Art Appreciation and the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Art Appreciation credential documents competencies including knowledge of world art, fine and applied art, painting, sculpture, design, and crafts. Though many positions in art appreciation require appropriate education at various levels and additional training, a fundamental understanding of art provides foundational knowledge that supports many aspects of daily of tasks and decision-making for artists, teachers, librarians, curators, musicians, designers, and researchers. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe art from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including the Rococo, China and Europe, neoclassicism, Romanticism, the impact of western culture, and post- impressionism.