Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era

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This course introduces students to visual art and architecture from prehistory to the medieval era with a focus on art from Europe, North Africa, and the near East. The course will further consider global interactions involving these regions. ARTH C1100 is survey of paintings, sculpture and architecture in the Western tradition, starting from human beginnings until 1300. Slide lectures examine functions and meanings of artworks from ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. In the latter part of the course, Late Antiquity, Byzantine, Early Medieval, Romanesque and Gothic Arts will be discussed according to their aesthetic, socio-political, religious, historical, technological, and cultural contexts. Formerly ART 101 (C-ID: ARTH 110) (UC, CSU, AVC)