If you're not an art history major, don't take this class with her. Definitely not for someone with little to no background in art history. Gives like 70+ images to memorize and only tests you on 4 through short answers and essays. Reader was $75 which you basically have to get as the questions were based off the readings. Terrible experience.

Lectures are pretty boring, but Dr. Paul is really nice. Her midterm and final grading are only hard because you have to memorize 80 art pieces with their time/artist/name/collection but then you are only tested on 4 of them. Other than those 2 tests, there's a 5 page paper, but the topic makes it easy to get 5 pages.

Professor Paul is, quite frankly, an awful lecturer. Her slides are completely useless pictures and nothing she says is written down. The one time there were words, she was rude about uploading them. I did 0 readings for the class, it's almost all common sense. Her attendance is also awful, a code at the end of lecture due 5 minutes after it ends.

Would not take for a GE. Asks way too much out of students when most are just trying to cover Area F. Lectures are mandatory and terribly boring.

If you enjoy Renaissance/Baroque art, then this is a class for you, if not, find a different Art GE. 6B with Paul is a harder class than other ARTHI courses I have taken, even as an Art History major. Mandatory attendance and I felt that it was hard to know how to succeed and do well on essays and blue-book tests. If you're taking for a GE, don't.

Entertaining and passionate professor who is easily accessible, although the course is pretty much as difficult as GE's get. Mandatory attendance, 2 weekly readings, bluebook essay midterm and final with upwards of 85 paintings that need to be memorized for each exam. Getting an A is definitely feasible, but will take a good amount of work.