ARH 337 - ANCIENT EGYPT: ART, EXP, AFTER

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Art History

Description:

This course will dive into the more than 3,000-year period of Egyptian Art, sta1iing from pre-pharaonic times around 3100 BCE until the fall of the last Pharaoh, Cleopatra, in 31 BCE. This course will also look at colonial powers in Egypt under the Greeks and Romans, as well as the French, English, and American colonial powers in the region as discoveries were made in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries across Egypt. This class will investigate the legacy of explorers of the ancient world, as well as hieroglyphs and their decipherment, and the cultural and physical artifacts of mummies. The class will consider the afterlife of Ancient Egypt across numerous geographic and temporal localities and will examine how Egyptian art continues to have a lasting presence in the art, media, and visual culture of the twenty-first century.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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