Concepts exerted from:

ART, A Brief History by Marilyn Stokstad

ARTS and CULTURE: An Introduction to the Humanities by Jenatta Rebold Benton and Robert DiYanni

Art Before the Written Word

The Art of Mesopotamia and Egypt

Discovering the centrality of death and belief in an afterlife to Egyptian society and art.
Acquiring an appreciation of the important artistic tool of scale in helping the viewer understand the social relationships presented in ancient art.
Becoming acquainted with the unique conventions of representing the human figure in Egyptian art.

Art of the Aegean World (Greece)

Discuss the Greek belief system and its effect upon Greek art and culture.
Learn to appreciate the essential characteristics of the term "classical"--both as a period of Greek art history and as an attitude toward life.
Become familiar with the new points of emphasis of art in the Greek tradition as expressed in Hellenistic monuments.

Art of the Roman Republic and Empire

Appreciating the flexibility with which Romans adapted Greek forms to their own ends.
Recognizing the skill with which Rome used the arts as part of public policy.
Catching a first glimpse of a different world view that begins to assert itself around the time of Diocletian and Constantine the Great.