Professor Wilson is really kind and she is really helpful. Thomas D. was my TA and he was very helpful as well. I do have to agree with the other reviews and say she is a little boring. She just lectures for the whole two hours. If you have a general interest in renaissance and baroque art, this class shouldn't be too terrible. I wouldn't say this is one of the easier GEs, but I really enjoyed the content of this course. Yes, the final was a pain because we had 4 essays but overall the class wasn't too difficult. You don't really need to do the readings to have an understanding of the lecture.

An amazing professor! If you love Venetian history and the Italian Renaissance I recommend! She is so sweet and so not out to get you. If you arrive late, she isn't ultra-critical like other professors. Also go to her office hours and she will help you with all the citation information for your essays.

Her lectures are increadibly insightful she pushes people to speak their "opinions" on the works of art being discussed. There are 2 tests, one visual analysis and one research paper. Taking her again in the spring for 121C. For art history beginners, this class will set you up nicely since there is not that much workload. For art history majors, this is the class you take with other classes that will take up time because it is really not that hard. Participate a lot in class. She never puts anyone on the spot though so don't worry!

This class was pretty interesting and easy overall (but I am an art history nerd, so...). There was very little memorization and the midterm and final were in classes essays that were almost completely analysis based. Professor Wilson uses slides, but doesn't really write anything on them so you have to pay attention to her in lecture and take notes. The TA discussion sections didn't always correlate with the lecture--the professor would assign weekly readings/videos which we could then discuss in section with our TA. We had to turn in a page of notes about the readings to our TA as well.

Along with the in-class midterm and final, there were two 2-3 page essays (but they're not too difficult). One essay did require that you go to a museum to look at and write about a piece of art, but the professor was okay if you just found a piece in the approved museum's online gallery.

Pros:
- My TA (Kersten) was very helpful and kind, and discussion sections basically taught me everything.
- Since it's asynchronous, you can always look at lecture material for review.
- Since this was online, it was a bit easier. But I know that for in-person classes, she makes you memorize like 40 paintings.
- There were synchronous review sessions every Thursday (not recorded, though). Honestly I didn't really pay attention, but they seemed to be helpful. HOWEVER, she does assume that you attend them even though they're optional.

Cons:
- Workload is extremely excessive. The amount of reading and writing that you have to do for this class is on par or even more than Writing II classes, and this isn't a Writing II class.
- You have to submit about a page of writing for homework every week, including on weeks with essays due, which gets very difficult -- especially when both the midterm and the final are two 800-1000 word essays.
- Professor Wilson is very boring to listen to and isn't succinct whatsoever. Again, I learned everything through my TA.
- My TA graded harshly and feedback wasn't helpful whatsoever (hence why I P/NP'd).

This class is an extremely easy GE if you are looking for something interesting that doesn't take up too much time/effort. The content is really interesting and it gives you a new perspective/some extra background to evaluate artwork in the future. There wasn't a single assignment until about week 4 other than weekly reading (which, in my opinion, isn't necessary because I rarely read them and was fine). There is an essay around week 4, essay around week 6, a research project(fancy essay) starting around week 6, and then two essays for the final in week 10. Your TA grades all of your essays and then it is passed onto a second reader for a second-pass. My TA was super nice and was able to tell me what I could improve on which was SUPER helpful so I definitely recommend reaching out to your TAs.

Pretty heavy weekly workload considering it's a GE, but it is possible to get by without too much trouble if you are doing the bare minimum and have decent writing skills. My TA, Tori Schmitt, was wonderful so that definitely helped.

I wouldn’t recommend this class unless you enjoy Art, Art History, or just the topic of Baroque art. If you’re a STEM major and think this will be an easy GE, don’t take it. Although the lectures are optional, it would behoove you to go to them because a lot of the info they look for for really good midterm grades were in there. If you really don’t want to go, she posts the slides with her notes anyways. Wilson isn’t that great of a lecturer, she’s quiet and just rants a lot but other than that it’s an okay class. You don’t really need to memorize anything, you just need to have the ability to talk right out of your ass about a variety of things on a strict time limit. If you have the ability, please choose Wren Eber as your TA. She’s super useful and engaging, and as someone who hasn't gone to a single lecture since week 4, I pulled through with her help.

When enrolling in this class I first thought it would deal with just art while providing some historical background info and that it'd be interesting and relatively easy, because after all it was an art class. Week 2 is when I realized I was going to absolutely dread and dislike this class. The readings were very dense, with the exception of maybe two or three shorter ones, and extremely boring to be honest. Lectures were just as boring and the professor's voice was very hard to listen and pay attention to. We had weekly responses to the readings and lectures due every week before your discussion, so it sucked for anyone who had to read everything early in the week. The midterm and final consisted of two essay comparisons of two separate pair of paintings, which was very annoying and hard to understand what it is they really wanted from us. We were never given examples of what was expected of us until after we had already done the assignments--which didn't make sense to me. This class became the class I absolutely dreaded and spent so much time and lost so much sleep on. I didn't learn a single thing, nor did I find any of the material covered interesting. I somehow managed a B, though I was sure I would barely pass with a C. Overall I didn't like this class at all and I don't think it was worth all the effort and time spent on it for the grade I received,

This class is really bad on a lot of levels. Professor Wilson, although nice and empathetic, isn't a good lecturer. Her voice is unfortunately very monotone and doesn't incorporate anything in her lectures to hook the viewers. Its a shame since the art is rather interesting but her delivery is super poor. The assigned reading are also long and you can get away with not having to read them, and most students don't. They just don't offer a lot of bang for your buck at the moment, and neither does this GE. Her TA's are pretty good though and far better at explaining the material than Wilson herself. To sum it up, the biggest issue with ART HIS 22 is its lack of CLARITY. However, I do wish this class and Wilson luck because it has a lot of potential to be an incredibly engaging course due to its fascinating time period. Don't take this GE, give it a year to flesh out before checking up on it... assuming you don't already complete the requirement