I think most of the reviews from 2019 fall are kind of biased.
Yes, this class has a heavy workload.
Yes, the exams require you to know your materials.
However, I don't think we should expect an easy class just because it's a GE. What's the use of an easy class anyway? For me, I often learn the most from classes that are the most challenging. The class is difficult but prof. Wilson is so willing to help you. She answers questions in such an engaging way that makes me think a lot more about my original question. She might be going a bit fast in lectures sometimes but she explains things clearly whenever I ask her to go back on a topic I didn't understand. I got a B for my visual analysis and I was very frustrated, but she walked me through my paper and pointed out all the things I need to work on. Honestly, she's like one of the best professors I've had. I had almost no interest in Renaissance art but she made it very interesting.

I agree with some of the other reviewers here when they say that Art His 22 with Wilson is a pretty difficult class overall. However, I think she's a great lecturer who is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about the subject.
The workload isn't unmanageable overall, with only a single paper due in the first half of the quarter as well as a page of notes to be turned into section each week based on the readings she posts on CCLE. What really does make this class tough though are the exams. The Midterm consists of 2 comparison essays for which you have to memorize a long list of paintings, including the name of the painting, the artist, the context, time period, medium, etc. and write 2 essays about the paintings she displays. The Final is even tougher, including 2 comparison essays as well as 2 other essays, all to be written within a little over 2 hours. The list she gives for the final has 35 paintings on it, all of which need to be studied and memorized, so it can be pretty difficult to prepare for.
The lectures are really interesting though, and I felt as though Professor Wilson was able to get through a huge amount of varying works throughout the 10 weeks. If you have any interest at all in art and don't mind taking a difficult and challenging GE, I would highly recommend taking this class. Just be mindful of the difficult exams, and the fact that the lectures aren't podcasted, so to be successful in the class, you must show up to the lectures or at the very least get notes from someone present.

Professor Wilson is passionate about her teaching. She speaks clearly and her lectures are somewhat interesting regardless if you like art history or not. Attendance in lecture isn't necessary but to have a better understanding for the Midterm and Final, you should definitely go. Honestly, if you put in the effort, this class should be a breeze. My advice: attend lectures, take a good amount of notes, participate in discussion w/ the one paper of notes, and study just a bit. Pretty light. Good luck.

For everyone saying this class is a difficult GE, it is true. However, the professor was extremely engaging and definitely one of the best I’ve had at UCLA. I’m a south campus major and enjoyed this class thoroughly. My interest in this subject which I had no prior experience in, is all thanks to Professor Wilson. She takes time to hold 3-4 hours of review sessions prior to the midterm and the final. Her lecturing style is very engaging and her passion for the subject inspired me. It is very evident that she cares for her students and their learning. All art history GE courses have a lot of artworks to memorize, and her final didn’t require memorization of the midterm material, which made it quite fair. I agree the grading is a bit unstandardized and your grade depends on the TA who grades your paper. Never the less, both the professor and my TA were very willing to guide me on how I could improve. This may definitely not be one of the easier GEs, and if all you care about is your GPA then maybe you shouldn’t take it. However, it is very enjoyable, educative and enhances your analytical skills that can be of use to you, regardless of your major.

First, I would NOT recommend this class to any STEM majors who are entirely unfamiliar with art history. It's an art history class! And if you don't have a background in it, you will struggle.
That being said, I loved this class as an art history major. Wilson is a great teacher and explains everything very well. The essays were challenging, but they forced me to learn a lot and grow in my writing. The research essay was also tricky, yet I enjoyed it a lot because we could pick what we wrote about. Please make sure you choose something you're REALLY interested in because you will be spending a long time with it.
Overall, this is a great lower-division class for art, art history, or history majors. It's immensely interesting and you will learn a lot!

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

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).

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.

Professor Wilson is one of the most engaging professor I have had at UCLA. She is really passionate about art history, and that shows when she lectures. She speaks clearly, interacts with students throughout lecture, is and is very organized. All exams in the class were writing based, and were not difficult as long as you understand the facts of each artifact. There were both take - home and in - class portions of the exams, and all were writing based. In discussion, you do small worksheets/assignments that are all very easy. Participation is required in discussion. As long as you say something thoughtful about the artworks/readings, you'll be fine and should receive full participation points. Overall, a pretty easy and very interesting GE taught by an amazing professor.

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.