Global Art History

Catalog description

Art has been a part of every society since recorded history. How have the arts told stories about civilizations, ethnicities, communities and peoples? How have the arts evolved and circulated across the globe? The arts provide vital narratives in our understandings of each other as our cultures have both clashed and shared over time. This course asks these questions by focusing on visual arts across cultures not with the aim of comprehensive coverage, but representation of key issues in the interpretation of art. Students will learn how to interpret art from a critical perspective in terms of its relation to broader social, cultural and political dynamics. 001417