Exploring Art History: Migration and Art: Raids, Trade, Pilgrimage

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the discipline of art history through the theme of the movement of artworks and the materials with which they are made across physical and political boundaries. As people in Europe, Africa, and Asia used land and sea routes to wage or flee war, exchange goods, experience the holy, and seek new opportunities, they brought with them materials, artworks, and ideas. Students will examine a series of important artworks, their historical and cultural contexts, and related works that show evidence of the interconnectedness of people and cultures. Artworks studied may vary, depending on expertise of instructor.