Fairmont Heights High – World Art: Pre Diploma Program

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

The course covers art history in chronological order from Paleolithic through Post-Modernism. Students will study art within its historical, cultural context in order to learn how art encodes social ideologies. Students will learn to understand works of art through visual analysis in order to evaluate the artistic merit of the work while developing critical thinking skills. Students will learn canons of western and non-western images and the basic problems and flux of the canons in order to develop a better appreciation of the art. Students will learn to appreciate the aesthetics of all art forms within global societies in order to make contextual connections to all types of human experiences.