Intro to Global Art History I

Catalog description

A survey of the visual arts and architecture from a global perspective. Students are introduced to a wide range of artistic practices, styles, and media from many major periods throughout history, and will examine the way visual culture both reflects and influences the ideas and values of the societies that produce it. The course covers material such as prehistoric cave painting; funerary art from ancient Egypt; temple architecture and sculpture dedicated to the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome; the development of Buddhist art and architecture in Asia; and the religious and secular art and architecture of medieval Europe.