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.

She made me cry :(

Honestly a pretty solid GE. Bronwen is an absolute sweetheart who truly wants everyone to succeed. Everyone would succeed if it wasn't for the fact that the class can be pretty boring for some. The lectures are a lot of listening to her talk about art. She's incredibly passionate about the topic and clearly knowledgable. If you appreciate art definitely take it. If you are someone who gets bored easy and likes to skip, DO NOT take this class. If you show up every day AND pay attention, you'll do just fine, I really do mean it when I say she wants everyone to succeed. Definitely not a class that you can just skip and expect to do well in, but just show up and you'll get an A.

I took this without any prior knowledge or real interest in Art History. The lectures were very boring, but if you don't go, you will be lost on the midterm and final. There are readings for discussion that aren't long, but they weren't really necessary, I would just skim through them and be okay. You have to write in-class essays for the midterm and final, which were fine as long as you went to lecture and studied a bit. It is mostly just about memorizing the themes/context behind different work of art so that you can make an argument/thesis about them. There was a research project which didn't take much time and was basically a free A. Overall, it's not a really easy GE, but if you put in a bit of effort or if you find Art History interesting, then you can definitely get an A.

I felt that as a GE this class was super difficult with no art history knowledge. I studied a very good amount for both the midterm and final and ended the class with an A-. The tests aren't necessarily a lot of memorization but you just need to know a lot of content and it felt like I spent more time teaching myself about the art pieces than her talking about them in lecture. There's not really any homework which is nice and the projects weren't too difficult but I would not recommend this class to anyone thats not an art history major or doesn't have prior art history knowledge.

This class was very interesting if you're looking to fulfill a GE or are interested in Renaissance art. Lectures were a tad boring and slow but Professor Wilson is extremely knowledgable about every work and you can clearly see that through her well-prepared lectures. Midterm and final exams were 2 and 4 comparative essays, respectively, comparing works that we had studied throughout the course. Discussion sections were a good opportunity to review the content of each week and readings were not extensive at all and overall pretty interesting. Definitely study all the works, though, because you'll need to be prepared to talk about the contexts in which they were created, what/who they were made for, their narratives, etc., in the exam essays which can pretty much make or break your grade, but my TA was considerably generous with grading, which was nice. If writing or (mostly) religious art isn't your strong suit or interesting to you at all then I would advise against this course, but if they are, I'd definitely recommend it!

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

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.