Art East and West: Biases and Borrowings

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Description: Explores the complicated interaction, cultural borrowings and responses on many levels of two major world systems, the “West” (Europe and America) and the “East” (South and East Asia). Beginning with the development of the sea trade in the 16th century, the course will study, through works of art, the effect of history, politics, religious struggles, economics, trade and ethnic biases on the cultures of East and West. No credit for students with credit in ART 5703 .