary course materials
ArtxHistory
A space facilitated by institutions, historians, curators, artists, faculty, and students who are committed to delivering quality scholarship that is accessible, inclusive, and open.
Includes: Timeline, videos, and sound recordings
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