ARTH 160 - East-West Encounters

Institution:

Santa Clara University

Subject:

Art History

Description:

This course examines cross-cultural artistic encounters between the western world (Europe and the United States) and Asia (India, China, and Japan) from the fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, considering the various ways in which art objects and visual culture broadly speaking have been part of cultural exchange between East and West over the past five centuries. Topics to be considered may include: the impact of western realism on traditional Asian art forms; the role of commodities and empire in artistic production; Japonisme and Chinoiserie in 19th century Europe and America; colonial photography; the exhibition of Asian cultures in museums and worlds fairs; issues of cultural identity in Asian modernism; and post-World War II abstract art. A significant portion of the course is devoted to class discussion of scholarly articles. Not open to students who have taken the Cultures and Ideas sequence Contact Zones: Arts East and West. Prerequisite: Minimum of one lower division art history course (ARTH 23 or 26 preferred).

Credits:

5.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.scu.edu

Phone Number:

(408) 554-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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