European Art History

Catalog description

Rather that aiming at a comprehensive survey, this course offers an introduction to key moments in the intersection of history, politics and visual art in the world before 1900s. It places art in a global context, highlighting themes from European, Asian, African and Indigenous art and focuses on art as the exercise of cultural power, and the way that artists have both promoted and resisted these entanglements with elite authority. In each case studied, students will gain sufficient historical background to understand the art in question, but will also engage in the comparative study of art to highlight issues of power, religion, class, and gender. 001414