Arts of the Western World, before 1400 CE

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Three hours lecture per week Survey of the history of art, architecture, and visual and material culture from prehistory through ca. 1400 in Europe, North Africa, Western Asia, and the Mediterranean. Covers the Prehistoric, Preclassical, Classical, and Medieval eras. Places works of art and architecture in their artistic and cultural contexts, and traces the early development of artistic traditions underpinning later art in the West.