World Art

Catalog description

This course explores how the world has been experienced, interpreted, and recorded in the various arts of the world. Students examine art as a cross-cultural exchange and creative response to local and global circumstances. Through the works of a diverse and inclusive body of artists and thinkers, students develop an awareness and appreciation of the artistic practices and concepts that bear upon the direction and role of the arts in the material and digital culture of the world today. They gain an understanding of art that prepares them for further academic study of the arts, participation in art studio classes, and life in the professional world.