Art and Archaeology of Ancient Empires.

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Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. A global, comparative study of art and visual culture in the empires of the ancient world. Focusing on societies that expanded beyond their homelands to govern diverse populations, from the Near East and Mediterranean to Asia and the Americas, the course examines how monumentality, political imagery and public art articulated imperial power, hierarchy, resistance and identity.