SURVEY OF ASIAN ART (INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN, AND KOREA)

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This course is a survey of the artistic traditions found throughout Asia including India, Southeast Asia, Korea, China, and Japan from the neolithic period to the modern age. The arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture will be discussed as artistic expressions as well as visual manifestations of Asian visual culture. Emphasis on cultural, political, social, and religious forces that shaped these traditions. Field trips may be required to complete course objectives.