Global Art History ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This study is a global, thematic approach to visual and performing arts history that integrates both Western and Non-Western visual and performing arts in terms of style, aesthetic and meaning. In this context arts considered 'western' are examined in tandem with Indigenous 'Non-Western' expressions in which both similarities and differences will be explored. Building on a foundational discussion of the creative process, definitions of this process, design methods and iconography, the arts will be understood within cultural, political, social, economic and institutional influences on artists and human creativity. Within this thematic consideration of the role, function and meaning of the arts the course provides a broad overview throughout the known history of the human experience, particularly in Non-Western Cultures.