East Asian Art

Catalog description

This course offers a history of 5,000 years of East Asian art in 40 primary objects, presenting a selective survey of the major artistic traditions of China, Korea, and Japan from pre-history to the 21st century. Through analysis of these artworks, students learn how to connect visual and material developments in art to larger East Asian social and cultural phenomena, including constructions of group identity, religious belief, empire, and colonialism. IC, IIA. PA-3A, PA-4B. CAS-B.