F American Art History

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54 hours lecture per term. This course is a survey of North American art from the 16th to the 20th century with a focus on multicultural and ethnically diverse art created in the United States. The course provides an overview of the visual arts from early encounters between indigenous groups and European colonizers through the formation of the United States and its emergence as a superpower after World War II. Emphasis will be placed on indigenous art, and the intersection of artworks created by immigrants from Europe, Africa, Central America, and Asia. This course satisfies the multicultural graduation requirement. (CSU) (UC) (Degree Credit), AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC