Art 100 - World Art and Culture

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University of Idaho

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Description:

May be used as core credit in J-3-d. An introductory historical survey of art and culture in Western and non-Western contexts. Major cultural sites, monuments, image traditions and technologies will be examined alongside the historical, religious, political, economic, and aesthetic contexts which produced them. Cultures studied include China, Islam, Pre-Columbian civilizations in North and South America, Africa, India, Japan, Oceania, the ancient Near-East, Greece and Rome, Western Medieval, the European Renaissance, and Western and non-Western Modernism. A theoretically comparative approach will be followed, towards an understanding of both similarities and differences between Western and non-Western cultural production. 2 hours of lecture with one 2-hour lab/recitation.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uidaho.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 884-3246

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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