Art History: Aspects of Asian Art

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This course examines the history of Asian art from India, China, Japan, and Cambodia. Works of art are studied in their social, cultural, and geographical contexts. The class studies the relationships between architecture, painting, and sculpture to the development of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religious ideologies of Asian culture. Works of art may be studied on a firsthand basis in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Students may be required to cover museum admission fees.